Amnesty International Condemns Japan For Capital Punishment

[Mulboyne]

Amnesty International: Mentally ill prisoners face execution
Numerous prisoners on death row in Japan have been driven into mental illness by extremely harsh conditions yet almost no safeguards exist to prevent them still being executed in contravention of international law, said Amnesty International today...Publishing a 72-page report - Hanging By A Thread: Mental Health And The Death Penalty in Japan (PDF) - Amnesty called on the recently-elected Japanese government to impose an immediate moratorium on all further executions in the country. Japan is one of the few highly industrialised countries in the world still to retain capital punishment and last year it executed 15 prisoners, the highest number in the country for decades and one of the highest anywhere in the world. Ninety-seven prisoners are currently facing execution in Japan, with ages ranging from 26 to very elderly inmates (one is 85). Amnesty's report reveals that there is considerable evidence of prisoners succumbing to very serious mental illnesses due to prolonged periods facing execution in extremely harsh conditions. There are very few independent medico-legal assessments of even long-term death row prisoners in Japan and no inmate has ever been taken off death row in Japan for reasons of mental illness. Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said:

'Japan's death row system is driving prisoners into the depths of mental illness but they are still being taken and hanged at only hours' notice in an utterly cruel fashion. The mental anguish of not knowing whether each day is to be your last on earth is terrible enough, but Japan's justice system also sees fit to bury its death row prisoners in the most punitive regime of silence, isolation and sheer non-existence imaginable...more...

[Behan]

They still use hanging, too.

[Kuang_Grade]

Well, this is a bit breathless....After all, I believe the state of Texas alone executed 18 in 2008...and somehow the metal health issues as a result of imprisonment of those the state plans to kill (or at least, never release) seem a bit of minor problem vs., say the mental issues caused by imprisonment of those who will be released back into society.

[Choeki]

Perhaps I'm being naive, but I was under the impression that the J-gov executes people as an absolute last resort to prevent further danger to society (including that of fellow prisoners). Does AI have any stats available regarding the percentage of innocent (after the fact) prisoners being executed or are they just against the idea of any state having the power to end the lives of their own citizens for any reason?

[Ketou]

Considering Japan's 99% guilty verdict rate the chance of wrongful conviction is quite high. A capital punishment system that gives no advanced warning to the date of ones execution, where every time they hear footsteps outside the door they would be wondering if this was it. This is bound to cause mental anguish.

Texas has a much better record and it seems they even execute the innocent.

[IkemenTommy]

Pfffft... Amnesty International? Who?

[xenomorph42]

Considering Japan's 99% guilty verdict rate the chance of wrongful conviction is quite high. A capital punishment system that gives no advanced warning to the date of ones execution, where every time they hear footsteps outside the door they would be wondering if this was it. This is bound to cause mental anguish.

Texas has a much better record and it seems they even execute the innocent.

In most cases, I am not the one for capital punishment, but I believe there are a few exceptions, like uhhh....Child molesters!

[Midwinter]

In most cases, I am not the one for capital punishment, but I believe there are a few exceptions, like uhhh....Child molesters!

... and crack dealers... and rap stars... and crack dealing rap stars.

[wuchan]

In most cases, I am not the one for capital punishment, but I believe there are a few exceptions, like uhhh....Child molesters!

killing them is the easy way out for them. Just give them life in san quentin, the life of a tree jumper is not fun.

... and crack dealers... and rap stars... and crack dealing rap stars.

[hundefar]

They still use hanging, too.

I don't support capital punishment, but as far as I understand that if done properly it is a very fast method, since you die from breaking the neck in the fall. If given the choice I'd take hanging over lethal injection or the gas chamber any day. Death by shagging is still at the top spot though.

[Dragonette]

Hanging By A Thread: Mental Health And The Death Penalty in Japan (PDF) - ...
"Japan's death row system is driving prisoners into the depths of mental illness but they are still being taken and hanged at only hours' notice in an utterly cruel fashion. The mental anguish of not knowing whether each day is to be your last on earth is terrible enough, but Japan's justice system also sees fit to bury its death row prisoners in the most punitive regime of silence, isolation and sheer non-existence imaginable... " imaginable...more...

That's what I feel is the most objectionable about the Japanese system. Prolonged mental anguish, even though it may not leave physical marks, is still torture. Add that to the probability that some of those people aren't even guilty, and the cultural propensity for bullying, and you get a recipe for a living hell.

