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Japan
cult member gets life term for gassing (06/07/2001)
A key member of Japan's doomsday cult accused of a fatal 1995 gas
attack on Tokyo subways was sentenced yesterday to life in prison
for 10 related crimes, including murder. Tokyo District Court Judge
Hiromichi Inoue rejected a prosecution demand that Yoshihiro Inoue
be sentenced to death because he did not actually release the poisonous
sarin gas in the subways or otherwise take an active part in the
attack, Kyodo news agency said. Inoue, 30, was the cult's top intelligence
officer and a close aide to Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth) founder
Shoko Asahara, who is on trial for numerous crimes related to the
subway gassing, which killed 12 and left thousands ill.
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