Last updated on:
11/10/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
Tomoko Sasaki Biography
- Title:
- Former Member of the Diet (Japanese Parliament)
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?"
- Reasoning:
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“A basic teaching [in Japanese Buddhism] is retribution. If someone evil does something bad, he has to atone with his own life. If you take a life, you have to give your own.”
“Why Japan Still Has the Death Penalty,” Washington Post, Jan. 16, 2005
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Organizations/VIPs/Others
Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Former member, Diet (Japanese Parliament)
- Member, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
- Education:
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- None found
- Other:
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- None found
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