Secrecy of Japanese executions

[nhboy]

"Noboru Ikemoto, a pensioner who had been convicted of killing three people, probably did not have any idea that his evening meal on Thursday was to be his last. Seiha Fujima, convicted of killing five people while in his early 20s, will also not have known he was about to be taken to the gallows."

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Secrecy of Japanese executions

 

[aps45819]

OMG you mean they don't treat condemned murders like royalty staying in a 5 star hotel?

 

[ImnoMensa]

It seems the Japanese can do other things beside make fine automobiles.

It just takes them too long to do it. Why feed these people for an average of 7 years.?

California has 650 people on death row and most of them will die from old age.

Like the cable Guy says "Git "r" done".

 

[itsbob]

I think every five years or so we should be allowed a catch and clean up cycle.. one month of mass exectuions to kill everyone on death row, than start all over again.. Sucks to be you if you JUST got convicted the week prior, wouldn't leave much time for appeals, but such is life.. cruel and unfair.

 

[FromTexas]

It seems the Japanese can do other things beside make fine automobiles.

It just takes them too long to do it. Why feed these people for an average of 7 years.?

California has 650 people on death row and most of them will die from old age.

Like the cable Guy says "Git "r" done".

I don't know. I kind of like the idea of them sitting in misery wondering if today could be... maybe even praying this is finally it because they have no privileges... no life.

People who commit those kind of atrocities on other human beings deserve their legal punishment.

 

[flomaster]

Sounds like a great system to me!!!

 

[ImnoMensa]

Well certainly the death penalty has little deterrent effect if 9 out of 10 who receive it will die of old age being fed , clothed and given a cot by the government.

 

[Bronwyn]

I think every five years or so we should be allowed a catch and clean up cycle.. one month of mass exectuions to kill everyone on death row, than start all over again.. Sucks to be you if you JUST got convicted the week prior, wouldn't leave much time for appeals, but such is life.. cruel and unfair.

I'm with you!

John walsh once said something to the effect that prisoners should be made to run on tread mills to create electricity for the rest of the country. If they don't want to run... they can have a seat... in very special chair.

 

[Kyle]

I don't know. I kind of like the idea of them sitting in misery wondering if today could be... maybe even praying this is finally it because they have no privileges... no life.

... Perhaps if they number the cells and spin a wheel at 10 minutes to midnight every day.

 

[rack'm]

They should play "nip nip noose" here in the states a helluva lot more often.

 

[vegmom]

I'm not against the death penalty, as there are plenty of criminals I'd like to do the honors for, but the point of the appeals is to be absolutly certain that yes this person is guilty before you throw the switch.

It's not exactly a sentence that can be reversed once it's carried out!

And the article points out that coerced/false confessions are more common in Japan.

 

[This_person]

Well certainly the death penalty has little deterrent effect if 9 out of 10 who receive it will die of old age being fed , clothed and given a cot by the government.

My thought is - after the first appeal, stop paying for the food, clothing, and housing. Let those that support their innocence and/or actions pay for it - charge 'em. If there's no one who will provide food, pay for clothes and housing, they can be chained up in the elements and left. If they make it, they make it (until the next appeal and/or eventual execution). If they don't, they don't.