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Killed 13 and sent thousdands, according to the article, to hospitals.
".....First of all, as with these prisoners, they are allowed to cool their heels in a cell following the final disposition of the death penalty verdict. They are allowed months of time to contemplate their crimes and to know that death awaits, but with no idea at all when it will come.
Second, they await the opening of their cell doors in the wee hours of the morning, during the time that sleep normally is deepest, and a swift trip to the gallows as they rub sleep from their eyes. Every night, as sleep overtakes their consciousness, they are aware that their deepest sleep may be interrupted by the hangman. The impression that I got was their "several" or "a few" hours of notice amounts to the time necessary to bring the prisoner to the gallows and go through the formalities preceding the hanging...."
I was surprised to see it in the news, having assumed that Asahara and his crew were executed years ago. Japan does still hang people, although it is fairly rare. The biggest difference from America is that executions are not announced in advance. There is way less public drama surrounding it here.
When Japan is upset by your crime enough to impose the death penalty they don’t make your wait very pleasant.
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Those on death row are not classified as prisoners by the Japanese justice system and the facilities in which they are incarcerated are not referred to as prisons. Inmates lack many of the rights afforded to other Japanese prisoners. The nature of the regime they live under is largely up to the director of the detention centre, but it is usually significantly harsher than normal Japanese prisons. Inmates are held in solitary confinement and are forbidden to communicate with their fellows. They are permitted two periods of exercise a week, are not allowed televisions and may only possess three books. Prisoners are not allowed to exercise within their own cells. Prison visits, both by family members and legal representatives, are infrequent and closely supervised.
Japan also does not announce the day/time of the actual event beforehand - no press, no family - only after the deed is completed, therefore no opportunity for protests.
In Japan 80.4% approve of the death penalty. It probably helps that it is almost always reserved for those committing multiple murders where the victim has clean hands.
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Japan is an amazing country. When I was in Tokyo it was packed with people and the city is huge but I felt safer there than anywhere in the US. They know how to deal with criminals. Too bad our terrorists like the Boston Bomber and his evil criminal family are sitting pretty instead of stetched across a rack on the White House lawn. And we wonder why we have so many criminals and people in jail in this country.
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