Series of trials on Aum Shinrikyo cult ends

Are the anti death penalty people opposing to the execution of these people? I want to hear their opinions.

one of the worst terror attacks in Japan which killed 13 people and made more than 6,000 others ill.

If there was anything "worse" than this I certainly would love to know. It wasn't "one" of the worst, it was THE worst, and I find it ironic for an article here to back off from saying so, when so many others over exaggerate claims.

These folks have been living off the public for nearly 25 years, and I would love to know just how much money has been spent for keeping them in prison all this time, and all their legal expenses as well. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if it has topped over 100億円

Would be awesome if they hang all 13 with death sentences on the same day.

Are the anti death penalty people opposing to the execution of these people? I want to hear their opinions.

One reason would be the comment above from cla68.

Are the anti death penalty people opposing to the execution of these people? I want to hear their opinions.

Killing people is wrong. The fact that those people are bad people doesn't change the principle. So yes, I am opposed to the execution of 'these people' just as I am opposed to the execution of any person, for whatever reason.

The fact that they are monsters should not be enough to make us monsters - notwithstanding people with the cla68 mindset.

I'm not a Murakami fan but his book Underground about the gas attacks is fascinating. He interviews survivors and cult members. It says so much about Japan, for better and worse.

Positions of advocacy of anti death penalty and the law enforcement are two different things. The former is based on humanity and the latter based on the maintenance of social order.

Asahara was like a combination of Charles Manson and Jerry Falwell. The passivity of the police and legal system here tolerated the crimes of his demented minions -- disregarding the screams from Aum's victims -- while they ran rampant for years, and it took something as extreme as gassing a rural city (Matsumoto in '94) and the Tokyo metro (in '95) before the police finally stepped in. Sometimes I ask myself which was crazier, Aum's guru or the system that stood by for so long and did nothing. (Just as they did nothing for years when they were certain North Koreans were abducting Japanese.) Japanese inertia and indecisiveness is truly a thing of wonder.

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Japan passed the "contentious" conspiracy law finally last year overriding opposition parties which say the law opens the door to the excessive state surveillance and the arbitrary punishment of civic groups and labor unions. The law enables the police to investigate serious crimes and terrorism at the planning stage. If we had the law at the time when Aum-Sarin incident, it could have been prevented.

Information on other gases used in the Tokyo metro (herd, dermal gases) was not considered during the trial. Therefore, the court's decision is not objective.