Mai Sato grew up in Japan, where the death penalty has mainly been applied for murder, and where it's long signified 'justice' for the victims' families. She never doubted the existence or the necessity of the death penalty as a form of criminal punishment, but having spent the past two decades in countries without the death penalty, her sensibilities about what constitutes justice have changed, as well as her understanding of the social and political functions that the death penalty serves. Now, she takes the view –  together with more than half of the countries in the world  – that the death penalty is unnecessary for all crimes, including intentional killing.

https://lens.monash.edu/@politics-society/2023/03/13/1385536/human-rights-violations-the-death-penalty-and-flaunting-international-law

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