Is Japan’s death penalty fair?

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Japan’s death penalty is considered pretty brutal—but why? They don’t tell death row inmates when it’s coming. They just sit there for years, never knowing. Executions usually happen in the morning. So every day at breakfast, inmates listen for footsteps, dreading the moment they stop at their door. If a guard walks in and says, “It’s time,” that’s it—their final two hours begin. Japan still uses hanging. When everything’s ready, three guards press buttons at the same time, the floor drops, and it’s over. Even their families don’t find out until it’s over—no chance to say goodbye. Some say it’s not right and challenged it in court, but the court threw it out. Others say it’s fair—the victims never got a warning either.