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Former AUM cultist Ishii released from Wakayama prison

TOKYO, Japan - Hisako Ishii, a former senior cultist in the AUM Shinrikyo sect, arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport after being released from Wakayama prison in Wakayama Prefecture on Nov. 18. Ishii, 40, completed a term she received for helping AUM members allegedly involved in the 1995 Tokyo subway gassing evade arrest and other crimes.

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Condemned AUM cultist, U.S. toxicologist discuss Kim Jong Nam murder

Anthony Tu, a toxicologist and Colorado State University professor emeritus, speaks with reporters outside the Tokyo Detention House on April 20, 2017, after meeting with Tomomasa Nakagawa, a former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member on death row. Researching attacks involving the cult and deadly poisons, Tu, 86, has been meeting with Nakagawa at the detention house since 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AUM 'doctor' gets death penalty

TOKYO, Japan - An undated file photo shows senior AUM Shinrikyo cultist Tomomasa Nakagawa, 41, who was sentenced to death by the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 29 for his roles in the murders of 24 people in cases including the sect's sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway and in Nagano Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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High court upholds death sentence for ex-AUM cultist

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo High Court upheld the death sentence on Satoru Hashimoto (file photo), former senior AUM Shinrikyo cultist, on Sept. 18 for his involvement in two separate murder cases and in building a plant to mass-produce nerve gas. (Kyodo)

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Former AUM cultist Ishii released from Wakayama prison

TOKYO, Japan - Hisako Ishii, a former senior cultist in the AUM Shinrikyo sect, arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport after being released from Wakayama prison in Wakayama Prefecture on Nov. 18. Ishii, 40, completed a term she received for helping AUM members allegedly involved in the 1995 Tokyo subway gassing evade arrest and other crimes.