It is very rare to see a father asking a court to
sentence his own child to death, but the father of a 21-year-old
college student wants the death sentence for his son's "unforgivable"
crime.
The student, Cheng Chieh, had on May 21
attacked passengers on on the Taipei subway with a 4-inches-long knife,
killing four people and injuring over twenty others.
Chieh was arrested after the attack.
He
has been charged with 4 counts of murder and 22 counts of attempted
murder and prosecutors now seek the death penalty for him.
"The
accused's actions fit the definition of mass murders, his means were
ruthless and inhuman, and caused irreparable harm to the victims and
their families. We demand the court sentence him to death," prosecutors
said in a statement quoted in a Yahoo report.
My Son Deserves To Die
Taiwan
is known for its low crime rates which may be the reason why most are
still shocked by Chieh's stabbing spree months after.
It
is therefore not surprising that the call for a death sentence is
coming not only from the prosecutors, but also his own family, his own
parents.
"Although he is our child, the crime he committed is unforgivable.
"I think he should be sentenced to death... he should face it himself.
"Only
by so doing may the pains inflicted on the victims and the wounded and
their families be slightly eased," Cheng's father was quoted as saying
after the attack.
Though some reports said Chieh
was drunk when he committed the crime, the prosecutors say psychological
evaluations show that he was mentally stable at the time.
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