If I can comment on capital punishment more widely, however, it's barbaric. I think a long prison sentence would probably better do justice. Judicial killings have proven to be an ineffective deterrent to crime, and they remove the state's moral high ground.

[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

For what it's worth, he'll be suffering in his cell waiting for quite awhile until an unspecified execution date due to the Japanese death sentence system.

[–] SatouKazuma@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but I still think the death penalty is a tragic miscarriage of justice, in any case.

[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Yea, I agree with you on that front.