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Japanese school killer executed
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| Sept. 14, 2004
| Staff
Posted on 09/14/2004 3:28:28 AM PDT by dinok
A Japanese man who stabbed to death eight school children in 2001 has been executed, domestic media have reported.
Mamoru Takuma, 40, was executed by hanging, along with another convicted murderer who killed three gangsters.
He killed seven girls and one boy, aged between six and eight, while another 13 students and two teachers were wounded.
Takuma admitted the killings and is said to have shown little remorse, reportedly telling the court in June 2003 that he could have killed more children if he had attacked a kindergarten.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Japan; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; japan; justice; swordcontrol
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Will anyone miss him?
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posted on
09/14/2004 3:28:29 AM PDT
by
dinok
To: dinok
Nah. In Japan, violent crime is extremely rare. This was unheard of in a country that prides itself on safe streets and unlocked homes.
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posted on
09/14/2004 3:34:08 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: dinok
Nobody will miss him..
Japan needs more gun control laws..
That will fix things..
3
posted on
09/14/2004 3:34:09 AM PDT
by
Drammach
(Freedom; not just a job, it's an adventure..)
To: dinok
He should have joined Islam. Then he could kill as much as he wanted, and Islam would have made him a hero.
4
posted on
09/14/2004 3:37:35 AM PDT
by
tkathy
(There will be no world peace until all thuggocracies are gone from the earth.)
To: goldstategop
I spent six years on Okinawa, 96-02. There is more violent crime than you think. THEIR press just covers it up better.
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posted on
09/14/2004 3:37:52 AM PDT
by
gunnygail
(Founding member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. (I operate the minigun, more fun):.)
To: dinok
Three years from crime to execution. If he did it over here he'd still have about 15 more years of appeals to go through.
6
posted on
09/14/2004 3:38:33 AM PDT
by
Non-Sequitur
(Jefferson Davis - the first 'selected, not elected' president.)
To: Non-Sequitur
Hope he doesn't mind warm temperatures...
7
posted on
09/14/2004 3:41:38 AM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(The current Democratic Party would've made Freud quit the business.)
To: Non-Sequitur
There's something admirable about the swiftness of Japanese justice.
8
posted on
09/14/2004 3:42:14 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Non-Sequitur
True. The Japanese are VERY HARD on their criminals. Not to mention, their police have a 95% conviction rate. In their prisons, the scum are up at dawn, get a small amount of food, and get their a$$es WORKED off, until dinner. Prison in Japan is no summer camp like the USA, especially, Club Fed.
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posted on
09/14/2004 3:42:46 AM PDT
by
gunnygail
(Founding member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. (I operate the minigun, more fun):.)
To: Non-Sequitur
Don't forget all those commencement addresses.
10
posted on
09/14/2004 3:48:59 AM PDT
by
Dahoser
(Kerry & Edwards: A rich widow chaser and an ambulance chaser...making money the scam fashioned way.)
To: dinok
He needed killin'.
11
posted on
09/14/2004 3:50:21 AM PDT
by
Maigrey
(Member of the semi-naked blogger Political Operative Brigade. To H#ll with pajamas!)
To: dinok
12
posted on
09/14/2004 3:50:26 AM PDT
by
gunnygail
(Founding member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. (I operate the minigun, more fun):.)
To: Non-Sequitur
Standard operating procedure in Japan is also to announce executions
after the fact so there is no chance for protest vigils and the like from the 5% or so of the public opposed to capital punishment. FWIW, this scumbags murder spree was cut short by a male teacher armed with a chair. I remember the incident well as we lived in Japan at the time.
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posted on
09/14/2004 3:53:15 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
To: Drammach
Japan needs more gun control laws.. That will fix things.. Your right, They need move knife control. The "Good 'ol Days"...the Japanese way, Long Sword
14
posted on
09/14/2004 4:00:51 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :)
To: dinok
Nobody will miss him. Good riddance.
To: gunnygail
"There is more violent crime than you think."
Yup. Up here in the Kanto, too.
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posted on
09/14/2004 5:03:40 AM PDT
by
dsc
To: dinok
School children? My God, as if they don`t have enough problems with Godzilla and other nuclear mutated species. What possesed him to do this?
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posted on
09/14/2004 5:07:33 AM PDT
by
Imaverygooddriver
( What`s the difference between a car alarm and John Kerry? Car alarms sometimes do their job.)
To: dinok
A Japanese man who stabbed to death eight school children in 2001 has been executed, domestic media have reported. ......
Executed within 3 years of the murder. Much more civilized than the way we do it.
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posted on
09/14/2004 5:09:51 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(Allah FUBAR!)
To: Imaverygooddriver
"What possesed him to do this?"
I think "possessed" is a good choice of words.
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posted on
09/14/2004 5:43:33 AM PDT
by
dsc
To: dinok
He's finally at the end of his rope.
20
posted on
09/14/2004 5:48:39 AM PDT
by
theDentist
("John Kerry changes positions more often than a Nevada prostitute.")
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