You have commented 338 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
China-Japan-Koreas
Japan Death Row Inmates Want Prior Warning
2012-12-30
[An Nahar] Death row inmates in Japan want to be told of their execution in advance, instead of on the day they are to be hanged, a politician's survey said.

A majority of those sentenced to die would also like the present method of administering punishment to be reviewed, with the largest bloc saying their preferred choice would be lethal injection.

The survey was carried out by Mizuho Fukushima, deputy chairwoman of the nonpartisan Parliamentary League for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, from September to November and was published Friday, Kyodo News reported.

It covered 133 people on death row, two of whom were executed at the end of September, taking this year's total in Japan to seven.

Of the 78 who replied, 51 said they wanted to know ahead of time that they would be put to death, with opinions varying from a day to a month in advance. Many said they wanted the chance to say goodbye to loved ones.

More than half said they wanted the state to think again about the method of execution, with 25 saying they wanted to die by lethal injection, the survey said.
Posted by:Fred

#10  "Cruel-n-Unusual Punishment" defense applies???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-12-30 19:01  

#9  Climb a giant syringe, using nooses as handholds?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2012-12-30 17:09  

#8  Nah- make it one of those crazy Japanese games - like where they have to dive through increasingly complex holes or something. Bonus points of they have to wear silly Anime costumes as well.

The loser has to choose how they meet their end that evening.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2012-12-30 14:00  

#7  There ya go, call down three and the one who is furthest from how many attending the funeral(s) gets a rope burn, with an answer of zero being an admission of hey, ready to go now.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-12-30 12:43  

#6  "Mikimoto................C'MON DOWN!"
Posted by: tu3031   2012-12-30 12:31  

#5  amen Fred
Posted by: Frank G   2012-12-30 12:24  

#4  Why? they have a manicure appointment or something, need to cure a hangnail??
Posted by: USN,Ret.   2012-12-30 11:08  

#3  Somebody walking into the cell and saying "time to go" isn't warning?
Posted by: Fred   2012-12-30 10:41  

#2  One has to question if their victims got a 'warning' or choice of termination.
Posted by: P2Kontheroad   2012-12-30 08:32  

#1  Hmmmmmm...how's it feel to "want"?
Posted by: tu3031   2012-12-30 00:58  

00:00