Genzo Kurita
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Genzo Kurita | |
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| Born | Genzo Kurita November 3, 1926 |
| Died | October 14, 1959 (aged 32) |
| Cause of death | Hanging |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 8 |
Span of crimes | February 1948 – January 13, 1952 |
| Country | Japan |
| State(s) | Chiba, Tochigi, Shizuoka |
Date apprehended | January 16, 1952 |
Genzo Kurita (Japanese: 栗田 源蔵, Hepburn: Kurita Genzō, November 3, 1926 – October 14, 1959) was a Japanese serial killer who murdered eight people.
Murders
Kurita murdered two girlfriends in February 1948. On August 8, 1951, he raped and murdered a 24-year-old woman beside her baby. He then had sex with her corpse.[citation needed]
On October 11, 1951, he raped and murdered a 29-year-old woman. He threw her three children from a cliff called Osen Korogashi. One survived.[citation needed]
Kurita killed a 63-year-old woman and her 24-year-old niece on January 13, 1952. Afterward, he had sex with the niece's dead body. At the crime scene, the police found his fingerprints.[citation needed]
Arrest, trial, and execution
Kurita was arrested on January 16, 1952.[citation needed]
On August 12, 1952, the district court in Chiba sentenced him to death for the last two murders. The district court in Utsunomiya sentenced him to death for six others on December 21, 1953. He appealed the sentences, but because of mental instability he retracted his appeals on October 21, 1954. He was considered to be neurotic and a danger to himself. He was executed on October 14, 1959.[citation needed]
Aftermath
On May 10, 1956, a pro-death penalty prosecutor in Supreme Public Prosecutors Office introduced Kurita into a debate about capital punishment in the Diet.[1]
See also
References
- ^ 第024回国会 法務委員会公聴会 第2号 (in Japanese). National Diet Library. 1956-05-10. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
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