National News Death penalty finalized for 'curry-killer' Hayashi

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The Supreme Court on April 21 finalized Masumi Hayashi's death sentence for killing four people with arsenic-laced curry at a 1998 summer festival in the city of Wakayama, rejecting her not-guilty plea and ending an almost decade-long trial.

Hayashi, 47, a former insurance saleswoman, was convicted at the district court level of killing the four and sickening 63 others who ate the poisoned curry, although there was no direct evidence to prove her involvement and no clear motive. Her sentence was upheld in a high court appeal. She was also convicted of trying to kill an acquaintance for insurance, as well as her husband, Kenji, 63, a pest exterminator, to collect on policies she had taken out on them. Hayashi's lawyers plan to petition for a retrial. (Kyodo News)

毒物カレー事件、林被告の死刑確定へ

最高裁は4月21日、1998年に和歌山市で起きた毒物カレー事件で、林真須美被告の上告を棄却し、死刑判決が確定することになった。

Shukan ST: May 1, 2009

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