TOKYO (TR) – The Ministry of Justice on Friday introduced the execution of Takahiro Shiraishi, an inmate on dying row over the homicide and dismemberment of 9 women and men.
In 2020, a courtroom convicted Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, of theft, non-consensual sexual activity, homicide and destruction of a corpse, studies Nippon News Network (June 27).
In 2017, he killed the eight ladies and one man, aged 15 to 26, whom he had met on Twitter and different shops at his condo in Zama City. He additionally stole their valuables.
He sexually assaulted the eight ladies earlier than the murders. The one man was the boyfriend of one of many feminine victims who had gone searching for her.
Some media shops dubbed him the “Twitter Killer.”
During his trial, the principle situation at trial was whether or not the victims had consented to being killed. However, the Tachikawa department of the Tokyo District Court dominated that every one 9 victims had “not consented.” Shiraishi was sentenced to dying and the sentence was finalized.
Following the execution, Keisuke Suzuki, the Minister of Justice, held an emergency press convention to elucidate the explanations for the execution.
“This has resulted in extremely serious consequences, with the young and precious lives of nine victims taken in the space of about two months, causing great shock and anxiety in society,” Suzuki mentioned. “I ordered the execution after extremely careful consideration.”
This is the primary execution in Japan in two years and 11 months. With this execution, the variety of dying row inmates in prisons nationwide is now 105.