I remember this attack being a really big deal when it happened, seeing it be resolved, even with Death, is a big deal.
I remember this attack being a really big deal when it happened, seeing it be resolved, even with Death, is a big deal.
Shinji Aoba was handed the death penalty on Thursday for setting a Kyoto Animation studio on fire in 2019 and killing 36 people, in one of Japan’s deadliest mass murders.
The Kyoto District Court found the 45-year-old man guilty of setting the three-story building on fire because of a grudge he had against Kyoto Animation. He claimed the studio had stolen his ideas after it rejected his novels in an annual contest the company hosts. There is no evidence the company plagiarized any of his work.
On July 18, 2019, Aoba bought 40 liters of gasoline, after which he entered the Kyoto Animation studio, splashed gasoline on six workers while shouting “Go to hell!” and set the building on fire with a lighter. The fire engulfed the building, killing 36 people and leaving another 32 injured.
A survivor who had testified in court said she escaped from a window after she was splashed with gasoline. She sustained burns over 94% of her body and had to undergo surgery 49 times.
"I feel despair whenever I look in the mirror. It's grueling to live with this body," she said.
Kyoto Animation President Hideaki Hatta said in a statement afterward that although he thought the ruling was appropriate, his feelings of frustration remain strong.
Nevertheless, Hatta said he hopes to continue making anime at Kyoto Animation so that the works of the victims will be passed on into the future.
Damn…this is hard to read. I can’t even imagine living through that. And this really is one of those situations with no happy ending either. The only good thing about this outcome is that it will...
I feel despair whenever I look in the mirror. It's grueling to live with this body," she said
Damn…this is hard to read. I can’t even imagine living through that. And this really is one of those situations with no happy ending either. The only good thing about this outcome is that it will hopefully discourage copycats.
On a side note…how does Japan even execute citizens who have been given the death sentence? I’ve never actually heard of this happening in modern Japan, though this is definitely an extreme circumstance.
Ironic that you mention them not letting the condemned know until the day of when that article starts by saying that he will die on July 7 this year. Someone really messed up that page.
Ironic that you mention them not letting the condemned know until the day of when that article starts by saying that he will die on July 7 this year. Someone really messed up that page.
I’m a bit conflicted. That sounds like severe mental illness.
I’m a bit conflicted.
The ruling said that Aoba headed to Kyoto from his home in the city of Saitama and set the studio on fire to stop “No. 2,” a figure from his delusions, from following him.
“But the impact of the delusions on the crime is not large,” Masuda said. “The liability of taking the lives of 36 people is extremely grave, so there is no reason for the death penalty to be avoided.”
I don’t know that I really agree. My main concerns with capital punishment are: wrongful conviction biased sentencing While those two factors may be so strong that I can’t support a policy of...
I don’t know that I really agree. My main concerns with capital punishment are:
wrongful conviction
biased sentencing
While those two factors may be so strong that I can’t support a policy of capital punishment, there are a lot of executions that I’m not going to be upset about.
I remember this attack being a really big deal when it happened, seeing it be resolved, even with Death, is a big deal.
Damn…this is hard to read. I can’t even imagine living through that. And this really is one of those situations with no happy ending either. The only good thing about this outcome is that it will hopefully discourage copycats.
On a side note…how does Japan even execute citizens who have been given the death sentence? I’ve never actually heard of this happening in modern Japan, though this is definitely an extreme circumstance.
Usually by hanging, and they don't let the person know until the day of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoko_Asahara
Ironic that you mention them not letting the condemned know until the day of when that article starts by saying that he will die on July 7 this year. Someone really messed up that page.
... the japantimes article mentions July once and it was to reference the day of the attack.
Yeah, I mean the Wikipedia article that you shared.
Ahh, yeah that was last well known execution in the country.
But does the condemned know that?
The DP in Japan is existential hell.
I’m a bit conflicted.
That sounds like severe mental illness.
Killing people is always wrong so it shouldn't matter if the person you're killing has a severe mental illness or not.
I don’t know that I really agree. My main concerns with capital punishment are:
While those two factors may be so strong that I can’t support a policy of capital punishment, there are a lot of executions that I’m not going to be upset about.
Offtopic
I feel like this should be in ~news instead of just anime? Obviously, it involves anime, but it seems bigger than that.
Good. Remember reading about this tragic event a while back.gives the victims and their families justice. Really set Kyoto Animation back.