Japan executes man over Tokyo stabbing rampage - reports

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : Opinion polls, however, show high levels of public support for capital punishment, particularly in the aftermath of high-profile crimes such as the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway by members of the Aum Supreme Truth doomsday cult.
41% : Prisoners typically spend many years awaiting execution and are given only hours' notice before they are led to the gallows, a practice that prompted two death row inmates to sue the government in 2021, claiming that it was "inhumane" and unconstitutional, since it does not give condemned people enough time to contact their lawyers to file an appeal against the execution order.
40% : His execution comes as Japan continues to resist international pressure to abolish the death penalty.
34% : Japan's use of the death penalty, which is usually imposed in cases that involve multiple murders, has long been criticised by international human rights organisations for the mental anguish it causes.

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