The Death Penalty in Japan  

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Koichi, Hamai

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Japan Echo vol. 35 no. 3 (Jun. 2008), page 44-50.
Topik: Death; Penalty; Grimmest; March; Article

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Life is precious. One human life is of more importance than the whole earth. The death penalty is certainly the grimmest of all punishments. This an excerpt from a decision issued by the Japanese Supreme Court on March 12, 1948. In this decision issued the court ruled the death penalty to be constitutional based on its on its reading of Article 31 ("No person shall be deprived of life or liberty, nor shall any other criminal penalty be imposed, except according to procedure established by law"), declaring, "Though the life of an individual citizen is precious, it is clearly provided that criminal penalty depriving life may be imposed according to reasonable procedures established by law"; the court also declared that capital punishment was not one of the "cruel punishments" forbidden under Article 36 of Constitution ("The infliction of torture by any public officer and cruel punishments are absolutely forbidden").

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