Lebenslange Haft ermöglicht es Menschen, nach einem Mord weiterzuleben, die Familie des Opfers leidet weiterhin

The most serious penalty stipulated in the Japanese Penal Code is the death penalty, followed by life imprisonment without a fixed term. It is not unusual for these sentences to be handed down in heinous cases such as murder, but there is an endlessly deep gulf between life and death between the two.

The perpetrator, who can continue to live while killing, and the victim, who is deprived of a tomorrow he believed would come as a matter of course. Even after the verdict is finalised, the remaining family members continue to suffer between the two. “I want to kill them with my own hands”. A man who had his wife and three children killed expressed his rage in a voice without any power.

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