Kill the Death Penalty.

It is my strong belief that the death penalty should be abolished. I think this problem is very complex problem. When we think about this problem, we have to think about human-rights issue, victim’s suffering and so on. To tell the truth I was for the death penalty. I thought the death penalty is need for our society. Without the death penalty, public safety gets worse. But as I research this problem, I change my mind. Now the countries which abolish the death penalty are gradually increasing. Among advanced country, only Japan and the United States don’t abolish the death penalty. In the United States, laws are different from state to state, so some state abolishes the death penalty. Japan insist on the death penalty prevent crime. Is it true? I don’t think death penalty prevent crime. On the contrary, by abolishing the death penalty, I think crime rate will decrease. So the death penalty should be abolished.

There are some reasons why the death penalty should be abolished. Main reason is, as I said above, to abolish the death penalty will decrease crime rate. For example in West Germany, the death penalty was abolished 1949. After the death penalty was abolished, murder rate was decreasing.
Secondly, the death penalty is inhumane. In the article “Death row, Japanese-style: “Cruel, inhuman and degrading”, Japan’s capital punishment system was accused. The article says death-row inmate can only talk with family and lawyer in short time. Death-row inmate cannot know when I am killed, so death-row inmate has to be scared.
Third, there is possibility of false accusation. In Japan, there are many false accusations. For example, in case of Yamanaka, he got a death penalty in 1975. But 1990, he is found innocent of a crime.

Naturally, there are those who believe that the death penalty should not be abolished. They might tell you, for example, that the death penalty decrease crime rate. Most of us don’t want to die. So we don’t commit serious crime.
Secondly, that is life imprisonment is more inhumane than the death penalty. Criminal have to live in a fenced enclosure for the rest of his life without freedom. So life imprisonment may be more inhumane than the death penalty.
Thirdly, life imprisonment cost a great deal of money. Bathroom, diet, eagle eye and so on. We have to pay tax to care for criminal. Compared to homeless people, criminal may live a good life.

Does the death penalty really prevent crime? I don’t think so. As I said above, in West Germany murder rate was decrease. In addition, in Canada the death penalty was abolished 1976. Murder rate in 1975 was 3, 09 per 100 thousand populations. After the death penalty was abolished, murder rate was 2.41 per 100 thousand populations in 1980. In 2006, murder rate was 1.85 per 100 thousand populations. This date shows to abolish the death penalty decrease murder rate.
Furthermore there is a criminal who want to get the death penalty. Like Masahiro Kanagawa, who do indiscriminant killing. He wants to get the death penalty, so he kills others. If there is not the death penalty, he may not kill others.

What is the most important is the death penalty don’t prevent crime and to abolish the death penalty decrease crime rate. Of course I understand what people who think the death penalty is need. Maybe what they say may be right. But I believe the information that to abolish the death penalty decrease crime rate.


Sources
(http://www1.linkclub.or.jp/~tomoneko/jugyou/sikei/sikei2/2sikei.html)
(http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/japan/090922/death-row-japanese-style)
(https://m-repo.lib.meiji.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/10291/6169/1/tankidaigakukiyo_59_35.pdf)
(http://www.lifestudies.org/jp/univ/amemiya01.html)
(http://www.egawashoko.com/c006/000308.html)
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(http://homepage2.nifty.com/shihai/shiryou/facts&figures.html)

Hamamatsu to Nagoya

I arrived at Hamamatsu Station 14:33, PM, August 20.
I changed train at Hamamatsu Station for Toyohashi Station.
The buzz of a cicada was noisy.

Next I changed train at Toyohashi Station for Nagoya Station15:19, PM.
As I approached Nagoya Station, I felt sad.
That is because when I arrived at Nagoya Station, my travel gets over.

And I arrived at Nagoya Station 17:10, PM, August 20.
Nagoya is hotter than Sapporo and humidity was higher than Sapporo.

My long travel is over. It was very interesting. I wanted to continue the travel.
I want to travel by train again someday.

