The Evil Design of Japan's Death Penalty

Corrections/nuances: Portugal did abolish the death penalty in the 1800s. It also abolished the death penalty in 1976 because it had been reinstated for military purposes during WW1. deathpenaltyinfo.org/ recognizes 1976 as the formal date. The point of that segment, and I will be clearer about assumptions/definitions on screen in future videos for sure so that’s my bad, is that a new constitution after the fall of an authoritarian leader has been associated with the formal abolition of the death penalty. That happened after Salazar with the new constitution. Japan also signed a new constitution, but with no formal abolition. Researchers found (source in description) that lynching predicts modern executions, but when you account for slavery - lynching does not, but slavery does. There’s a lot of variance in these studies, and the level that injustices in the past have an impact on today is not something I, a “professional” youtuber in a bedroom, am going to be able to explain well. Adverbs like “intimately” do not help because that’s vague and unclear writing. I do think this can all be true (would like to hear other’s thoughts) while it also still being important to point out that this makes the US different from Japan. As of right now, I don’t know how I stand on the death penalty. My instinctual feeling when someone kills 31 people by burning them alive like I mention at the end is yes. As it would be if my family was brutally murdered by someone. That being said, the non zero probability, especially in Japan with its high prosecution rate, makes the risk quite uncomfortable that I start thinking - better not. But then I can think that, that makes me some moral saint - that I would not take that chance with the death penalty - but I and the majority of the world would take that chance with locking someone in a cell for extended periods of time. So I’m not sure my morality is consistent. Long story short, I don’t really know.

You have been condemned to ultimate uncertainty

what the heck is that death rooom contraption, multiple rooms, a spinning religion panel, a moral dilemma button, feels like an escape room straight out of zero escape

rare sighting: Hoog doesn't talk about how great the Netherlands is

I've got a lot of ambivalence against this. This dude sentenced 7 people to a brutal death, I am sure they didn't see it coming, either

7:19 Lethal injections also have the highest rate of botchery out of all the methods. The idea of being conscious and in in excruciating pain whilst unable to move or give away any signals of my suffering is something truly terrifying.

imagine getting jailed, executed, then cremated and back to jailed

That story about the arson attack is so bizarre too - it happened at Kyoto Animation’s main studio (A Silent Voice, Haruhi Suzumiya, K-ON!) and took place because the perpetrator believed his submission to an animation contest they ran plagiarized his work (it obviously didn’t). Absolutely wild loss

I don't feel any sympathy for kato

Utah, Idaho, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Oklahoma still allow the firing squad as a backup method over lethal injection. The most recent execution by firing squad was 2010 in Utah.

Malaysia also has the death penalty. We were warned on the flight into Kuala Lumpur that if we were caught bringing drugs into the country the penalty was death. You could feel the frisson that rippled through the passengers.

In Singapore and Malaysia, there is still death penalty for drug trafficking.

im not sure about death by hanging, but i do know that lethal injection is actually one of the least humane forms of death penalty they use 3 chemicals, one that puts them to sleep, one that paralyzes their muscles, and one that stops their heart why would they need paralysis if the person is unconscious you might think? because the medicine that puts them to sleep has a very high rate of failure, and the one that stops their heart is extremely pain, for which many are conscious and cognisant for, the paralysis just stops them from flailing around in pain so that it appears more humane

wait so what is evil about this?

When I first saw the title, I thought they were still made to do Seppuku...

I appreciate the work and obvious passion for the topic area, but as others have commented, the video is littered with inconsistancies, potential obfuscation, omissions, and manipulations/cherry-picking. The high road is respectable, but it must be walked as carefully lest it turn to hell with good intentions.

The design is very human

I watched the video to learn of the evil nature of the Japanese death penalty. I found the report somewhat interesting … But I never saw the evil part.

you have a wierd threshold for "evil".

Some of this is BS.