Chessboard Killer wants life sentence reduced
Russia's Supreme Court is to consider reducing the sentence for the so-called Chessboard Killer, Aleksandr Pichushkin.
The Bitsevsky Park murderer was sentenced to life in prison last October for murdering 48 people and attempting to murder 3 others.
The convicted murderer has now asked for his sentence to be commuted to 25 years.
Pichushkin is also subjected to compulsory psychiatric treatment.
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