Kyoto Animation Arsonist Who Killed 36, Injured 32, Sentenced To Death In Japan
A Kyoto District Court Judge said the man was neither mentally incompetent nor in a diminished mental state at the time of the attack.
A Kyoto District Court Judge said the man was neither mentally incompetent nor in a diminished mental state at the time of the attack.
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