3 men arrested over murder of 80-year-old woman in Tokyo

Well, if they are found guilty, there is a very good chance they could get the death penalty. Usually murder, when combined with other crimes and a pattern of criminal behavior, greatly increases the possibility of the death penalty.

They should spend the rest of their lives in prison...right up to the point where their necks are snapped by a six foot drop.

Looks like great police work.

Glad they caught these thugs quickly. Let's hope their punishment is befitting their crimes.

They should spend the rest of their lives in prison...right up to the point where their necks are snapped by a six foot drop.

And that would be just as barbaric and heinous as their crime.

@toast, good, then the punishment fits the crime.

@toast, good, then the punishment fits the crime.

This is the 21st century, there's no need for biblical-style vengeance and retribution.

@toast, if these guys want to plead guilty and spend the rest of their lives in prison, I'm good with that. If they want to roll the dice with a trial, they deserve the maximum penalty as prescribed by law. I have more compassion for that kid who killed seven in Ueno than these three. These guys terrorized and murdered an old woman, for money and nothing else. Can't find any reason they should get anything less.

String them up. Low life’s are a waste of space

Such wanton savagery and callous disregard for the sanctity of life goes hand in glove with the engineering of increasingly social Darwinist conditions in the wider society. Those who have facilitated the widening of the cracks and made 弱肉強食 the order of the day have a lot to answer for.

She was born around 1939, and she survived WWII and saw Japan rise from the ashes only to be murdered in her old age by these 3 young men. This a tragic way to go for somebody who had seen so much during her life.

These guys terrorized and murdered an old woman, for money and nothing else. Can't find any reason they should get anything less.

Yes, they're despicable. But more murder isn't going to right this terrible, horrific wrong.

I am glad the cops did their job and found these scum.

Were the elderly couples that were robbed before this incident murdered too?