On 9 September, the Ministry of Justice announced that Katsumi Morita, 73, a death-row inmate sentenced to death for the murder of four people in three robbery-murder cases, including the Mabuchi Motor case, had died. He had been suffering from metastatic liver and colorectal cancer. The number of confirmed death row inmates in penal institutions now stands at 107.
According to the MOJ, Morita was confirmed dead at the Tokyo Detention Centre in the early hours of 9 September, having fallen while taking a bath on 22 July and injured his head. After an examination, he was diagnosed with liver and colorectal cancer on 16 August and was undergoing palliative treatment.
MangoKakigori on
Good news then?
Riddled and suffering with cancer after murdering multiple others?
Seems like a fair punishment and far worse
Freak_Out_Bazaar on
This isn’t all that uncommon where decades can pass between sentencing and execution. According to Wikipedia he would be the 47th death row inmate to die in prison
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On 9 September, the Ministry of Justice announced that Katsumi Morita, 73, a death-row inmate sentenced to death for the murder of four people in three robbery-murder cases, including the Mabuchi Motor case, had died. He had been suffering from metastatic liver and colorectal cancer. The number of confirmed death row inmates in penal institutions now stands at 107.
According to the MOJ, Morita was confirmed dead at the Tokyo Detention Centre in the early hours of 9 September, having fallen while taking a bath on 22 July and injured his head. After an examination, he was diagnosed with liver and colorectal cancer on 16 August and was undergoing palliative treatment.
Good news then?
Riddled and suffering with cancer after murdering multiple others?
Seems like a fair punishment and far worse
This isn’t all that uncommon where decades can pass between sentencing and execution. According to Wikipedia he would be the 47th death row inmate to die in prison