Death penalty formally requested for Kyoto Animation arsonist by prosecutors as trial closes

On December 7, the prosecution made its closing arguments in the trial of Shinji Aoba, the arsonist who attacked anime studio Kyoto Animation in July of 2019, killing 36 people.

After killing 36 people, defendant still says he thinks that what Kyoto Animation did was wrong.

The prosecution disagrees, and has now formally requested the death penalty.