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Aum Shinrikyo: Japan executes cult leader Shoko Asahara
BBC ^

Posted on 07/05/2018 5:21:03 PM PDT by ameribbean expat

The leader of Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult which carried out a deadly nerve gas attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995 has been executed, Japanese media report.

The sarin attack, Japan's worst terror incident, killed 13 people and injured thousands more.

Seven other Aum Shinrikyo members are also awaiting execution.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Japan
KEYWORDS: aumshinrikyo; cult; nervegas; wmds
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1 posted on 07/05/2018 5:21:03 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: ameribbean expat

Sayonara!


2 posted on 07/05/2018 5:22:05 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ameribbean expat

23 years? They’re as slower with justice as our system.


3 posted on 07/05/2018 5:22:11 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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It’s nice to see not everybody in the entire world is completely stupid.


4 posted on 07/05/2018 5:22:40 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: ameribbean expat

He’s been on Japan’s death row for more than 20 years.

They don’t tell you it’s your Big Day until just before they take you to meet Mr. Noose.


5 posted on 07/05/2018 5:23:22 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: ameribbean expat

No chance the hangman screws up and his neck is not broken.


6 posted on 07/05/2018 5:28:55 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: ameribbean expat

Hanging works.
Much less complicated than needles and drugs.


7 posted on 07/05/2018 5:32:51 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Trump20162020

[ 23 years? They’re as slower with justice as our system. ]

Japanese Jail for 23 years, they wanted him to PAY before he died!


8 posted on 07/05/2018 5:34:06 PM PDT by GraceG ("WWG1WGA")
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To: Trump20162020

That surprised me too———I would have thought he would have been gone years ago.

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9 posted on 07/05/2018 5:34:41 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Trump20162020

Heh ... with this difference: the Japanese per one claim I’ve seen don’t tell you when they’ve decided to execute you. No building up to it, just every single day as if it were your last. Every single day.

Presumably with no fancy meals to give you warning.

Talk about stress....


10 posted on 07/05/2018 5:36:37 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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"Japanese Jail for 23 years, they wanted him to PAY before he died!"

Hai! This excerent point! LOL

But it really is an excellent point.

11 posted on 07/05/2018 5:40:19 PM PDT by StAnDeliver ("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
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To: ameribbean expat

For everyone commenting on the long wait, the reason is right there in the story.


12 posted on 07/05/2018 5:42:59 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: ameribbean expat

At the time, this was an unheard of and shocking attack.


13 posted on 07/05/2018 5:45:06 PM PDT by donna (California Sanctuary State is the latest method for trapping and trading slaves.)
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To: ameribbean expat

I think asahara means a-hole in Japanese.


14 posted on 07/05/2018 5:45:59 PM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: GraceG

You got that right... Prison here (Japan) is NO TV, NO visitation, no talking to others, every day forced cleaning of anything/everything, NO special treatment (like back in the states), and sleeping on the floor with futons (which is torture in itself)...

I believe I’ve read that the ONLY incentive is that they have some kind of vocational training while in prison (like license plate making >.<...).. lol


15 posted on 07/05/2018 5:48:42 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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You also cannot sleep or lie down during the day. You must sit erect, no slouching, leaning, etc.


16 posted on 07/05/2018 5:57:37 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: Trump20162020

Executions are not carried out until all trials and appeals for all related crimes and defendants have run out.

The last one ran out in January.

That’s when “could be tomorrow...could be in an hour...” starts.


17 posted on 07/05/2018 5:58:04 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: ameribbean expat

I didn’t know Japan had the death penalty.


18 posted on 07/05/2018 6:01:53 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Vermont Lt

“Good night, Shoko. Good work. Sleep well. I’ll most likely kill you in the morning.”


19 posted on 07/05/2018 6:03:55 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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To: Mears

In Japan, they do not give an execution date... they make them sit it out, worrying day by day...


20 posted on 07/05/2018 6:14:29 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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