The
Japanese Supreme Court denied a retrial for 87 year old death row prisoner who
was convicted of murder based on a forced confession. The writer described it
as a “travesty of justice”. 87 year old man, Okunishi Masaru, has spent more
than 40 years facing execution. On Oct.
17, it was his seventh request for a retrial. Since his eighth retrial process will
take several years, he will likely die in prison.
Okunishi Masaru has
been on death row since 1969, after being convicted of the murders of five
women. During his first retrial, the
Japanese Supreme Court denied his retrial because of lack of evidences. As I
read this article, the writer chose to write very defensibly for this old
prisoner. However, how does this writer knows the truth? What if the old prisoner really killed five
innocent women? I read and heard few cases that quite a number of people who
became prisoners, although they didn’t convict crimes. However, if you think
about the families or friends of the five murdered women, how would you feel
about letting their relative killer free?
Although people say death
penalty should be abandoned to protect prisoner’s human rights, did the
prisoner’s concerned about the victims’ human also? There are many different cases
of murdering, yet I can simply think of two big cases, intentional or
unintentional murder. Even though everyone deserves second chance of one’s
mistake, it has certain limitation. I really think that people who deserves
second chance is the one who is under those limit, such as an unintentional
murder. After passing the limitation, I mean obvious you have to take the
responsibility of your action.
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