Japan's Long Kept Secret On The Death Penalty

[Obama 2012 1,714]

to them still doing this.

Jeers though to the idiot there who's trying to be all anti-death penalty though.

Eye for an eye baby!!!

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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/27/japan-reveals-long-secretive-execution-process/?hpt=C2

Japan, one of the few industrialized countries with the death penalty, showed one of its execution chambers to the media for the first time Friday.

Reporters were shown the death chamber at the Tokyo Detention Facility, one of seven used across the country, according to a report in the Mainichi Daily News.

The unprecedented media access was ordered by Justice Minister Keiko Chiba, who after witnessing the deaths of two condemned prisoners last month, said she wanted to have a national debate on capital punishment in Japan, Mainchi reported. Chiba has previously spoken against the death penalty.

Execution in Japan is carried out by hanging.

The chamber showed to the media on Friday had no noose suspended from the ceiling but showed a trap door outlined in red. The condemned fall to a room below the execution chamber where their deaths are confirmed.

Reporters were not shown that room out of "consideration for the inmates' family and wardens," according to the Mainichi report.

They did see other areas involved in the execution process, including the room where a button is pushed to release the trap door, a room where the condemned can get religious last rites or an entry room where inmates are told they are about to be executed.

In an accompanying article in Mainichi, prison officials described Japan’s execution process, long shrouded in secrecy.

The two men executed on July 28, Ogata Hidenori, 33, and Shinozawa Kazuo, 59, were the first put to death since the August 2009 elections in Japan, according to Amnesty International. The organization says 107 prisoners remain on death row in Japan.

[thongd4me 69]

Too "antisceptic" - here's the real thing!

[IncorrectPolitics 26]

to them still doing this.

Jeers though to the idiot there who's trying to be all anti-death penalty though.

Eye for an eye baby!!!

Be careful you might hurt someone feelings and get your thread locked

[thongd4me 69]

Lee (Kid Shileen) Marvin to the rescue!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhDN7yFyGFk&feature=related

Yakima Canutt did the stunts!

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Yakima Canutt has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street. In 1967, he was given an Honorary Academy Award for achievements as a stunt man and for developing safety devices to protect stunt men everywhere. He was inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (Hall of Fame).

Yakima Canutt died of natural causes at the age of 90 in North Hollywood, California.^[19]

He is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

Nat King Cole & Stubby Kaye serenade you too!

No reason not to have a little fun before this thread is locked...

Edited August 28, 2010 by thongd4me

[Obama 2012 1,714]

why would the thread be locked? It's a legit/fair topic for OT.

[IncorrectPolitics 26]

why would the thread be locked? It's a legit/fair topic for OT.

Yes, I agree it is legit and fair. But soon enough someone in fantasy land will show up and start crying about how wrong the death penalty is and called them an idiot in the original post

Edited August 28, 2010 by IncorrectPolitics

[thongd4me 69]

Yes, I agree it is legit and fair. But soon enough someone in fantasy land will show up and start crying about how wrong the death penalty is and called them an idiot in the original post

That's how things are. It's not the topic that causes it to be locked but the personal attacks.

It's a hot-button topic.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

I tend to follow the idea that those without sin shall cast the first stone.

[Pooky 3,784]

I tend to follow the idea that those without sin shall cast the first stone.

Does that mean they are for stoning?

Or that they get stoned?

[Ban Hammer 13,343]

I tend to follow the idea that those without sin shall cast the first stone.

i'm more of a let the victim's family throw the first stones.

[Atencio 43]

My friends brother was killed in Iran a few years ago. The brother of the girl he was dating thought my friend's brother was bringing dishonor to the girls family. So the guy went to trial and was found guilty with a death sentence verdict. Now it is up to my friend's family and her specifically since she is the oldest of the family to decide if he will die. If my friend says no then the guy will be released. She still hasn't made a decision yet. It would be a tough call when you are the one that will be pulling the trigger.

Still if we are going to do it I say bring back ole Sparky.

[IncorrectPolitics 26]

I tend to follow the idea that those without sin shall cast the first stone.

Do you follow this idea with child rapists/murderers? Or what about people like Jeffrey Dahmer?

[Pooky 3,784]

My friends brother was killed in Iran a few years ago. The brother of the girl he was dating thought my friend's brother was bringing dishonor to the girls family. So the guy went to trial and was found guilty with a death sentence verdict. Now it is up to my friend's family and her specifically since she is the oldest of the family to decide if he will die. If my friend says no then the guy will be released. She still hasn't made a decision yet. It would be a tough call when you are the one that will be pulling the trigger.

Still if we are going to do it I say bring back ole Sparky.

Having once sat through an hour and a half lesson on the art of hanging people, by the one of the last Hangmen in England (because the French teacher had forgotten his notes), I would have to say that hanging is probably the least inhumane method of execution. If properly done, death is instantaneous. Only a firing squad has that same quality and even then there is a risk that the bullet won't do the job instantaneously.

Edited August 28, 2010 by Pooky

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Do you follow this idea with child rapists/murderers? Or what about people like Jeffrey Dahmer?

Its all about vengeance in the end, which helps no one.

[Jenn! 918]

Having once sat through an hour and a half lesson on the art of hanging people, by the one of the last Hangmen in England (because the French teacher had forgotten his notes), I would have to say that hanging is probably the least inhumane method of execution. If properly done, death is instantaneous. Only a firing squad has that same quality and even then there is a risk that the bullet won't do the job instantaneously.

If it's all about "an eye for an eye, baby!" then surely how humane the execution method is shouldn't be a concern. The method the convicted used should be used on him. Yeah! Woohoo!