The Tokyo District Court sentenced a 65-year-old man to life in prison Monday after convicting him of six crimes, including the 2004 robbery-murder of a restaurateur and attempted murder of a Tokyo subway employee.
Prosecutors had demanded the death penalty for Tokuhisa Kumagai, who pleaded guilty, arguing there should be no leniency for crimes committed purely to get money, and he will never mend his ways. They quoted him as saying after his arrest that if he were to be released after serving time he would continue to rob.
Kumagai's counsel had claimed he was repentant.
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