The High Court's Kaohsiung branch today upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of fatally stabbing his upstairs neighbors for allegedly making excessive noise. The man, surnamed Wu (吳), was found guilty of two counts of murder and sentenced to death on each count, along with lifelong deprivation of civil rights. The ruling can be appealed. In its decision, the court said Wu acted with direct intent to kill, meeting the Constitutional Court's requirement that the death penalty be reserved for "the most serious crimes."
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