3 men given death sentence in murder for insurance

3 men given death sentence in murder for insurance

ICHINOMIYA, Jan. 30 Kyodo - Presiding Judge Hideo Niwa of Nagoya District Court Ichinomiya branch sentenced three men to death for murdering three people to get insurance money in Manila and Nagano Prefecture between December 1994 and May 1996.

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