Death row inmate dies of pneumonia

Wednesday 28th October, 05:51 AM JST

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diggerdog at 08:42 AM JST - 28th October

hmm 101 something orwellian going on here. Thats a long time on between being convicted and sentenced to death. If theres only 101 people on death row, it shouldnt take that long to get through them should it? Is there some sort of mandatory time they have to wait after sentencing before its carried out?
inakaRob at 08:44 AM JST - 28th October

I dont know why people complain about the way Japan deals with their death row inmates, all 100 of them. If you ask me keeping them in jail for anywhere from 1-80 years, and being able to surprise and execution on them at any moment is FAR better justice than we deal up in the states. These people are murders, we cant physically torture them. This is a great payback system if you ask me. (assuming they are guilty in the first place)
knackerz at 10:00 AM JST - 28th October

(assuming they are guilty in the first place)

of course they're all guilty, the cops got a confession out of them.
morriconelover at 10:59 AM JST - 28th October

There is no limit for how long a death row inmate have to sit before execution. Several death row people die from natural causes in Japan.

@inakarob: Maybe you should just start a lynch mob group. Worked well in them old days in america.
Patrick Smash at 01:43 PM JST - 28th October

inakarob, the "if" bit is the problem with coerced confessions...
Yelnats at 02:21 PM JST - 28th October

Really not fair that he did that. All the other inmates are now jealous, and the order of executions has been changed.
PepinGalarga at 10:25 PM JST - 28th October

Rip prisoner. He's lucky he didn't die of frostbite like many others.
Molenir at 07:02 AM JST - 30th October

Yeah, he'd have been better off with a rope necktie instead. Preferably one given to him 5 years ago.
KallyPygous at 01:41 PM JST - 31st October

I don't know why people complain about the way Japan deals with their death row inmates; aren't we all sentenced to death from the moment of conception? Don't we all have to live in isolation with little but the unbearable knowledge of our impending doom for company?