Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, more than three years after the broad-daylight killing that sent shockwaves worldwide. Judge Shinichi Tanaka handed down the life sentence during a hearing at the Nara District Court. At the start of the trial in October, Yamagami had pleaded guilty. The 45-year-old Yamagami was accused of shooting the former Japanese leader, who had left office two years prior, with a homemade firearm during a campaign rally on July 8, 2022, in Nara near Kyoto. The prosecution sought a life sentence, describing the crime as...
