April 21st: Masumi Hayashi’s Sentence Upheld (2009)
Without a motive a case, even if solved in the eyes of the court, can remain a mystery. On April 21st 2009 a woman had her sentence upheld in a case that, up until this day, she swears she did not commit. A case that, despite having no motive, is a closed case in the opinions of many. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masumi_Hayashi_(murderer), https://features.japantimes.co.jp/wakayama-curry-killings-revisited/, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/25/national/crime-legal/no-retrial-wakayama-curry-poisoning-murders/, https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/hayashi-masumi.htm, https://www.jiadep.org/Hayashi_Masumi.html, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-little-bowl-of-death-279822.html, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-murder-curry/japanese-woman-gets-death-for-curry-murder-media-idUSTRE53K3IN20090421

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April 21st: Masumi Hayashi’s Sentence Upheld (2009)
Without a motive a case, even if solved in the eyes of the court, can remain a mystery. On April 21st 2009 a woman had her sentence upheld in a case that, up until this day, she swears she did not commit. A case that, despite having no motive, is a closed case in the opinions of many. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masumi_Hayashi_(murderer), https://features.japantimes.co.jp/wakayama-curry-killings-revisited/, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/25/national/crime-legal/no-retrial-wakayama-curry-poisoning-murders/, https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/hayashi-masumi.htm, https://www.jiadep.org/Hayashi_Masumi.html, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-little-bowl-of-death-279822.html, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-murder-curry/japanese-woman-gets-death-for-curry-murder-media-idUSTRE53K3IN20090421

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