Care Home Killer Gets Death Sentence
A Japanese court has sentenced a man to death for killing 19 people with intellectual disabilities at a care home in Sagamihara City, near Tokyo, in 2016.
The Yokohama District Court issued the verdict on Monday for 30-year-old Satoshi Uematsu, a former worker at the Tsukui Yamayurien home.
The trial began in January and 16 hearings were held.
Prosecutors had demanded the death sentence, saying the defendant was fit to be held criminally responsible at the time of the attack and the crimes committed by him were despicable and extremely cruel.
