Japanese man to hang for subway attack

[YogsVR4]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._japan_cult_dc

TOKYO (Reuters) - A former Japanese cult guru was sentenced to hang on Friday for masterminding a sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo subway trains in 1995 that killed 12, sickened thousands and shattered Japan's myth of public safety.

Shoko Asahara, 48, who led the Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth Sect), was found guilty at Tokyo District Court of 13 charges including responsibility for the subway attack and a series of other crimes that killed another 15 people.
"His crimes did not stop at the murder of specific individuals but expanded into indiscriminate acts of terrorism," said Judge Shoji Ogawa. "I sentence the defendant to death," Ogawa said after Asahara stood to hear the verdict that concluded the eight-year trial. Eight guards had to help him rise at the judge's order to stand. The gassing, with its images of bodies lying across platforms and soldiers in gas masks sealing off Tokyo subway stations, stunned the Japanese public, accustomed to crime-free streets.

Aum's arsenal including sarin, first developed by the Nazis, raised concern worldwide about the ease with which biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction could be made.

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It took a long time, but he's getting the punishment he deserves.

[2strokebloke]

I wonder if they use the gas chamber?

[V1nce]

I wonder if they use the gas chamber?

bit ironic

[DGB454]

I have a feeling the gas chamber would be a bit redundant after the hanging.

[2strokebloke]

No, he's hangin' ten before they execute him.

[V1nce]

I have a feeling the gas chamber would be a bit redundant after the hanging

have you never seen a japanese game show ???

[TexasF355F1]

Sweet! So when's the firing squad's next tournament here in the states?

[MagicRat]

How does one manage to have an eight year trial?