1- Well, if death penalty was replaced with life imprisonment, then only 52% wants to retain the death penalty.
When asked if the death penalty should be kept or abolished in the case that a system of life sentencing without parole was introduced, 35.1% answered that it should be abolished, while 52.0% said it should continue.
2 - Looking at the reason for retaining the death penalty, 'no closure for the victim and victim's family' was the main reason (over 50%) - So, the question is whether victim's family want the death penalty to get 'closure"? Many members of victim's family do want the death penalty to be abolished...Are we using the IMPLIED feelings of a victim's family member to justify OUR personal decision to retain the death penalty?
3 - 'Life should be compensated with life' is another reason why over 50% wanted the death penalty to be retained. So kill everyone that kills another - chop of the hand of one who cause another to lose an hand. Trump admitted to 'killing' that Iranian - so death penalty for trump?. Is this justice? Is this what you want? Not me - punishment for crime is a 'Yes' - but not life for a life.
4 - The other reason for retaining death penalty, according to this poll was 'if criminal live, they will commit the crime again', well, it would be difficult, nay impossible, to do so if they are incarcerated in prison.
5 - "Violent crimes will increase' - well, that has been proven wrong. Even with a mandatory death penalty, drug trafficking and murder seems to be increasing.
6. So, do you not believe in repentance, forgiveness and a second chance?
Poll Reveals More than 80% Support Death Penalty in Japan
Society
A poll conducted by the Cabinet Office in November 2019 found that
80.8% of Japanese people feel that the death penalty is sometimes
necessary.
In a recent opinion poll on the death penalty, 9.0% of
Japanese respondents answered it should be abolished in all cases, while
80.8% said that it was necessary in some cases.
The opinion poll was conducted by the Cabinet Office in November
2019, targeted at 3,000 Japanese adults. The poll is held every five
years and in the four polls since 2004, support for the death penalty
has continuously topped 80%.
Among those who want to see the death penalty abolished (multiple
answers possible), the most common, with 50.7%, was that if there is a
mistake in the judgment, it cannot be undone.
On the other hand, the most common reason given by those who said
that the death penalty was necessary was that the victim’s feelings had
to be considered (56.6%).
When asked if the death penalty should be kept or abolished in the
case that a system of life sentencing without parole was introduced,
35.1% answered that it should be abolished, while 52.0% said it should
continue.
According to the Amnesty International Global Report: Death Sentences
and Executions 2018, executions were carried out in 20 countries in
2018, of which the only Group of Seven nations were Japan and the United
States. That same year, 15 people were executed in Japan, 13 of whom
were Aum Shinrikyō cult leaders who had been involved in the deadly
Tokyo subway sarin gas attack in 1995.
- Nippon.com, 4/2/2020
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