The most serious penalty stipulated in the Japanese Penal Code is the death penalty, followed by life imprisonment without a fixed term. It is not unusual for these sentences to be handed down in heinous cases such as murder, but there is an endlessly deep gulf between life and death between the two.
The perpetrator, who can continue to live while killing, and the victim, who is deprived of a tomorrow he believed would come as a matter of course. Even after the verdict is finalised, the remaining family members continue to suffer between the two. “I want to kill them with my own hands”. A man who had his wife and three children killed expressed his rage in a voice without any power.
Having the death penalty is barbaric. It does not deter murder in the first degree. It is the state taking vengeance on behalf of the victim’s family and loved ones. And it has a good possibility of putting to death the innocent.
Any_Raise587 on
Easy to say when the Tax payers are the one letting them live. I myself am a eye for an eye person who doesn’t want to pay for a criminal to live a whole life in prison.
FinalInitiative4 on
It must be awful knowing the person that did awful things to your family is still breathing and was given the mercy of being allowed to live, whilst none was shown to your family.
I’m not going to complain about the death penalty for the most heinous crimes.
If they are guilty beyond all doubt, there’s no point in keeping them alive and wasting tax money on them if they’ll never see the light of day again.
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The most serious penalty stipulated in the Japanese Penal Code is the death penalty, followed by life imprisonment without a fixed term. It is not unusual for these sentences to be handed down in heinous cases such as murder, but there is an endlessly deep gulf between life and death between the two.
The perpetrator, who can continue to live while killing, and the victim, who is deprived of a tomorrow he believed would come as a matter of course. Even after the verdict is finalised, the remaining family members continue to suffer between the two. “I want to kill them with my own hands”. A man who had his wife and three children killed expressed his rage in a voice without any power.
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Having the death penalty is barbaric. It does not deter murder in the first degree. It is the state taking vengeance on behalf of the victim’s family and loved ones. And it has a good possibility of putting to death the innocent.
Easy to say when the Tax payers are the one letting them live. I myself am a eye for an eye person who doesn’t want to pay for a criminal to live a whole life in prison.
It must be awful knowing the person that did awful things to your family is still breathing and was given the mercy of being allowed to live, whilst none was shown to your family.
I’m not going to complain about the death penalty for the most heinous crimes.
If they are guilty beyond all doubt, there’s no point in keeping them alive and wasting tax money on them if they’ll never see the light of day again.