I translated this article to show you the tone of the Japanese press when she talks about the death penalty.
The family of small Goken shows his disappointment with the prosecution: "We do not want the prosecutor waives its first resolution"
Like the trial at first instance, the satellite of the Court of Akita Appeal Sendai said the life sentence HATAKEYAMA at Suzuka, 36, unemployed, mostly charged with homicide for the murder of two children Fujisato (Akita). As the floor of Sendai has waived any request for appeal, the parents of the child killed Goken YONEYAMA (seven years at the time) published a commentary on 14: "We hoped we to avenge our son, but This hope is now a wishful thinking. "
This comment is written on two A4 sheets. They openly show their disappointment with the prosecution of Sendai, saying: "We did not want the Attorney waives its first resolution to the end, whatever the outcome. He closed the door to achieve social justice in his own hand. And they explode into anger Hatakeyama, which has appealed: " She gave priority to its own interests. "
They also refute the reasons cited in the court trial for having avoided the death penalty to the accused: 1. We can not say that it is a premeditated act. 2. It is not accompanied by personal interest. 3. The execution of the crime is not particularly cruel and obstinate. Parents of small Goken remark: "If it is an act led by murderous intentions instant, is this a reason to reduce the sentence in the case of homicide? And they criticize the ruling: "All these reasons cited are too far from the commonly shared ideas. "
They say they were" appalled by the inhumanity of this world during the trial, far from [to] avenge [their] son even just a little bit "and concluded:" We can not stop us wish from my heart that the life of a child will have more weight in the world to come. "
Code of Criminal Procedure says that the higher court can declare a heavier sentence than the trial if the prosecutor appealed. The waiver of appeal by prosecutors who sought the death penalty for Hatakeyama made him avoid the application of capital punishment.
This article appeared in the site of a regional newspaper in Sendai (the capital of the Tohoku region of [North East]), Kahoku Shinpo. (The dog-akita inu is from Akita.) It's a bit difficult to understand, but here, the first resolution of the prosecutor must be that of a judge: to punish the wicked. I fear that this article is almost incomprehensible to the first reading. Parents of children killed recognize no sense in the sentence. I think it's not even a penalty for them. Besides, it's very weird for me to hear these words from the mouth of someone who wants the death penalty. According to them, the death penalty enforces the value of life and it makes the world less inhumane. It's really absurd.
This case was much talk, and the accused has been much publicized. She first killed his own daughter and then this little boy Goken. Before committing his second murder, which she played the victim a child had been killed. It seems that TV has frequently passed the image of the woman afflicted. (Most Japanese issues are of very bad taste, including the news. Indeed, a common place called "Beautiful women Akita." But we do not say the same thing about women Aomori. It neighbors is yet!) Some people think she killed another child to draw more attention to it, but you never know. Thus it is moved from a tragic figure in the criminal hated by all.
In any case, the tone of the Japanese media, falsely objective here is cold at the back. It is a country where over 80% of the population supports the death penalty, and they rejoice to hear declare the death penalty. Those against the death penalty like me are simply treated as inhuman. And the Japanese tempers very easily when they talk about it.
I sometimes feel that the mission of the Japanese media is to further confirm the commonly shared ideas. The journalists write only what pleases the public, and they do nothing in most cases. From this point of view, we have to noticing that the word "unemployed" is affixed on behalf of the accused. Of course people without jobs are dangerous! Fortunately, all judges are not there yet, but some are beginning to condescend to pray for the families of victims. These are judges geishas. The court is more theatrical, but apparently this phenomenon is not found in Japan. (The language of journalism is really far from being neutral with respect to (supposedly) criminals in Japan. If it is a victim, it omits the word "unemployed". If it is a criminal, it can be a "so-called plumber" for example. No murder victim was never supposed something.)
In the title of this article, there is a word I now hate: Izoku 遗 族. This word ("family of death") meaning "family left" to the letter is frequently used by the media to justify the severe punishment. We must respect the feelings of the family of the victim of a homicide ( izoku ), voluntary or involuntary. It is these feelings that are ravaging in the Japanese media. I do not see the link between feelings the family of the victim and severe punishment, but these are apparently izoku glad to hear him deliver the heaviest sentence possible. And a Japanese identified with the "family left," and has condemned "wicked" with her, as if he was a member of a larger family of Japan. What a good system for the exclusion.
But in the modern world since the eighteenth century to the time of Beccaria, punishment is prevention, not for revenge. And yet, if they do not know, it's not their fault, it's the fault of Education ...
But they need to know. A person does not belong to the family, and it's really indecent to victimize themselves and for the dead. The life of a person is not as small as this. The victim, not you, but someone who was dear. The life of someone far beyond the family. Then, let alone the soul of that person, without shouting revenge ... Do not talk as if this was to be a private good for you ... I think I understand your feelings (apart from this particular hatred), but they have nothing to do with justice, which must remain more or less cold. Me, I never claimed justice hot. Justice does not take into account the dead, and must always think about the life of a criminal, even if never show any regret.
(In French the word "forgiveness", a gift is made, and English, there is the element in GIVE forgive . In contrast, the Japanese verb ゆるす ( yurusu , forgive) does say that " loosen, release "etymologically. It does suggest that the belt and rubber better. That may be why the Japanese are struggling to find a noble character in forgiveness. Modern literature known novels which is about forgiveness, but very often it works Catholic writers. Journey into the dark night Naoya Shiga, for example.)
