Uncommon Punishment In Japan

(26 May 08 - RV) A Japanese gangster was sentenced to death today for the fatal shooting of the mayor of Nagasaki during his campaign for re-election last year.


Tetsuya Shiroo had developed a personal grudge against mayor Itcho Ito because the city government had refused to lend money to his struggling construction business.


Japan Times Editor, Eric Due told us capital punishment for a single murder is not common in Japan, though he says this political assassination caused a great public outrage.