法务省：日本处决两名死刑犯 [美国媒体]

Japan executes two death row inmates: ministry

日本处决两名死刑犯：法务省




Japan executed two death row prisoners on Friday, the justice ministry said, dismissing calls from international rights groups to end capital punishment.

漠视了国际人权组织结束死刑的呼吁，法务省表示，周五日本处决了两名死刑犯。

Convicted murderers Yasutoshi Kamata and Junko Yoshida were executed by hanging, bringing the total number of people put to death since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power in 2012 to 16.

被定罪的犯人Yasutoshi Kamata 和 Junko Yoshida 将被处以绞刑，至此，安倍晋三首相2012年6月上台以来，被处决的人犯已达16人。

Yoshida, 56, killed two men in the late 1990s as part of a plot to obtain insurance money, the justice ministry said. She is the fifth woman to be executed in more than 60 years.
Kamata, 75, was convicted of murdering four women between 1985 and 1994 -- and a nine-year-old girl who started screaming as he tried to sexually abuse her.

法务省表示，Yoshida 56岁，上世纪90年代末期为谋取保险金杀害了2人，她是过去60年来，第50位被处死的女性。
Kamata 75岁，被证实在1985-1994年期间谋杀了4名女性，其中包括一名企图被他性侵时大叫的9岁女童。

Justice Minister Mitsuhide Iwaki, who authorised the executions, said they had committed "extremely heinous" crimes that "took the precious lives of the victims for very selfish reasons".

法务大臣岩城光英批准了这项死刑决定，他表示，他们用极其臭名昭着的手段和出于极其自私的原因，夺取了受害者宝贵的生命。

Japan and the United States are the only wealthy democracies that still use capital punishment, and rights group Amnesty International said Tokyo's decision was a step backwards.

日本和美国是仅有的依然保持死刑的富裕民主国家，国际人权组织称，东京的决定是倒退。

"The execution of two death-row inmates is extremely deplorable, and goes against the global trend for abolishing capital punishment," said Hideki Wakabayashi, its Japan secretary general.
"Despite the fact that about 140 countries in the world have already abandoned or have stopped executions for more than a decade, the Japanese government is turning its back on the trend," he told AFP.

“执行这两人的死刑是极其可悲地，这与取消死刑的全球潮流背道而驰”，Hideki Wakabayashi表示。
“尽管事实上，大约有140个国家在世界上已经放弃或已停止执行死刑超过十年，日本政府正在悖逆这个趋势，”他告诉法新社。

The death penalty has overwhelming public support in Japan, according to surveys, despite repeated protests from European governments and human rights groups.
Advocacy groups say Japan's system is cruel because inmates can wait for their executions for many years in solitary confinement and are only told of their impending death a few hours ahead of time.

尽管欧洲各国政府和人权组织多次抗议，但在日本，死刑却有着压倒性的公众支持。
宣传团体说，日本的司法体制很残忍，因为囚犯被关在单独的牢房里等待了多年，对他们的处决只在处死前数小时被告知。

Iwaki, who authorised the executions, defended the executions, saying the death sentence is a "grave punishment" that "requires careful implementation".
"At the same time, in a country ruled by law, enforcement of a court verdict has to be carried out with strict fairness," he told reporters.

法务大臣岩城光英批准了这项决定，他辩护说：死刑是”严重的惩罚“，”需要谨慎处理“。他继续表示：”同时，根据国家的法律，法院的判决要得到是严格公正的执行“

In December, Japan executed two death row prisoners, including for the first time someone sentenced to death after a trial involving a jury.
Those sparked criticism by the European Union, which called the death penalty "cruel and inhuman" and demanded Japan impose a moratorium on executions.

十二月，日本处决了2名死刑犯，其中包括审判后被陪审团第一次定罪死刑的人。

Wakabayashi also said Tokyo should be "severely criticised" for carrying out the executions just ahead of the Group of Seven summit due to be held in Japan in late May.

Wakabayashi说，在五月晚些时候举行G7峰会前做出这样的举动，东京应该被”严厉批评“！

Japan in 2009 launched a jury system in which citizens deliberate with professional judges in a bid to boost the role of the citizenry in the judicial process.

2009年，为增加公民在司法过程中的作用，日本推出了有意加入职业法官的陪审团制度。





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OngOng17 hours ago
do not hang Belgium Isis bomber

比利时的ISIS爆炸袭击者都没吊死

BiggusBiggus21 hours ago
Hang these murderers and hang them high!!!

吊死这些杀人犯并且高高的吊起来。

KelvinKelvinyesterday
EU and Amnesty International can suck thumb.

欧盟和国际大赦只能吸吸大拇指

FrancisFrancis11 hours ago
You need to eliminate the bad people progressively to maintain a safe society.

需要逐步消灭坏人维护社会安定

RobRobyesterday
Reminds me of a country I'm very familiar with.

让我想起一个熟悉的国家

mhmmhm21 hours ago
I believe they also use the guillotine.

我相信他们还会使用断头台。