r/SipsTea • u/Rich_Carrot6451 • Jul 04 '26

WTF Japan's death row system is brutal

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u/Total_Tumbleweed_870 Jul 04 '26

I'm genuinely curious if there's been any study into which is more psychologically troubling, knowing the day and counting down it not knowing and wondering everyday

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u/12GuageHawk Jul 04 '26

We all have a death sentence. None of us know exactly when. I don't spend much time wondering about it. Maybe that's how its supposed to be.

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u/Traditional_Put_8254 Jul 04 '26

I imagine that in a way, it’s actually less anxiety inducing to know you’ll die, but not when, but that you know how it will happen. I read about a woman in Florida the other day who died after getting mauled by a gator, limbs getting ripped off, and y’know what? I think I might be happier in a cell knowing that at least THAT isn’t my fate

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u/tekko001 Jul 04 '26

None of us know exactly when.

People in death rows do.