Related
Translate
Previous entry: Religious jellybeans lead to lawsuit
Next entry: French MPs vote for Muslim headscarf ban
Get RNB via RSS
 |
RNB's RSS feed What is this? |
Get RNB via Email
 |
 Subscribe by Email What is this? |
Follow: Twitter
Most Popular
This Week:
- Guyana’s Jonestown suicide site gets plaque
- Gaddafi preaches Islam to Rome beauties
- Scientology practices ‘putting people at risk’
- Recession: Muslim schools in UK under threat of closure
- Australian senator tells Parliament of widespread criminal conduct within the Church of Scientology
- When a child dies, faith is no defense
- Muslim terrorists smuggle fatwas promoting Jihad out of secure UK prisons
- Techie Holy water and geeky bishops
- Israel Charges Extremist With Attempted Murder Of Messianic Family
- 1-year prison term for man who participated in cyber attack on Church of Scientology Web sites
Top court upholds life term for ex-AUM member, gas attack driver
More articles on this topic: Aum ShinrikyoTOKYO, Feb. 10 (Kyodo) — The Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings sentencing a former member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult to life in prison for murder for his role as a driver in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, court sources said Tuesday.
As demanded by the prosecutors, the Tokyo District Court in 2000 and the Tokyo High Court the following year sentenced Kiyotaka Tonozaki, 40, to a life term. Tonozaki appealed to the Supreme Court in 2002. The court’s ruling was dated Monday.
According to the two earlier rulings, Tonozaki conspired with AUM founder and leader Shoko Asahara, 48, and others to spread sarin during the morning rush hour on the subway system on March 20, 1995. Twelve people died and 14 were seriously injured.
The courts said that Tonozaki drove Masato Yokoyama, a former senior AUM official, to the scene, and that although no one died on the train route where Yokoyama spread sarin, a life sentence was appropriate.
Yokoyama, who has been sentenced to death, is appealing to the top court.
During the trial, Tonozaki apologized to victims of the gassing and bereaved relatives, saying he now believes the teachings of Asahara are wrong. He has quit the cult.
Fourteen people, including Asahara, have been indicted over the case. Tonozaki is the third among them to have a conviction finalized.
AUM now calls itself Aleph.
What You Can Do From Here
|
Read More Articles On These Topics
Share, Blog About, Bookmark, or Email This Article
Subscribe
Read Another Article
Previous entry: Religious jellybeans lead to lawsuit Next entry: French MPs vote for Muslim headscarf ban
RNB Homepage with latest headlinesFind Related Information
Find Related Books
|
Share This Article
To share this page simply copy and paste one of these URL's:
