Chemical and Biological Weapons and Terrorism by Tu Anthony T

Author:Tu, Anthony T.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CAM)
Published: 2017-09-20T16:00:00+00:00

4.6.5 The Case of Kazuaki Okazaki

Okazaki was the first one to be sentenced to die by the Supreme Court decision on April 7, 2005. His crime was for killing the lawyer Sakamoto and his wife and child. After the killing, Okazaki stole about $3 million from Aum Shinrikyo, but the cult recovered the money. Okazaki threatened Aum Shinrikyo’s leader Asahara that unless he got money, he would report the killing of the Sakamoto family to the police. Asahara gave Okazaki about $2 million. Okazaki then sent an anonymous letter to the police about the bodies of the Sakamoto family, but the bodies were not found. At one time, the police did ask Okazaki whether he was involved in the killing, but Okazaki denied any involvement.

Later, Okazaki realized that the police knew he was involved, so he turned himself in admitting he was one of the six Aum Shinrikyo members involved in killing the Sakamoto family. In Japan, if one voluntarily turns himself in and admits to the crime, the punishment is reduced. But in Okazaki’s case, he was sentenced to death by the first and second courts, as well as the Supreme Court. His life was not spared because he volunteered to turn himself in “too late.” He needed to turn himself in before the Japanese police knew of his crime.

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