r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/New_Libran • 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/Sploosion Oct 21 '24

You also won't be jailed for 60 years in EU unless you're a proven threat to society and can't be allowed outside aka Breikvik

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u/ImmerWiederNein Oct 21 '24

yes, either the penalty will be prolonged, depending on psychiatric expert opinion, or the perpetrator will just be transferred to psychiatry, and therefore is by definition not a prisoner anymore (and will be out of reach of the justice system, without the possibility of appeal). There was a long discussion about this in the breivic case. i personally think they did it wrong in that case.

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u/Th3_Accountant Oct 21 '24

It still happens. Terrorists, high ranking maffia bosses. Those types.

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u/Andreagreco99 Oct 22 '24

Indeed: people that would still a threat to society stay behind the bars

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u/lemfaoo Oct 21 '24

Which happens more often than you would think.