Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36

The Gundam Firing Squad is out for repairs, and they couldn't find a pen to write his name in the Death Note.

They are very conservative and toxic in many things sadly. It doesn't sit right with their international image. The country of contrasts I guess.

I don't condone the death penalty.

But....

...that fucker killed 36 people by setting a building on fire. Let's suppose that a few of them didn't die by smoke inhalation, but actually being burned alive. That fucker burned alive people. One of the most painful deaths one can experience.

I'd say hanging (and again I don't condone it!!!!) is getting out easy.

Im not sure its any worse than any method done today outside of inert gas asphyxiation, which ironically has gotten a lot of pushback. If death penalty is done they should allow a choice of options a state could reasonably accomodate with the most humane one they can figure out as the default.

I didn't think they still had the death penalty even.

I understand the sentiment... but murdering that many people is the bad thing. They don't need to be good guys for you to think their death was unjustified.

And continues to be.

After a few months break, those that were able to returned to work and went right back to cranking out amazing material and stories as if nothing had ever happened. No quality difference between the work done before the tragedy and the work done after. Bless all of them because they are clearly driven by a white-hot passion to create over anything else.

There should be an extra clause for death penalties that they should only be given out in cases beyond physical impossibility as opposed to reasonable doubt. Reasonable doubt is not a good bar for killing somebody, but in this case there's no physical possibility it wasn't him.