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American man indicted for killing woman in Osaka

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I don't recall anyone guilty of murdering just one victim being sentenced to execution in Japan,

alway thought they only execute for multiple murders. Let me know.

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I wonder what led this man to commit such a terrible crime.

Good to hear this monster's life is over now. Get the trash off the streets.

He has not been tried yet.

American?

Per 'Sources', he was born in the Unkraine but lived in New York.

What is the relevance in Law?

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Yes, that is your interpretation, but I am as I have said for the most part against the death penalty unless it for heinous crimes.

When is capital punishment ever not for heinous crimes?

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It would be more honest if you didn't claim to be anti death penalty when in fact you are not.

Yes, that is your interpretation, but I am as I have said for the most part against the death penalty unless it for heinous crimes.

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sorry-should read out for a jog--not job

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I guess he could be innocent. Maybe he just happened to find her head in his room and maybe while out for a job in the woods he just happened across the other body parts. Yep-that would explain how he was able to lead police to that area. Not murder?? Or just being in the wrong place at wrong time? Sure, that explains it all to me---yep it sure does.

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Per 'Sources', he was born in the Unkraine but lived in New York.

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I've never heard of that before. Injury resulting in death from strangulation?

Something is lost in translation. The Japanese terminology used was “気道損傷による窒息死” (suffocation from a damaged windpipe).

I other words, he strangled or struck her larynx hard enough to collapse it and she suffocated as a result.

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murderous intent was not clear.

But obviously carving the said unintended murdered body was.

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Some gruesome imaginations at work here. Little better than the alleged killer.

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Good to hear this monster's life is over now. Get the trash off the streets

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The concept of innocent until proven guilty has been lost in Japan somewhere down the line.

Comments on this thread seem to encourage this erosion of "Rule of Law".

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How's that mountain out of a mole hill working out for you?

Your post would seem to reply that what you wrote isn't what you meant to write. Maybe you should try writing better if you don't want people to misunderstand what you write.

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The call was to give him a trial, to make me feel better, then to hang him high after the trial. Not ‘Hang him if he is found guilty’, just ‘hang him after the trial’

How's that mountain out of a mole hill working out for you?

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American?

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I wonder what led this man to commit such a terrible crime. This is awful. Having a daughter my initial gut reaction is to string him up (after due process). On the other hand I am against the death penalty as I do not think the state should be empowered to take life.

From what I have heard a long time in a Japanese prison leads many to at times, wish for death. Not a pleasant place to be. Also considering this guy killed a young Japanese lady....well....I would hate to be in a Japanese prison as a foreigner convicted of such a crime.

Just terrible stuff!!!!

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I've never heard of that before. Injury resulting in death from strangulation?

I'm guessing it's equivalent to either second degree murder (not premeditated), or maybe involuntary manslaughter (no intent to kill).

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No, they're calling for a valid trial. And they're saying that in this case, the valid trial will lead to a guilty verdict.

No, that’s not what was called for:

OK. Sure, give him a trial. Then, hang em high. Feel better?

The call was to give him a trial, to make me feel better, then to hang him high after the trial. Not ‘Hang him if he is found guilty’, just ‘hang him after the trial’

If you are going to punish someone after a trial, then it’s a farce of a trial as it has no bearing on the outcome. And as such it’s not a valid trial.

your "regardless of the evidence provided" comment is weightless

No it’s not. As the call is for the suspect to be hung regardless of the outcome of the trial, the evidence provided within the trial becomes irrelevant, since the call is a to ignore the result of a trial (and therefore the evidence provided during said trial).

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The prosecutors charged him with injury resulting in death, not murder, saying murderous intent was not clear.

I've never heard of that before. Injury resulting in death from strangulation?

And then people complain that the justice system in Japan is biased against foreigners.

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Let's see it go to trial before the usual barbaric rapture, perhaps?

Well, some of them are calling for a farce of a trial, where he is proclaimed guilty regardless of the evidence provided.

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Ironic, all the lust for blood on a thread about an alleged murderer.

Let's see it go to trial before the usual barbaric rapture, perhaps?

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You are opposed to the death penalty or not but not selective. I oppose the death penalty for all regardless of their crime.

That's you, you can think and do as you please, I don't care. 

You are therefore not someone opposed to it like you previously stated.

I am except for heinous crimes.

You are also stating that this person does not deserve a court case and a guilty verdict first when in fact hasn't been charged with murder to date.

If he is found guilty, then yes, be gone with him, if not, either release him if he is innocent or let him rot in prison.

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OK. Sure, give him a trial. Then, hang em high. Feel better?

So let me confirm, you're saying that they should give him a trial, but that the actual trial should be a farce, and they should hang him high regardless of the outcome, correct?

If I'm incorrect in interpreting what you've written, can you please explain in further detail?

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Do you guys think he should have the right to a trial first? Or should they proceed directly to execution?

"Police found the woman's head in a bag in a short-term lodging room in Osaka. "

"Afterwards, he led police to her severed torso and the rest of her body which he had scattered in the woods in Shimamoto, 25 miles away."

Hmmm....

'He was a mama's boy. If we were having dinner and he didn’t like the food, his mother would get up in the middle of the meal to cook him something special, and this was at a time when we didn’t have a lot of money,' Benny Dacy, Bayraktar's former stepfather, said. 

I guess poor innocent Saki didn't jump up and make him his coffee one morning.

OK. Sure, give him a trial. Then, hang em high. Feel better?

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you previously posted your opposition to the death penalty so why the change especially since you have also said you are also pro life?

I am “normally” against the death penalty, but for heinous crimes like this and against the weak or innocent, then I’m for it.

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Make sure the noose is extra tight.

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Hang em high.

Yeah execute this psycho

Do you guys think he should have the right to a trial first? Or should they proceed directly to execution?

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Yeah execute this psycho

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Hang em high.

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