Hachiko
Apr 22, 2004, 00:27
Okay gang, I don't know if this should be in the food forum, or if it should be in the news forum, but here is an interesting article that involves food.
OSAKA (Kyodo) The appeal trial for Masumi Hayashi, who was sentenced to death for killing four people with poisoned curry at a community festival in Wakayama in 1998, started Tuesday, with the defendant expected to finally break her silence.
http://www.japantimes.com/images/photos2004/nn20040421a1a.jpg
Masumi Hayashi, sentenced to death for killing four people with arsenic-laced curry at a summer festival in Wakayama in 1998, attends the first session of her appellate trial Tuesday at the Osaka High Court. KYODO ILLUSTRATION
Hayashi's defense team asked the court to allow it to question the 42-year-old defendant several times from the second session, scheduled to take place June 18.
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20040421a1.htm)
OSAKA (Kyodo) The appeal trial for Masumi Hayashi, who was sentenced to death for killing four people with poisoned curry at a community festival in Wakayama in 1998, started Tuesday, with the defendant expected to finally break her silence.
http://www.japantimes.com/images/photos2004/nn20040421a1a.jpg
Masumi Hayashi, sentenced to death for killing four people with arsenic-laced curry at a summer festival in Wakayama in 1998, attends the first session of her appellate trial Tuesday at the Osaka High Court. KYODO ILLUSTRATION
Hayashi's defense team asked the court to allow it to question the 42-year-old defendant several times from the second session, scheduled to take place June 18.
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20040421a1.htm)