Japan Suspends Death Penalty
It may surprise some people that Japan still uses the death penalty. They also apply it in a particularly inhumane way in that the convicted is not told until the last minute. His relatives aren’t told either and they don’t get his body back.
But this is now effectively suspended, as all executions are signed off by the Justice Minister. And the new Prime Minister has appointed Keiko Chiba, who is a fierce opponent of capital punishment. So she won’t sign! Good!
Let’s hope that she gets rid of the law for ever.
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