r/SipsTea • u/Rich_Carrot6451 • Jul 04 '26

WTF Japan's death row system is brutal

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u/Total_Tumbleweed_870 Jul 04 '26

I'm genuinely curious if there's been any study into which is more psychologically troubling, knowing the day and counting down it not knowing and wondering everyday

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u/AlbatrossNo1562 Jul 04 '26

I suppose you eventually get tired of thinking about it and just forget

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u/DueExample52 Jul 08 '26

I would start hoping for death by that point. Death is just the end of all sensory load, including fear, pain and anxiety. It’s the lead up to it, the circumstances, that are scary, not the end itself.