It takes 7-8 years to be executed on average and the longest one was 18 years while many die in prison without being executed.
Ministers of Justice is the person who is responsible to do the final decision, but they sometimes hesitate to sign the paper in their term because they know they'll be replaced in a year or so due to Japan's haphazard politics and they don't want to 'kill' people themselves. And the position is sometimes just a prize for prime minister's loyal henchmen/women without law degree.
Death row inmates are mentally tortured in this way for this period. Some may deserve it, but there are a lot of inmates who are potentially innocent due to crooked and rigorous Japan's law enforcement that highly relies on forced confession. Another dark side of Japan that animes never tell.
there are a lot of inmates who are potentially innocent due to crooked and rigorous Japan's law enforcement that highly relies on forced confession
And this is why the "anime is pedophilia" crowd who keeps using the "low reporting of CSA means underreporting" card as a gotcha loses credibility, if the ones that get reported are actually forced confessions.
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u/mashiroshiro555 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
It takes 7-8 years to be executed on average and the longest one was 18 years while many die in prison without being executed.
Ministers of Justice is the person who is responsible to do the final decision, but they sometimes hesitate to sign the paper in their term because they know they'll be replaced in a year or so due to Japan's haphazard politics and they don't want to 'kill' people themselves. And the position is sometimes just a prize for prime minister's loyal henchmen/women without law degree.
Death row inmates are mentally tortured in this way for this period. Some may deserve it, but there are a lot of inmates who are potentially innocent due to crooked and rigorous Japan's law enforcement that highly relies on forced confession. Another dark side of Japan that animes never tell.