Man sentenced to 4 years for abducting nurse who was later found dead

that's it, blame the murder on the guy who killed himself and kill two birds with one stone

Life is cheap. And did they rape the poor woman or not? That's a lot of effort on the part of 3 subhuman pieces of filth just to rob a 29 year old nurse--like she was wealthy?

The remaining two guys should also be convicted of murder. They are obviously guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, which in the states anyway carries with it the same penalty.

For the layman, to be guilty of conspiracy, you must have helped plan, then have taken an active step toward that goal.

Four years for killing someone.

Life really is worth very little in the eyes of the law, isn't it.

They should definitely be charged with murder, or at the very least, aiding and abetting. 4 years for her life? Could Japanese justice be anymore of a joke?

The "justice"? System suprised us again! Perhaps the perpetrators went to the right university or were distantly related to a celebrity. The judge or prosecution also share a thing for nurses? Who knows how the things happen. If your forced to confess to theft, confess to rape and murder too, less jail time.

Prosecutors had sought a seven-year jail term for Ito, but the court judged it was too heavy when compared with punishments for similar cases and gave Ito a shorter term, saying he "willingly confessed to the crime and has shown remorse."

Awwwwww. he "willingly confessed to the crime and has shown remorse."

What a ridiculous and soppy Judge.

Kidnapping / abducting a person and confining them should carry at least a 10 year minimum prison sentence, on its own. And that is aside from any other crimes, including murder, conspiracy to commit murder, sexual assault, etc.

"The physical and psychological pain the victim suffered was extremely serious. The defendant played a crucial role of driving the car, and there is no room for leniency in his motive to gain money," Yamada said.

No room for leniency? He played an equal roll in the abduction, confinement and murder of a young woman and received a four year jail term? You have to be pooping me!

Let's hope this "show remorse and get off easy" crap doesn't catch on in the States and other countries. How tha flip do judges sleep at night?

Hopefully there will be some prison justice.

The 4 year sentence is disgraceful, but so is the practice of allowing prisoners to randomly attack other prisoners lynch-mob style. That's a stain on the US justice system. There are plenty of stains on Japan's system, but at least that's not one of them.

That's a slap in the wrist for a horrible act. Definitely a joke sentence for murder.

This sentence is a crime in itself. He is complicit in kidnapping and murder. And yet as a topical comparison we are reading headlines about the primitive treatment and prosecution for a foreign CEO who may or may not have falsified his accounts.

My feeling is that this Ito animal is a police informer and has been handed a deal. He was already arrested for another crime and has been singing like a bird. So they cut him a deal.

Do lenient charges and sentences really deter others from misdeeds. Do sincere apologizes for one's horrific actions adequately assuage the anguish of survivors.

Prosecutors had sought a seven-year jail term for Ito, but the court judged it was too heavy when compared with punishments for similar cases and gave Ito a shorter term. That is the logic for meating out 4 years of hard boot-camp prison style ? They should give the example to all criminals in japan that think that nurses are useless subjects of the empire. Imagine how the nurse feel in Japan concerning that awful murder. Attack someone that makes a lot less then doctors but that this all the work for doctors and the poor families of the sick and injured. They should conduct a survey and see how many Japanese would tolerate such idiotic and horrofic conduct to be allowed upon their civilain population. mere targets for easy money for low lifes that resort to murder an innocent and vulnerable human being for a few thousand dollars from the state ? They should punish severely but he knows what will happen to that individual once he is released from jail. Maybe, he is a wanted man !!! Is own immature undertakings. To consider to kill and destroy a precious asset of the state ? The pure impunity towards that poor woman. I hope the nurse in Japan don't live in fear because of this. How many have stopped going to work outs through the country ?

Quoting my own recent post:

"Ever notice how people's occupation always figures prominently in these headlines? I guess Japan is still all about what you do and not who you are...."

Even the kidnapping and confining isn't exactly a petty crime. He deserved much more for that alone.

Her life was only worth 4 years ?????? We all know he killed her so why only 4 years ?? Oh wait I get it now

He kidnaped her but then let her go free and another guy came along and killed her and placed her body in the mountains in the Shizuoka city area. So that's why he only got 4 years - for the kidnaping. Yeah right. 

Sometimes the courts just don't care.