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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:11 AM Original message |
Japan hangs 3 convicted murderers |
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surf (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm normally against the death penalty, but... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It's actually the latter |
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Rassah (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Good idea |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow, I didn't realize that Japan STILL had the death penalty. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. much less hangings |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. A crude, painful execution=ultimate loss of face? |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Hanging, when done properly, can be the most "humane" means |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. they should put the condemned's head in a large hydraulic punch press |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. XXIII century system? |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. ultimately, how is one form "better" than another? |
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plasticsundance (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Yeah ... like robots |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. seems like hanging can be pretty clean and efficient.... |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. i'd still rather hang than get a lethal injection. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. firing squad for me! |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. same here n/t |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. it depends on the justice minister |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. c'est la vie |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. I bet they |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The Japanese criminal justice system is very different from ours |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I thought they are a Democracy? What you say doesn't sound very democratic. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It's basically a police state version of Disneyland with Democratically elected officials |
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miyazaki (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. police state? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That is the impression I got |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Really??? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Foreigners who get caught for minor offenses are simply deported |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. So one can go there and rob non-Japanese people at will? That sucks almost as bad as having the DP. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 06:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. LOL |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. If you look at their modern history they were taken over by their mafia. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Still they must have a lengthy appeals system in place |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. It's about the same as California's time to exhaust all appeals |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. I wonder what you are basing your description on |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. They Would Convict a Lot of Innocent People That Way |
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Anexio (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Interesting |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. No I don't |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. I've lived here for well over fifty years now.. |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
33. Hopefully they made the rope too short. |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
34. some justice is served. |
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