Life sentence puts rehabili - RESPONCE

I was very excited about this article, mostly because in my "Final Focus" blog I talked about how it would be very interesting to interview a judge on how they came to the decision and how they lived with the knowledge they took away a life. I also thought this was interesting because it brought up the point that with a life of imprisonment, there is always a chance that the inmates could get out on parole. In the article, Judge Chikara Miura says he finds this "unacceptable". I agree with him on this point, and also deeply respected him. As I said in my summary, Miura always assumed he would have no problem with assigning the death sentence when the need arose. When he was confronted with an actual case, however, "When Miura finally came to the decision, he ordered the accused to stand up in front of him. Miura looked him in the eye. And Shuddered." Miura eventually settled upon life imprisonment, and feels he did the right thing both morally and suited to the crime.

Life sentence puts rehabili (article#10)

"This is the fifth installment of the third part of a series of articles focusing on capital punishment. Part III looks at the steps judges took in reaching their ultimate decisions."
Specifically, it tells about a judge named Chikara Miura (of the Kofu District Court) who, having been a judge for smaller cases until recently, always assumed he would have no problem handing the death penalty to someone when the need arose. However, once he was confronted with a case that required either the death sentence or a life imprisonment, he chose to give the man a second chance at life.