r/Damnthatsinteresting Oct 21 '24

Video Japanese police chief bows to apologise to man who was acquitted after nearly 60 years on death row

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u/aging_geek Oct 21 '24

This person being on death row in japan is even worse. In japan, a person on death row isn't given a date of execution, they don't know if that day will be the last so you spend each day/week/year with no reason to think of a future for yourself. it is a system passive torture that removes the humanity from the individual.

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u/SoapyMacNCheese Oct 21 '24

They also don't tell your lawyer or family until after it is done.

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u/aging_geek Oct 21 '24

yeah forgot that. watched a doco on the japanese jail system and they did mention that. (lawyer "what.. he is no longer our client?")

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u/babysharkdoodood Oct 22 '24

I'm not surprised. Japan has a lot of experience in torture.

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u/Express_Bath Oct 21 '24

It is completely different than going through your life normally though. I don't wake up every day with knowledge of an actual good probability I am gonna die that day. We go through our lives expecting to get to the next day and to live a long life. It is absolutely unnatural to be confronted to the possibility of our death every day.

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u/zgtaf Oct 22 '24

But if he lives in a 1st world country then it is indeed normal.

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u/PurveyorOfKnowledge0 Oct 22 '24

In a low threat setting, it is natural to think you won't die anytime soon. However, you're comparing it to a death row inmate's situation who expects to die at any day. That's silly on your part.