Suspect charged with murder in assassination of Japan's Abe

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BREAKING: Prosecutors have formally charged the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder, according to the court. Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested immediately after Abe was shot while giving a campaign speech in July.

FILE - Tetsuya Yamagami, bottom, is detained near the site of gunshots in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on July 8, 2022. Japanese prosecutors formally charged the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder, Japan's NHK public television reported Friday, Jan. 13, 2023.

Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested immediately after allegedly shooting Abe with a homemade gun as the former leader was making a campaign speech in July outside a train station in Nara in western Japan.

 

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Does Japan have the death penalty?

They were just waiting until the beatings were over with

Proof that gun control will never work. Lol

What too k so long

Long overdue

So what is death penalty on the table? Its hanging right?

First step towards sentencing him to time served.

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