A man who was sentenced to death over the 2016 murder of 19 people with mental disabilities at a care home in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, said Wednesday he will not appeal the ruling.
Satoshi Uematsu, a 30-year-old former employee at the Tsukui Yamayuri En care facility, said that even if his defense counsel files an appeal by the March 30 deadline, he will request it be dropped.
"I kind of expected (the death penalty) but I'm not convinced (I deserve it)," Uematsu said.