Just as an FYI, they won't be told till the DAY OF when they will die. Could be tomorrow, could be a decade from now all they know is their last moment will be a long drop and a quick stop. Also reason it took so long is because he was also injured in the attack so they had to give him physical therapy to stand trial and THEN kill him.
I'm fully ok with the death penalty in these circumstances when there's undeniable proof and their actions resulted in the tourture, abuse and death on many people and/or extremely vulnerable (cough kids). Why waste time just end it so they're no longer a threat.
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.
Just as an FYI, they won't be told till the DAY OF when they will die. Could be tomorrow, could be a decade from now all they know is their last moment will be a long drop and a quick stop. Also reason it took so long is because he was also injured in the attack so they had to give him physical therapy to stand trial and THEN kill him.
I'm fully ok with the death penalty in these circumstances when there's undeniable proof and their actions resulted in the tourture, abuse and death on many people and/or extremely vulnerable (cough kids). Why waste time just end it so they're no longer a threat.
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.