Killing Asahara: What Japan Can Learn about Victims and Capital Punishment from the Execution of an American Terrorist
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| ANO | 2012 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology |
| ISSN | 1743-7555 |
| E-ISSN | 1743-7563 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466012033189 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
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'Even now my sad and vexatious feelings have not changed.'-Father of girl whose killer was hanged in Tokyo on August 3, 2012 (Asahi Shimbun, 8/3/12, evening edition, p.15)'It violates the fundamental notion that like crimes be punished alike to allow life or death to hinge on the emotional needs of survivors.'-Former U.S. federal prosecutor Scott Turow (Ultimate Punishment, 2003, p.53)The murders committed by AUM Shinrikyo guru Asahara Shoko and his henchmen may be the most malevolent crimes in Japanese history. March 20, 1995 was Japan's 9/11, and but for a little dumb luck—including the failure to puncture all the bags of sarin that were planted in the subway trains—the death toll could have been much higher than 13 and the number of persons injured might have reached five digits instead of the true total of 6300.