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The Tokyo High Court has turned down an appeal by a 27-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for killing a 7-year-old girl in 2019 in Niigata City in 2019. The Niigata District Court on Dec 4, 2019, convicted Haruka Kobayashi of killing Tamaki Omomo on May 7, 2018, and sentenced him to life in orison . Prosecutors has sought the death sentence. The appellate court of the Tokyo High Court turned down the appeal on Thursday, saying there were no extenuating circumstances, and upheld the Niigata court ’s ruling . Kobayashi 's lawyer had appealed the ruling , seeking...
