The arson attack in a revered Kyoto animation studio killed 36 people and injured dozens more.

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      The Gundam Firing Squad is out for repairs, and they couldn’t find a pen to write his name in the Death Note.

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      They are very conservative and toxic in many things sadly. It doesn’t sit right with their international image. The country of contrasts I guess.

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      I don’t condone the death penalty.

      But…

      …that fucker killed 36 people by setting a building on fire. Let’s suppose that a few of them didn’t die by smoke inhalation, but actually being burned alive. That fucker burned alive people. One of the most painful deaths one can experience.

      I’d say hanging (and again I don’t condone it!!!) is getting out easy.

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        But…

        This is death penalty version of I’m not racist but

        Considering how Japan’s justices system is as bad as the US there definitely shouldn’t be a death penalty in ANY circumstances

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            Which is part of my point.

            “Poor baby is getting hanged!”

            Dude, that poor baby burned people alive. Don’t give him any sympathy.

            I wouldn’t kill him because I believe killing someone is not right, not because it’s cruel.

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          No, not really. Because if they asked me directly “hey, should we kill this motherfucker?” I’ll say no. Even if I had supreme, absolute power. I’m the kind of guy who will catch scorpions in my house and release them in the wild.

          I was just putting what the OP said into perspective: “how can ANYONE kill a poor person who burned alive innocent people in such a BARBARIC way that is by hanging?!”

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        According to the autopsies most people died due to burns rather than smoke

        Let the fucker hang, and that’s the least we could do

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      Im not sure its any worse than any method done today outside of inert gas asphyxiation, which ironically has gotten a lot of pushback. If death penalty is done they should allow a choice of options a state could reasonably accomodate with the most humane one they can figure out as the default.