The father of a 11-year-old victim of the 1997 Kobe child murders is seeking answers from the perpetrator, who has been released from a juvenile medical facility. The perpetrator's letters stopped in 2017, leaving the father with unresolved questions about the motive.
29 years after the 1997 serial child murders in Suma Ward, Kobe, the father of 11-year-old Jun Hase, who was killed, spoke to Mainichi Shimbun. He stated that the incident feels like yesterday and his feelings for his child remain unchanged. Letters from the perpetrator have stopped since 2018.
The Trump Justice Department said on Friday it was seeking to expand the use of the death penalty in federal capital cases and add the firing squad, electrocution and gas to lethal injection as methods of execution. “The prior administration failed in its duty to protect the American people by refusing to pursue and carry out the ultimate punishment against the most dangerous criminals, including terrorists, child murderers, and cop killers,” acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. Under US...
