Japan Will Hang 30-Year-Old for Nursing Home Murder Spree

Satoshi Uematsu, 30, was sentenced to death over a 2016 mass stabbing at a care home for the mentally disabled near Tokyo; the incident left 19 dead and 26 others injured. Uematsu – a former employee at the care facility he targeted in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture – admitted to the killings during hearings of his lay judge trial at the Yokohama District Court. During his trial, Uematsu seemed to imply that disabled persons incapable of communicating their thoughts did not deserve human rights. He claimed these individuals “create unhappiness in society.”-- More...