Japanese Court Sentences Man to Death Over 2016 Knife Massacre at Care Home

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Japanese Court Sentences Man to Death Over 2016 Knife Massacre at Care Home

The man responsible for the 2016 knife massacre at a Japanese care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities has been sentenced to death by the Yokohama District Court.

Satoshi Uematsu has been convicted and sentenced to death over the killing of 19 individuals and injuring of over two dozen others at Tsukui Lily Garden (Tsukui Yamayuri En) care home on July 26, 2016.

“The grave consequence was incomparable to other incidents with 19 lives being taken, and the crime was well planned and executed based on a strong intent to kill,” presiding Judge Kiyoshi Aonuma said during Uematsu’s sentencing on Monday, as reported by Kyodo News.

“His way of thinking about the severely disabled is based on his experience of working [at the care home], and people can understand it. We cannot say his thinking was pathologically impaired.”

“We cannot say that he genuinely understood the meaning of his crimes … He was driven by a mental disorder triggered by marijuana and could not judge right from wrong,” Uematsu’s team asserted during the trial last month, claiming that he was high on marijuana at the time of the attack.

Though it was once believed that Uematsu committed the crimes due to an admiration of Nazi ideology, it’s not clear if those accusations had any standing in court.

Uematsu is not expected to appeal the decision, as he previously stated that he would accept the court’s ruling.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

Japanese Court Sentences Man to Death Over 2016 Knife Massacre at Care Home

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