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Luddite
Nine years for kidnap and imprisonment and god knows what else. A disgustingly light sentence.
Laguna
I'd say lock him up 20 years for each year she lost.
Yubaru
Feel free to pay for his room and board as well! It's bad enough that he is getting 9 years, when he SHOULD be put into a facility that can treat him, and then the insurance co-op can cover the costs!
Dango bong
9 years? Did they examine for any kind of sexual crimes? With a minor that is statutory rape plus kidnapping should be at least 25-30 years. Even with no molestation kidnapping and confinement of a minor for 2 years should get him 15-20 minumum
Goodlucktoyou
Why didn’t the police find her years ago with survaliance cameras and forensics?
he should not be in society. I have autistic friends, none would even kidnap a butterfly.
Civitas Sine Suffragio
At least he didn't lock her in the basement and impregnate her
Disillusioned
9 years is about 100 years short of what the sentence should be. He'll be 34 when he gets out of prison and, no doubt, he'll be looking for another victim.
Cricky
Where do the find these judges? At medieval reenactment bbqs
TigersTokyoDome
Considering that a mother lost her 15 year old daughter to a kidnapping for 2 years, shouldnt the judge be taking the parents wish into consideration?
These limited public seat numbers are a little irrelevant as news media organisations generate these large queues to try and get journalists into court.
Jonny Knoxville
Well we all know what he'll do next time after he gets out at 34...hardly a lesson learnt.
Rik314
Seriously??? 15 years for each year at least!
1glenn
My sincere sympathy to the girl and her family. I cannot imagine how horrible this must have been for her and for them.
chisineko
A short sentence for kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment seems to indicate to the general public the crime is not taken very seriously. The PC mentality is indeed infectious.
Jocelyn Strob Simard
That judge must be too used to deal with people who spend time in prison, 9 years fur such a horrible crime is not enough! He destroyed the life of that girl and of her family and friends forever. He should be in jail for life.
stormcrow
Poor, poor girl. She had 2 years of her life robbed from her when she should've been in high school doing the things girls do and preparing for her future.
9 years? Even if he didn't abuse her sexually, he did abuse her mentally by holding her against her will for so long, especially at such a critical time in her young life.
Since Kabu Terauchi reportedly suffers from severe schizophrenia, he should be placed in a mental hospital for the rest of his life to prevent him from doing this ever again.