The Supreme Court on Nov. 18 upheld the death sentence for former Aum Shinrikyo senior member Tomomasa Nakagawa, ending all trials for the 1989 murders of a lawyer and his family.
Death sentence stands for Aum cultist in lawyer's murder
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