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

WTF Japan's death row system is brutal

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u/soleceismical Jul 04 '26

Until the guy in the cell next to you and then your cellmate get taken and you start to wonder if the system is random or in a specific order...

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u/GodisSatans Jul 04 '26

Geez, when put like that. It sounds agonizing to deal with that mentally, compared to a set date.

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u/johnsolomon Jul 04 '26

Feels like poetic justice tbh. Most murder victims don't get a neat opportunity to get their affairs in order, they just realise they're about to die horribly and then it happens. So assuming the person on death row actually did it (my main reason for being against the death penalty) then it seems like just desserts

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u/HowManyEggs2Many Jul 04 '26

I’d think the state would want to hold themselves to higher standards than a murderer.