Blog#10 capital punishment that is becoming a mere name

Shun

Happy New Year everyone! How have you been? And did you make  New Year’s

resolutions? I hope everyone would lead a peaceful life without serious problems this

year.

Now, I would like to enlighten the terrible state of death penalty especially in 2011 in Japan Which we have to know. Sorry to choose this kind of severe topics from

the right beginning of New Year. In 2011, none of the capital punishments were executed. It is a really surprising affair because this has not happened for 19 years.

On the other hand, the number of established criminals has reached 129, which is the largest since the post-war. They have been waiting for being executed in a jail for over six months despite The Criminal Procedure Code says the Minister of Justice has to order the execution within six months since the final judgement has made. It means he breaks the law. Do you know why such a situation is terrible? It’s because the underestimation of the law causes the serious problem, which will ruin not only the system of law but the social rules. If that truly happens, tons of crimes will be being rampant around the world.

There is a story behind this affair that you approve the execution or not.

From the side of victims, they say that capital punishments must have been enforced mostly from the point of retribution. But yet, generally and from the side of assailants, it is said that death penalty is so strict that we should refrain from exercising it.

In this way, even only one execution causes a lively argument so the final decision is normally supposed to delay. Even so, 129 are too large. The Minister of Law has to make choices in some ways. For now,We can’t help thinking the law is underestimated. We all should argue back and force about this, however, this kind of subjects haven’t been focused on even though there have been held several general elections. There is a need to turn our attention to it.