Atami to Hamamatsu

I arrived at Atami Station 11:09 AM, August 20.
Some people got off at the Atami Station.
I thought they would enjoy vacation at the Atami.

I continued to get on the train by Shizuoka Station.
I had a lunch there.
Because I had time by get on next trains, I looked around Shizuoka Station.
“Chibimaruko-chan(ちびまる子ちゃん)“　is set in Shizuoka, so there are advertising display of “Chibimaruko-chan”.
These days I knew Shizuoka is famous for Oden. So next time I visit Shizuoka, I want to eat Oden.

I got on train and arrived at Hamamatsu Station 14:33 AM, August 20.　

Tokyo to Atami

I checked out the Internet Café about 7:30AM, August 20.
I went to Tokyo Station on foot.
I stopped by at a coffee shop (EXCELSIOR) along the way and I had a breakfast.
The coffee shop was very crowded. There were many corporate employees.

I arrived at Tokyo Station. Tokyo Station was very big. I wanted to do sightseeing.
But I had an appointment with my friend, so I got on the train heading for Atami.

The train also stopped at Yokohama Station.
I enjoyed a glorious sea view during I got on the train.
I arrived at Atami Station 11:09 AM, August 20.

stay in Internet cafe

I arrived at Ueno Station 22:11PM, August 19.
Because the last train is gone, I have to look for hotel.

In the end, I stay at internet café in Kanda.
That is because internet café is very reasonable. I paid about 1300yen in a night.
And I took a shower. The shower room was very dirty.

I read several comic books. I read “Gantz” , “Moyashimonn”.
I couldn’t sleep soundly.
That is because the seat is uncomfortable and clacks of a keyboard and laugh annoy me.

I checked out about 7:30AM, August 20.

Higashino Keigo

While I was on the train, I often read books.
There is nothing to do when I got bored with looking at the mountainscape.
I read “seijo no kyuusai” (聖女の救済)　written by Higashino Keigo(東野圭吾).
I like to read his books. When for the first time I read his book, I was thirteen years old.
My farther recommend “Himitsu(秘密)” written by Higashino Keigo.
This is very interesting book for me.
From that time I read his most of books.
And I arrived at Ueno Station 22:11PM, August 19.

Vincent van Gogh 8

I am going to write about my favorite artists and my favorite works.
My one of the favorite artists is “Vincent van Gogh”. He is very famous painter.
He is a typical painter of the post impressionist school. Van Gogh spent his early adulthood working for a firm of art dealers and traveled between the Hague, London, and Paris.
The most comprehensive primary source for the understanding of Van Gogh as a major artist is the collection of letters which were passed between him and his younger brother.
Their lifelong friendship, and most of what is known of Van Gogh's thoughts and theories of art, is recorded in the hundreds of letters they exchanged from August 1872 until 1890.
Most were written by Vincent to Theo beginning in the summer of 1872.
His work grew brighter in color and he developed the unique and highly recognizable style which became fully realized during his stay in Arles in 1888.
His masterpieces were made in late life.
Though he is received high acclaim now, the picture that sold while he is living is only one(Red grape field 赤い葡萄畑).

He is very impressive artists for me.
That is because when I was fifteen years old, I went to art museum with my family.
The art museum has the van Gogh exhibition. I saw “sunflowers(ひまわり)“、”The Café Terrace on the place du Forum, Arles, at Night(夜のカフェテラス)、“The starry night(星月夜)” and so on there. These paintings move me deeply.
Especially ”The Café Terrace on the place du Forum, Arles, at Night(夜のカフェテラス) move me. I think you have seen this picture. I like this picture a lot. This picture is wonder. When I was fifteen years old, I often thought that I want to travel to the city like painted in ”The Café Terrace on the place du Forum, Arles, at Night(夜のカフェテラス).
Even now when I see the painting, I have an urge to travel. I want to go that city before graduation. After I enjoy the van Gogh exhibition, I bought the notebook painted ”The Café Terrace on the place du Forum, Arles, at Night(夜のカフェテラス).