Japan Justice
For those who dont know, Japan serves capital punishment by hanging but one does not hear about it a lot on the news.
There is however a discussion going on with the ministry of justice in hopes of abolishing capital punishment with opinions like "does serving the death penalty make citizens happy?" and "the death penalty does not prevent others from committing crimes."
I also hear views of "I dont want to pay tax just to keep criminals alive."
What are your views on this? Should mass murderers get the death penalty or stay in prison for the rest of their lives or let out after (in some cases) 20 years?
For example, the guy who killed 7 innocent folks in Akiba - death penalty or stay in jail for the rest of his life. The justice system can be odd at times so depending on what they decide, they may let him out after x number of years - seen it happen before.
Do try to think in terms if a loved one of yours was killed by somebody.
News via JiJi, image via Moe Imouto.
Japans hanging process below taken from that previous capital punishment article.
Executions are carried out by hanging in a death chamber within the Detention Centre. When a death order has been issued, the condemned prisoner is informed in the morning of his or her execution. The condemned is given their choice of the last meal.
The prisoner's family and legal representatives are never informed until afterwards. Consequently, there is no possibility of a final meeting.
Before the condemned prisoner is blindfolded, he or she is allowed to leave a last message if he or she so wishes, then led to the death chamber. The noose is put in place and the prisoner's knees tied together. The trap-door of the gallows is operated remotely from a separate room: three to five selected prison officers each press a switch, only one of which is wired to the trap-door release.
Afterwards, the prisoner's family is informed the execution has occurred and they may collect the body. A brief notice of the execution is issued to the media but the identity of the prisoner is withheld – it will only become publicly known if the family chooses to inform the media.