I'm undecided about the use of capital punishment, but very much against state-sanctioned torture.

[xenomorph42]

... and crack dealers... and rap stars... and crack dealing rap stars.

What?! "Rap" has nothing to do with it. So if you listen to rap, that makes you eligible for the death penalty??? That means, a lot and I mean, a lot of people would fall in that category, not to mention, the gallows would be busy like a 7 eleven.
Lunacy at its worst, why not execute all people that play video games all day?? I recommend the chair, love that sizzling sound! God knows we could use less of them!

[Midwinter]

What?! "Rap" has nothing to do with it. So if you listen to rap, that makes you eligible for the death penalty??? That means, a lot and I mean, a lot of people would fall in that category, not to mention, the gallows would be busy like a 7 eleven.
Lunacy at its worst, why not execute all people that play video games all day?? I recommend the chair, love that sizzling sound! God knows we could use less of them!

At what point did I say listening? Rap stars Mr. Fucking Idiot, like this one...



A waste of fucking air, that one.

[xenomorph42]

At what point did I say listening? Rap stars Mr. Fucking Idiot, like this one...



A waste of fucking air, that one.

That's much better! When calling me a "Fucking idiot" please always use Mr.

[IkemenTommy]

What?! "Rap" has nothing to do with it.

Oh here we go. Rap music (hip hop) getting the bad rap (no pun intended). I agree, the shit now is crap but you can't throw a good party without hip hop.

Midwinter go listen to your white trash rock/metal that are pretty dead these days.. ie coldplay and what-nots.

[Midwinter]

blah, blah, blah, hhrrmmm you're absolutely right, Midwinter.

Thank you Tommy, you're still a cock knocker though.

[IkemenTommy]

I suck big fat cock and put them up my ass bla bla bla

Yes we all know but I'm glad you agree with me.

[Midwinter]

Talking shit again, eh fuck stain.

[hundefar]

you can't throw a good party without hip hop.

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[wuchan]

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I leave the dancing to the locals:
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[hundefar]

He's not a dancer, he's a mime.

[wuchan]

He's not a dancer, he's a mime.

ok then:
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[hundefar]

Nice powermoves. I do prefer more ghetto-like stuff though. Maybe I am just a silly person:

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[IkemenTommy]

Sorry, never heard of em, Wuchan. Like I said, the new shit these days are just crap.

This is what it's all about... (surprisingly for youtube the video is NSFW, but the lyrics are watered down so it's safe to play at work.. )
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Meanwhile, you can go listen to your white trash trailer park music like Kidd Rock and pick up those ugly fat ass hoes (w/ kids) that I clown all day.

And Midwinter. I had fun reducing to the lowest level of common denominator you tend to be in but you seem to take the bait (as I figured you would). I have officially put you on my ignore list as you never contribute anything worthwhile on here anyway. You are now on my official excrement list. Congrats, douche bag.

[wuchan]

Nice powermoves. I do prefer more ghetto-like stuff though. Maybe I am just a silly person:

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oh my..........

that is pop-hop perversion.


Where exactly does that fit into the five elements?








Tommy,

Tupac: "I tried to sell crack, but i wasn't very good at it"

Christopher Wallace:
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and he has the record to prove it.


My man:Boshi Pope. Currently upstate.

[hundefar]

oh my..........

that is pop-hop perversion.


Where exactly does that fit into the five elements?

Hahaha. You never heard of NOLA bounce before? It's been around for many years (and it pretty much sounds the same as it has done for years too). BTW, I am quite convinced that no one gives a flying hoot about elements of hip hop or staying true these days, which I personally think is a good thing. Its more fun that way.

[IkemenTommy]

Wow, you people are so sheltered and being ignorant in your white suburbia, it makes me want to laugh.

[wuchan]

Wow, you people are so sheltered and being ignorant in your white suburbia, it makes me want to laugh.

-north end to forrest park, springfield. Then dorchester and back home to the north end. Before my departure to j-land I had a place in allston.



never lived in the suburbs, only used those cats.


edit: tommy you come on here ............. well we are so far off topic but what the heck............ and post 2PAC.

what about jedi mind, reks, rasko, mos def, foundation, roots, fuck the list goes on. Pop-hop is for the masses, hip-hop is for the rest of us.

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[GuyJean]

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