A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a 34-year-old man to death for murdering two women as they were out for a stroll and two policemen who responded to the scene of the attack in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, in 2023.The Nagano District Court ruled that Masanori Aoki, a farmer, was fully criminally responsible for the killings, dismissing the defense's argument that a life sentence was appropriate since he was in a state of diminished mental capacity at the time."It was an atrocious crime in which four precious lives were taken based on a strong intent to kill," Presiding Judge Masash…READ FULL ARTICLE
