Aftermath
A legislative hearing was convened into the police handling of the Shiori Ino case, and the Saitama Police were criticized in the media for dereliction of duty. The head of Saitama Police formally apologized to the Ino family. Following an investigation, 6 officers were disciplined and 3 senior police officers were fired. The three were also indicted on documents falsification charge over their refusal to process the charges brought by Shiori Ino during the harassment campaigned. On September 7, 2000, Toshio Katagiri and Hirokazu Furuta were each sentenced to 1 year 6 months in prison and Tsuyoshi Honda was sentenced to 1 year 2 months in prison, but they were allowed to receive suspended sentences.
A stalker regulation law took effect in November 2000 as a result of Ino's murder.
On December 22, 2000, Shiori Ino's family sued Saitama Police. On February 16, 2003, district court ruled that the Saitama Police would have to pay consolation money, but denied that police neglect had allowed the criminals to murder her. On appeal, on August 30, 2006, the Supreme Court upheld the original sentence.
The hit man, Kubota, was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Two other main criminals, Satoshi Kawakami and Yoshitaka Ito, were each sentenced to 15 years in prison. Takeshi was sentenced to life imprisonment, but he appealed. On September 5, 2006, the Supreme Court upheld his original sentence.
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