Japan's top court on Friday dismissed an appeal by the defense of a former policeman who was given the death sentence for the murders of his wife and two children in 2017, exhausting his legal options.Five judges on the Supreme Court's Third Petty Bench unanimously upheld two lower court decisions that sentenced Mitsuru Nakata, 45, to death for the murders in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture. His defense had argued a third party could have been responsible.Presiding Judge Yasumasa Nagamine said Nakata's disregard for human life was "extreme, based on his determined and strong intention to kill," a…READ FULL ARTICLE
