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Japan Cult Appeal Could Cause Delays
By:Joseph
Date: Friday, 27 February 2004, 11:25 am

"Japan Cult Appeal Could Cause Delays
4 minutes ago

By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Writer

TOKYO - It took nearly eight years for Japan's courts to convict and hand down a death sentence against former cult guru Shoko Asahara for the 1995 Tokyo nerve gas attack. With the appeal promised by his lawyers, it could take just as many years to execute him. "

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