A Japanese high court upheld Thursday a lower court ruling that sentenced a former U.S. military base worker to life in prison for the rape and murder of a 20-year-old woman in Okinawa in 2016.The Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court dismissed the appeal of 34-year-old Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, who admitted to the charges of rape resulting in death and abandoning the victim's body.The defense counsel claimed he had no intent to kill and denied the murder charge, insisting his confession obtained immediately after his arrest was not credible. He admitted killed her during police interrogat…READ FULL ARTICLE