Activists Hope Pope Francis Will Sway Japanese Opinion on Death Penalty | Sojourners

Activists Hope Pope Francis Will Sway Japanese Opinion on Death Penalty

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Some 120 prisoners are currently on death row and two were executed this year. Fifteen were executed in 2018, the highest number for a decade, including 13 former members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, who had been convicted of carrying out sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway.

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