About the death penalty

Two people were executed yesterday, weren't they?
From the standpoint of being a monk, it's complicated.

death penalty.
You killed an eye for an eye, an eye for a tooth, and a loved family member, so you should be in the same situation.
That way of thinking and...
I think the main purpose is to execute criminals and show them off, and send a message to society that if you commit a crime, you will be executed.

I've read many books about the death penalty.
In my opinion, the actual state of execution is unknown to the world.
Also, what most books have in common is that they are written on the side of death row inmates.

From the time the death penalty is confirmed until execution, it is common for 5 to 10 years.
The death sentence is handed down on the morning of the same day, mostly after breakfast.
They are taken to the execution site without being allowed to prepare personal expenses, and the execution is carried out in about 1 hour.
Therefore, after breakfast is a time of fear for death row inmates.
Every morning is a time of fear except on Saturdays and Sundays when sentences are not executed.

The man who slaughtered a young girl in the bathroom in N prefecture seems to have been bathing day on the day of execution.
The door opened, misunderstood that it was a fun call for a bath, and while leaving the washbasin in the room, it was enhanced and executed at the execution site.
Anyway, it was a sudden sentence.

Correctional officers are directly involved in execution.
Almost everyone says it makes them feel like they can't do it.

Is it inhumane?
Or would this be considered a natural punishment?

On the other hand, we must also accept the heartbreaking cries of the bereaved families, who want punishment greater than the death penalty.
I lost my family all of a sudden, angry, sad, and frustrated.
If you are appealing for the abolition of the death penalty, I would like you to call for the abolition of the death penalty after naturally understanding the feelings of the bereaved families.
Not if I become a bereaved family, I want them to meet in person and develop their theory towards bereaved families who continue to experience the suffering of hell.
I hope so.

Did you know that if you have used stimulants in the past, your sentence will be reduced?
It seems that this is due to sequelae or poor judgment ability.
There are also cases where they were acquitted.

I'm left wondering if this would be a deterrent to crime.
If stimulants are used, it is possible that even if you kill a person, you will not be charged with a crime.

Rather than whether it is correct or not, I think we should know the actual situation of death row inmates, the anguish of prison officers, the intense grief of bereaved families, and the contradictions in the judgment.

Sorry for the long post.

At the end of the day, I haven't come to a conclusion about the pros and cons of the death penalty system.

BTW,
“My faith is a disciple of Higashi Honganji Temple (Otani school of Shinshu). The root of Shinran Shonin's teachings is that I prayed on my grandmother's lap since I was young.”
Did you know that there was a Minister of Justice who said that?

I still think they should forgive me for that.

There is probably still room for debate about the death penalty system, and it may actually be the wrong system from an ethical and religious point of view. However, currently, since it is determined by law that it will be the death penalty if it is reached this point, I also think death row inmates who have been sentenced to death should be properly punished with death.

If you don't like execution, don't become Minister of Justice!!
They talk about the names of Higashi Honganji Temple or Shinran and say selfish things!!

Honestly, I think so.

I'm sorry that wasn't an answer.

If there were no jails, criminals would be killed by resentful relatives of victims.
Next, the victim's relatives will be killed due to the resentment of the relatives of the former criminal who was killed there.
Next, relatives of former criminals will be killed by relatives of relatives who have been killed.
This is how a chain of resentment and revenge develops.
The prison is stopping this.
However, there is probably the question of whether capital punishment or life imprisonment is good.
Since the Buddha made his disciple and converted a mass murderer named Angrimara with clever speech techniques, forgiveness is the path to enlightenment in terms of Buddhism. However, Anglimara was later killed by relatives of the victim who had a grudge against her. (There are several theories)
The Buddha told him to accept his suffering because it was also causal retaliation.
Anglimara accepted it without resistance until the end.
Forgiveness is important in order to reach enlightenment, but it is difficult for those of us who have a lot of worries to reach enlightenment. It's hard to forgive.
The first thing we can do is not to become death row inmates ourselves.
Also, it's about leading people around you so they don't become death row inmates.
Everyone thinks so, and by living by helping each other so as not to commit crimes or torment others, there will be no death row inmates, and the death penalty itself will probably disappear.

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is my humble answer to the question.

Death penalty system... Buddhism thinks that revenge or retaliation will not lead to a fundamental solution.

Above all else, emphasis will be placed on the existence of a “mind” or “work” as an act based on that mind, in other words, the issue of accumulation of actions.

The reason we do bad acts is fundamentally motivated by the feeling of worry caused by ignorance (ignorance).

In revenge and retaliation, it is difficult to eliminate the root cause, and if possible, through Buddhism, we would like to control good behavior by defeating ignorance and worry.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho