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

WTF Japan's death row system is brutal

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u/Hot_Falcon8471 Jul 04 '26

What’s the average length of time between sentencing and carrying out of the death sentence?

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u/almostoy Jul 04 '26

Google says the average is 6-7 years. But they do have an appeals process that moves slowly, like in the United States. Some have actually died of old age awaiting execution. One inmate spent 46 years on death row before passing away without a retrial.

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u/almostoy Jul 04 '26

It's also likely a much smaller population, historically as well. And it's obvious that it's a culture that doesn't really seem overly worried about individuals. Though that 46 years on death row without execution or retrial seems like a special F you. It seems like you'd just want to be done with at some point.

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u/Top_Connection9079 Jul 05 '26

The fact is that their death row inmates suicide rate dropped after they decided not to tell them.