Big in the news this week was the sentencing of a man accused of killing a 23-year old mother and her 11-month old daughter back in 1999. The case has flipped and flopped back and forth now for 9 years, going as far to the Supreme Court, who then gave the case back to the Hiroshima High Court for sentencing. The verdict? Death by hanging. Yes, even in Japan, capital crime has its highest forms of punishment.
Interestingly, they do not reveal the murderer's name. He was nineteen at the time of the crime, making him a minor then, but quickly became of age as the case dragged on. Two days ago, when the verdict came, they showed videos of him balling in court, proclaiming to be a worthless human and all that.
Just found it interesting that they still have the death penalty here, in a land that's all about peace and tranquility.
More after the jump (via Japan Today)
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