The 78-year-old demise row inmate was convicted of murdering the boys — with the intent of inheriting their belongings — in Kyoto, Osaka, and Hyogo prefectures between 2012 and 2013.
Among the victims was her 75-year-old husband, Isao. The different two have been males with whom she had entered common-law relationships.
In 2007, Kakehi additionally tried to kill one other male acquaintance to keep away from repaying a debt.
She was held on the Osaka Detention Center as a demise row inmate within the years earlier than her demise.
In 2022, Kakehi filed a request for a retrial on the Kyoto District Court in relation to the demise of one in all her common-law spouses, a 75-year-old man from town of Itami, Hyogo Prefecture.
Her protection group argued that the person’s demise was as a consequence of an sickness and submitted a medical professional’s findings as new proof.
However, the Kyoto court docket in March this yr rejected the appliance, in response to the NHK.
Information from Jiji added