NAKAHARA SUMIO
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Nakahara Sumio
Ex-gangster to hang for killing 2 other gangsters
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
TOKYO — The Supreme Court upheld lower court decisions Tuesday to hang a former gangster for killing two other gangsters in 1997. According to the ruling, Sumio Nakahara, 60, in collusion with his subordinates, shot and killed the 54-year-old head of another gangster group in Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct 6, 1997.
One week later, he killed one of the subordinates, 40, fearing the initial murder would be detected, and dumped his body in a mountainous area in Nagasaki Prefecture, the ruling said. The lower courts sentenced him to death, judging the testimony of three of his subordinates, who said they were ordered to kill the two victims, as credible. (Kyodo News)
Death penalty for yakuza stands
Kyodo News
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld lower court decisions to hang a former yakuza for killing two other gangsters in 1997.
"The crime was systematic and pre-arranged, and brought about the gravest consequence. . . . A death sentence is inevitable," the presiding judge, Toyozo Ueda, said in handing down the ruling to Sumio Nakahara, 60.
According to the ruling, Nakahara, in collusion with his subordinates, shot and killed the 54-year-old head of a local yakuza group in Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 6, 1997.
One week later, he killed one of the subordinates, 40, fearing the initial murder would be detected, and dumped his body in a mountainous area of Nagasaki Prefecture, the ruling said.
Nakahara pleaded not guilty. The lower courts sentenced him to death, judging the testimony of three of his subordinates as credible.
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