オウム死刑囚７人の移送終わる 刑の執行時期が焦点に
オウム死刑囚７人の移送終わる 刑の執行時期が焦点に
3月15日 15時32分
オウム真理教による一連の事件で死刑が確定した１３人のうち、１４日に東京拘置所から出された７人は、１５日に最後の１人が福岡拘置所に入り、移送がすべて終わりました。今後は刑の執行の時期が焦点となります。
オウム真理教による一連の事件では、麻原彰晃、本名・松本智津夫死刑囚（６３）など１３人の死刑が確定し、このうち７人が１４日、東京拘置所から大阪、名古屋、広島、福岡、仙台の５か所の拘置所に向けて移送されました。
移送先は、大阪拘置所が井上嘉浩死刑囚（４８）と新実智光死刑囚（５４）、名古屋拘置所が岡崎一明死刑囚（５７）と横山真人死刑囚（５４）、広島拘置所が中川智正死刑囚（５５）、福岡拘置所が早川紀代秀死刑囚（６８）、仙台拘置支所が林泰男死刑囚（６０）と見られます。
このうち、早川死刑囚は東京から車で移動し、１５日に福岡拘置所に到着しました。
この時期に移送された背景には、一連の事件の刑事裁判がことし１月にすべて終結し、教団の死刑囚が法廷で証言を求められる機会がなくなったことがあるものと見られます。
また、刑の執行に向けた準備とも関連があるものと見られ、今後は刑の執行の時期が焦点となります。
中心的な役割果たした早川死刑囚
早川紀代秀死刑囚は、教団の最古参の幹部の１人です。
早川死刑囚は昭和６１年にオウム真理教の前身の宗教やヨガのサークル、「オウム神仙の会」に入りました。その後「オウム真理教」と名前を変えた教団の中で、施設の建設などを担当する「建設省」の責任者となりました。また、麻原彰晃、本名・松本智津夫死刑囚の側近として中心的な役割を果たし、教団の拡大に関わりました。
教団による事件では、信者を家族のもとに返す活動をしていた坂本堤弁護士一家の殺害事件の実行犯などとして起訴されました。裁判では起訴内容を認め、反省の言葉を述べるとともに、「松本死刑囚の指示に逆らうことができなかった」として死刑は重すぎると主張しました。
最高裁判所は「正当な活動をしていた弁護士を家族もろとも殺害した反社会性の極めて強い犯行だ」と指摘して平成２１年に被告側の上告を退け、死刑が確定しました。
English Translation
AUM condemned criminals, 7 people finishing to transfer, Focus on the timing of execution
15:32 on March 15
The 13 people whose death penalty was confirmed in a series of cases by Aum Shinrikyo religious affairs, the seven people sent out from the Tokyo detention center on 14th, the last one entered the Fukuoka Detention Center on 15th, all the transportation was completed. The timing of execution will be focused in the future.
In a series of cases by Aum Shinrikyo, 13 death sentences including Shoko Asahara, real name, Chizuo Matsumoto death row prisoner (63) were confirmed, seven of them were sent from Tokyo detention center to five detention centers of Osaka, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, and Sendai.
The transfer destination are that Osaka Detention Center is Yoshihiro Inoue death row prisoner (48) and Tomomitsu Niimi death row prisoner (54), the Nagoya Detention Center is Kazuaki Okazaki death row prisoner (57) and Masato Yokoyama death row prisoner (54), Hiroshima Detention Center is Tomomasa Nakagawa death row prisoner (55), Fukuoka detention center is Kiyohide Hayakawa death row prisoner (68), and Sendai detention branch is Yasuo Hayashi death row prisoner (60). Among them, Hayakawa death row prisoner moved by car from Tokyo and arrived at Fukuoka Detention Center on 15th.
Meanwhile, the former head of cult Matsumoto death row prisoner was left at the Tokyo detention center.
The background transferred in this period seems to have been the case that the criminal trials of a series of cases ended in January last year and opportunities for delegation prisoners' death row inmates have been lost in the court.
Also, it seems to be related to the preparations for the execution, and the timing of execution will be the focus in the future.
Hayakawa death row prisoner played a central role
Kiyohide Hayakawa death row prisoner is one of the oldest senior members of the cult.
Hayakawa death row prison entered the "Aum Shin Sen no Kai", a religion of the Aum Shinrikyo's predecessor and a yoga circle in 1986. After this religious organizations whose name was changed to "Aum Shinrikyo", he became the chief of "Ministry of Construction" in charge of the construction of facilities. In addition, he played a central role as Shoko Asahara, a real name, Mr. Chizuo Matsumoto, an aide to death row prisoners, involved in expanding cults.
In the case by this cult, it was charged as a main criminal offender of the murder case of Mr. Tsutsumi Sakamoto family who was doing activities to return believers to their families. In the case, the court admitted the contents of prosecution, stated the words of reflection, and claimed that the death penalty was too heavy as "I could not resist the instructions of Matsumoto death row prisoners."
The Supreme Court pointed out that "It is an extremely strong anti-social crime that killed lawyers who were doing legitimate activities at all," and dismissed the appeal of the defendant in 2009 and the death penalty was confirmed.
