Japan Quick Poll - What do you think about the capital punishment system, for or against ?

From Japan - Here are the results of the quick poll we conducted during August 13 - August 14, 2010 about the capital punishment system.

Total respondents: 109,057

Question: Are you for or against to the death penalty?

For grave crime, Japan imposes the capital punishment. The morality and advantages of such a sanction, however, has been up for debate. Also, it makes the issue more complicated that  many serious crimes  has occurred in these years, while misleading scientific approach of investigation has been revealed at the same time through the judicial procedure.
 

In our poll, 69.8% of 109,057 respondents said that they agree with the implementation of capital punishment. 

But despite this seemingly favourable judgement for capital punishment, some still posted comments like the following: "This is very difficult problem for us"; "It might be not the best but there is no alternative to the death penalty". 

Last August 6, 2010, the Ministry of Justice's executive members held the first study session about the role of the capital punishment in the Japanese judicial system.  The members will continue to debate about how the capital punishment is used and enforced in other countries, and what would be the best justice system for Japan of this century.