Defendant Keeps Silent on 2023 Quadruple Murder Charges

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Nagano, Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)–A man charged with the 2023 murder of four people, including two policemen, in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, indicated his intention to keep silent during the first court hearing of his lay-judge trial on Thursday. His attorney said the defendant, Masanori Aoki, 34, was in a state of diminished capacity due to integration disorder syndrome, doubting that Ao…