The Tokyo District Court sentenced the former leader of a Waseda University club to 14 years in prison Tuesday for masterminding the gang-rapes of three female students in 2001 and 2003.
The sentence for ex-Waseda student Shinichiro Wada, 30, was just shy of the 15-year maximum penalty for rape. Forty percent of convicted rapists are sentenced to terms of less than three years.
Presiding Judge Yujiro Nakatani said, "The behavior of the accused, of completely ignoring the humanity of the victims and using them as mere tools for sex, is extremely heinous."