UTSUNOMIYA, Tochigi Pref. – An underworld figure was sentenced to death Monday for two slayings, including one during a robbery, within a span of three weeks.
The Utsunomiya District Court ruled that Ryoji Goto, 44, a former senior underworld figure, conspired with five others to hold four people at gunpoint in a local apartment on Aug. 20 and 21, 2000.
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