As someone who kept up with the story from day one, I despise this man for what he did in his depraved mental state, and think he should be imprisoned for a long time to keep society safe from him. But at the same time I am against the death penalty no matter the crime, as I don't believe the state should have the legal right right to execute anyone once they are not an immediate threat.

[–] Dreamer@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

While I also not believe that a state should have the legal right to execute anyone as that can be, will be, and has been abused, I believe it is the absolute right of victims (or those who they left behind) to determine the punishment of those who wronged them up to a proportional degree with modifications due to circumstance (i.e. someone stealing because they are poor is given leniency).

How I feel about this execution is dependent on the wishes of the Kyoto fire survivors , victims, and their loved ones.

[–] little_water_bear@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I would like to know what the general opinion about this sentence is.
Personally, I think that people like that are too dangerous to ever be let free again. But I still believe that we should never allow anyone to kill someone for punishment.

Also I'm wondering whether other's opinions are influenced by how much they like the works of KyoAni.
I don't think it should matter at all. But to be honest, the only reason I even read about the fire was because anime communities were posting about it.

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 17 points 9 months ago

I oppose the death penalty in very nearly every circumstance. I think that prisons should be more about rehabilitation that just brutish punishment (but the punishment exists at least in part to avoid extra-judicial attacks by the victims who feel the perpatrator was not justly punished). Some people, of course, cannot be rehabilitated and, in that case, I would lean toward life in prison.

I've been living in Japan the better part of a decade and don't have strong opinions on anime or the like (I couldn't tell you what KyoAni has made)

[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I’m more or less indifferent to this. I have other things to worry about than the fate of someone who killed 36. Death penalty or life, to me with this guy it’s all the same.

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A death sentence just punishes the relatives of that person. The person killed, isn’t really punished, since you kinda don’t feel after you died and no punishment without feeling I suppose.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What if the families of the departed actively push for it?

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Then, they should get mental treatment paid by convicted person, in my opinion. I bet that knowing that the convicted person got killed for it, doesn’t make the pain go away. There are other strategies needed to make a relatively normal live possible for the suffering persons.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I’ll never understand that perspective but thanks for trying to explain it.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

What is the usefulness of punishment? Genuinely, what value does it have to society?

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago

Crazy how different the response is to this on .ml vs .world

Way less bloodlust

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A Japanese man has been sentenced to death for an arson attack at a Kyoto animation studio in 2019 which killed 36 people and injured dozens more.

Shinji Aoba, 45, pleaded guilty to the attack but his lawyers had sought a lighter sentence on grounds of "mental incompetence".

"I have determined that the defendant was not mentally insane or weak at the time of the crime," Chief Judge Masuda said on Thursday at Kyoto District Court.

In July 2019, he burst into the studio during a work day, splashing petrol on the ground floor and setting it alight while repeatedly shouting "Drop dead".

Families of the victims were seen in the court room, with many visibly emotional as the judge read out the details of Aoba's crime, NHK reported.

The KyoAni studio in Kyoto is a beloved institution, known for producing films and graphic novels that are well-regarded by fans as well as critics - including K-On!

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