The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of two murders and robbery in 1994 and 1995 in Gifu and Mie prefectures.
The Second Petty Bench turned down an appeal from Masuo Yamaguchi, 56, against a high court decision that overturned his life prison term and sent him to death row, finalizing the sentence.
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