Tag: Shoko Asahara

Shoko Asahara second retrial plea fails

Thursday November 10, 2011 Aum Shinrikyo, RNB's Religion News Blog

The Tokyo District Court back in May rejected a second plea for a retrial for Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara, who is on death row for masterminding the 1995 deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system and other crimes.

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Court shoots down Asahara retrial

Thursday September 16, 2010 Aum Shinrikyo, Terrorism

Japan’s Supreme Court has rejected a plea for a retrial for Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara, who is on death row for masterminding the 1995 deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system as well as other crimes, sources said Wednesday.

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Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult guru seeks retrial

Tuesday November 11, 2008 Aum Shinrikyo

Lawyers for the Japanese doomsday cult leader on death row for ordering a deadly nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995 have requested a retrial, a court official said Tuesday.

The petition was based on what Asahara’s lawyers considered new evidence from testimony by a senior member of the cult that the attacks had been carried out against their leader’s wishes.

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