A total of189persons were indicted for the series of cases allegedly involving Aum Shinrikyo cult members,including the Sarin gas attacks in Tokyo subway system on March20,1995.All the first instance criminal proceedings were concluded,and as of August31,2005,final judgment has been handed down to174defendants.More specifically,one was sentenced to death,three to imprisonment with labor for life,166to imprisonment with labor for a limited term(79of which were without suspension of execution and87(including two found partially not guilty)were with suspension of execution),three to a fine and one found not guilty.
  Five have been sentenced to death in the first instance and are awaiting Koso appeal judgments.Six were sentenced to death in the first instance and have received the same judgment in Koso appeal(all awaiting Jokoku appeal judgments).One was sentenced to life imprisonment with labor in the first instance and has been sentenced to death in Koso appeal(awaiting Jokoku appeal judgments).Two were sentenced to life imprisonment with labor in the first instance and have received the same judgment in Koso appeal(both awaiting Jokoku appeal judgments)(Source:The Criminal Affairs Bureau,Ministry of Justice).