The family of small Goken shows his disappointment with the prosecution: "We do not want the prosecutor waives its first resolution"
Like the trial at first instance, the satellite of the Court of Akita Appeal Sendai said the life sentence HATAKEYAMA at Suzuka, 36, unemployed, mostly charged with homicide for the murder of two children Fujisato (Akita). As the floor of Sendai has waived any request for appeal, the parents of the child killed Goken YONEYAMA (seven years at the time) published a commentary on 14: "We hoped we to avenge our son, but This hope is now a wishful thinking. "
This comment is written on two A4 sheets. They openly show their disappointment with the prosecution of Sendai, saying: "We did not want the Attorney waives its first resolution to the end, whatever the outcome. He closed the door to achieve social justice in his own hand. And they explode into anger Hatakeyama, which has appealed: " She gave priority to its own interests. "
They also refute the reasons cited in the court trial for having avoided the death penalty to the accused: 1. We can not say that it is a premeditated act. 2. It is not accompanied by personal interest. 3. The execution of the crime is not particularly cruel and obstinate. Parents of small Goken remark: "If it is an act led by murderous intentions instant, is this a reason to reduce the sentence in the case of homicide? And they criticize the ruling: "All these reasons cited are too far from the commonly shared ideas. "
They say they were" appalled by the inhumanity of this world during the trial, far from [to] avenge [their] son even just a little bit "and concluded:" We can not stop us wish from my heart that the life of a child will have more weight in the world to come. "
Code of Criminal Procedure says that the higher court can declare a heavier sentence than the trial if the prosecutor appealed. The waiver of appeal by prosecutors who sought the death penalty for Hatakeyama made him avoid the application of capital punishment.
(April 15, 2009)
This article appeared in the site of a regional newspaper in Sendai (the capital of the Tohoku region of [North East]), Kahoku Shinpo. (The dog-akita inu is from Akita.) It's a bit difficult to understand, but here, the first resolution of the prosecutor must be that of a judge: to punish the wicked. I fear that this article is almost incomprehensible to the first reading. Parents of children killed recognize no sense in the sentence. I think it's not even a penalty for them. Besides, it's very weird for me to hear these words from the mouth of someone who wants the death penalty. According to them, the death penalty enforces the value of life and it makes the world less inhumane. It's really absurd.
This case was much talk, and the accused has been much publicized. She first killed his own daughter and then this little boy Goken. Before committing his second murder, which she played the victim a child had been killed. It seems that TV has frequently passed the image of the woman afflicted. (Most Japanese issues are of very bad taste, including the news. Indeed, a common place called "Beautiful women Akita." But we do not say the same thing about women Aomori. It neighbors is yet!) Some people think she killed another child to draw more attention to it, but you never know. Thus it is moved from a tragic figure in the criminal hated by all.
In any case, the tone of the Japanese media, falsely objective here is cold at the back. It is a country where over 80% of the population supports the death penalty, and they rejoice to hear declare the death penalty. Those against the death penalty like me are simply treated as inhuman. And the Japanese tempers very easily when they talk about it.
I sometimes feel that the mission of the Japanese media is to further confirm the commonly shared ideas. The journalists write only what pleases the public, and they do nothing in most cases. From this point of view, we have to noticing that the word "unemployed" is affixed on behalf of the accused. Of course people without jobs are dangerous! Fortunately, all judges are not there yet, but some are beginning to condescend to pray for the families of victims. These are judges geishas. The court is more theatrical, but apparently this phenomenon is not found in Japan. (The language of journalism is really far from being neutral with respect to (supposedly) criminals in Japan. If it is a victim, it omits the word "unemployed". If it is a criminal, it can be a "so-called plumber" for example. No murder victim was never supposed something.)
In the title of this article, there is a word I now hate: Izoku 遗 族. This word ("family of death") meaning "family left" to the letter is frequently used by the media to justify the severe punishment. We must respect the feelings of the family of the victim of a homicide ( izoku ), voluntary or involuntary. It is these feelings that are ravaging in the Japanese media. I do not see the link between feelings the family of the victim and severe punishment, but these are apparently izoku glad to hear him deliver the heaviest sentence possible. And a Japanese identified with the "family left," and has condemned "wicked" with her, as if he was a member of a larger family of Japan. What a good system for the exclusion.
But in the modern world since the eighteenth century to the time of Beccaria, punishment is prevention, not for revenge. And yet, if they do not know, it's not their fault, it's the fault of Education ...
But they need to know. A person does not belong to the family, and it's really indecent to victimize themselves and for the dead. The life of a person is not as small as this. The victim, not you, but someone who was dear. The life of someone far beyond the family. Then, let alone the soul of that person, without shouting revenge ... Do not talk as if this was to be a private good for you ... I think I understand your feelings (apart from this particular hatred), but they have nothing to do with justice, which must remain more or less cold. Me, I never claimed justice hot. Justice does not take into account the dead, and must always think about the life of a criminal, even if never show any regret.
(In French the word "forgiveness", a gift is made, and English, there is the element in GIVE forgive . In contrast, the Japanese verb ゆるす ( yurusu , forgive) does say that " loosen, release "etymologically. It does suggest that the belt and rubber better. That may be why the Japanese are struggling to find a noble character in forgiveness. Modern literature known novels which is about forgiveness, but very often it works Catholic writers. Journey into the dark night Naoya Shiga, for example.)
