A court sentenced a former policeman to death Friday for choking his wife and two children to death at their home in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in June 2017.Mitsuru Nakata, 41, had denied the allegations at the time of his arrest and throughout his lay judge trial at the Fukuoka District Court, while prosecutors sought the death penalty.Presiding Judge Toshihiro Shibata said the court took into account the social impact of the "shocking crime." Nakata appealed the ruling the same day.In the absence of witness accounts or a confession, prosecutors pointed to the couple's straine…READ FULL ARTICLE
