Japan hangs two prisoners, including first convicted in lay judge trial
Source: JAPAN TIMES
Japan hanged two death-row inmates Friday in the first executions carried out since June and the first under the order of Justice Minister Mitsuhide Iwaki, who took the role in October.
One was Sumitoshi Tsuda, 63, who was convicted in the murder of his landlord and two other people....The second was Kazuyuki Wakabayashi, 39, who was convicted of killing two women in Iwate Prefecture in 2006. He abandoned the victims bodies on a mountain....
His defense counsel appealed the ruling to the Tokyo High Court, but the death sentence was finalized in July 2011 after Tsuda withdrew his appeal.
With the latest hangings, the total number of executions under the second Shinzo Abe administration has risen to 14. Abe took power in December 2012.
Read more: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/12/18/national/crime-legal/japan-hangs-two-death-row-inmates-including-first-condemned-lay-judge-trial/#.VnOulhUrIhc
alfredo
(60,077 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)They don't bother with the injection route--they hang 'em high.
When I lived in Japan I don't remember hearing about any executions. That was a different era, though.
alfredo
(60,077 posts)Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/12/09/national/crime-legal/japan-lawyers-group-slams-inhumane-death-penalty-calls-suspension-national-debate/
Every morning a death row inmate wakes up not knowing if it will be their last day.
http://japanfocus.org/-David-McNeill/2402/article.html
MADem
(135,425 posts)An AMA account from someone who was detained (not convicted) there:
https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/1t09ud/did_time_in_a_japanese_jail_ama/
Post conviction (not much fun):
http://www.japanprobe.com/2012/02/21/a-look-inside-osaka-prison/
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)I read them and it sounds quite a lot better than a US prison.
MADem
(135,425 posts)What US pre-trial confinement facility, where a person is being held on suspicion of drug possession, doesn't allow prisoners in a common holding facility to communicate with one another?
What US prisons mandate work and don't let people talk?
These articles aren't talking about isolation facilities--these are "general pop" units.
I would much prefer US prison (which is no picnic, granted) to Japanese ones--they are grim, and psychological torture is a component of their punishment.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)Where did it say that they can't talk?
Where is it say they are isolated?
I think he said he wasn't allowed to speak English..
As far as working, I have heard it said that it makes time pass much quicker than just sitting around.
MADem
(135,425 posts)of anything. Can't believe you think that's "OK." So much for "Due Process." Did you like the idea of trying to psych a confession out of the unconvicted prisoners, too?
And Japanese prisons do enforce silent hours and mandatory "reflection" on one's crime.
The isolated people are in the Osaka prison video.
There's a word for "mandatory work," you know--we got rid of it in 1865.
Japanese prisons are brutal.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)I think you think you know a lot about everything and I also think you probably aren't very fun to have a conversation with, so I think I will just say "ta-ta".
MADem
(135,425 posts)But don't play "I don't like your tone" games. That's just lame.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)That's common sense.
Have a great day.
Bonobo
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alfredo
(60,077 posts)Jnclr89
(128 posts)For the first two posters. Read more.
Are you a person? Your post makes no sense in context of the OP to which you are responding. "Read more?" Really?