Top court upholds death penalty on serial killer

TOKYO, Japan - The Supreme Court No. 3 petty bench is in session on Jan. 17 to rule on an appeal by Tsutomu Miyazaki sentenced to death by a lower court for abducting and murdering four girls in 1988 and 1989.

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