The Supreme Court rejected on Thursday an appeal by a 69-year-old man convicted of killing five neighbors in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan in 2013 in revenge for what he believed to be harassment, leading his death sentence to be finalized.The decision against Kosei Homi, who was also found guilty of setting fire to two of the victims' homes in a remote community, was handed down by the top court's No. 1 Petty Bench."It was a brutal crime based on a firm intent to kill, and the consequences of taking five people's lives are grave," Presiding Judge Atsushi Yamaguchi said in deliverin…READ FULL ARTICLE