Man, in retrial, given death for murders committed at age 18

Man, in retrial, given death for murders committed at age 18

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Crowds line up outside the Hiroshima High Court on April 22 for admission tickets to attend the retrial of a 27-year-old man who was convicted of killing, when he was 18, a 23-year-old woman and her 11-month-old daughter in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in 1999 and raping the woman afterward. In a retrial ordered by the Supreme Court, the high court sentenced the defendant to death, reversing an earlier ruling giving him life imprisonment.

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