Victim's spouse asks gov't to set up life term without parole

TOKYO, Japan - Alberto Stucki (R), whose wife and daughter were killed in Miyazaki in 2004, hands a petition with 80,000 signatures to Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama at the Justice Ministry on Nov. 2, asking the government to set up a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. Stucki, 51, a resident of Kyoto with dual Italian and Swiss nationalities, has been taking issue with the Japanese penal system in which most inmates sentenced to life in prison are later released on parole. Stucki's wife and daughter were burned to death in May 2004 after a burglar broke into their home, stole 550,000 yen and set the house ablaze. The burglar is serving a term of life in prison.

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