Ex-AUM members on death row should not be executed: cult study group

The head of a group studying cults said Monday that former AUM Shinrikyo members on death row should not be executed as their experience could help to prevent crimes by such individuals.It is important to conduct studies with them to map out how they came to recognize their wrongdoing, Kimiaki Nishida, chairman of the Japan Society for Cult Prevention and Recovery said at a press conference the day before the 23rd anniversary of the sarin nerve gas attack by the doomsday cult on the Tokyo subway system."The question is what triggered that change (in their minds). How did their minds change?…READ FULL ARTICLE