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Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36 (www.bbc.com)

submitted 9 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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The arson attack in a revered Kyoto animation studio killed 36 people and injured dozens more.

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[–] 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?