UTSUNOMIYA, Tochigi Pref. – The Utsunomiya District Court sentenced a 43-year-old man to 17 years in prison Tuesday for killing two brothers by burying them alive in a forest in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture.
The sentence handed down to Kaoru Sakamoto, unemployed and of no known address, was a year less than that demanded by prosecutors.
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