Because if you just end it then the punishment is quick and nearly painless.
Japanese death row is designed to drive a person fucking insane in the most torturous ways possible without violating some international law. Look at what happened with Shoko Asahara. They let him sit there until he broke, and only then they gave him the release of death.
Also, they usually want a Death Row guy around to execute to help them control the news cycle. They executed Tsutomu Miyazaki within like a week of the Akihibara Massacre just to get the news talking about how good they were instead of how bad.
Their criminal system has a lot of terrible and abusive flaws in it that only seems good because its designed to look good first and foremost, and they live in a country with less violent crime to begin with.
Because if you just end it then the punishment is quick and nearly painless.
Japanese death row is designed to drive a person fucking insane in the most torturous ways possible without violating some international law. Look at what happened with Shoko Asahara. They let him sit there until he broke, and only then they gave him the release of death.
Also, they usually want a Death Row guy around to execute to help them control the news cycle. They executed Tsutomu Miyazaki within like a week of the Akihibara Massacre just to get the news talking about how good they were instead of how bad.
Their criminal system has a lot of terrible and abusive flaws in it that only seems good because its designed to look good first and foremost, and they live in a country with less violent crime to begin with.
This certainly portrays the death row killings from Death Note in a new light.