



The sentences were largely regarded as being far too light for the crimes committed, however all four individuals were protected by special provisions applied to individuals 18 years old and younger. Had they been a couple of years older, Hiroshi Miyano would have undoubtedly received For his participation in the crime, Jō Ogura served eight years in a juvenile prison before he was released in August 1999. He was 17 at the time of the murder. After his release, he is said to have boasted about his role in the kidnapping, rape and torture of Furuta. [3] In July 2004, he was arrested for assaulting Takatoshi Isono, an acquaintance he thought his girlfriend may have been involved with. Jō tracked Isono down, beat him and shoved him into his trunk. He drove him from Adachi to his mother's bar in Misato , where he allegedly beat Isono for four hours. During that time, Ogura repeatedly threatened to kill the man, telling him that he'd killed before and knew how to get away with it. He was sentenced to seven years in prison for the assault, and has since been released. Ogura's mother allegedly vandalized Furuta's grave, stating that she had ruined her son's life. It has also been reported that Ogura has run through his father's savings (money which was originally meant for Furuta’s family), buying and consuming a number of luxury goods.The sentences were largely regarded as being far too light for the crimes committed, however all four individuals were protected by special provisions applied to individuals 18 years old and younger. Had they been a couple of years older, Hiroshi Miyano would have undoubtedly received capital punishment , while the other three are likely to have received life imprisonment. Click to expand... Click to shrink...

I read the story of Junko Furuta’s murder a bit back, and to say it was the single most reprehensible and horrible story I’ve ever read on the internet would be an understatement.You can get the sad details here, but I really must, it isNow, this thread isn’t about countering with even more disturbing takes (I don’t need that in my life right now), or to talk about the Bystander Effect or any of that: it’s about the even more sad fact that the pieces of festering shit responsible for this horrific act are still alive and free to this very day.Again, I don’t really want to turn this into a debate about Japan’s culture/court system vs other parts of the world. I just want to vent as a human being over the knowledge that the monsters responsible for this got off with a ludicrously light sentence where nothing short of life or the death penalty would have been the bare minimum. To think that one of them even bragged about this while in the middle of, or that even the parents are fucking monsters (one of them even desecrated the girl’s grave) is like something out of an edgelord’s fanfiction piece.I read a lot of horrible stories, but this one hits me really hard. I wish there was a way to gather more awareness through social media; I honestly don’t think anything could be done even if that was the case, other than to seek out these fucking scum and make their lives a living hell where they will never escape what they have done. And even then, it wouldn’t come close to a 1/3 of the torment they inflicted on this poor, innocent girl.I honestly wish The Punisher was real.