In a book titled 'He Who Killed my Brother and Me'...

In a book titled 'He Who Killed my Brother and Me' Masaru Harada recalled how he was shocked and wanted revenge at the beginning when his brother was killed, but later on realised how the execution was not the solution. Akio Harada was murdered in December 2001 by a friend who wanted his insurance policy, his murderer was executed two years later.
"Your pain does not go away by killing the murderer," he said. "I am against the death penalty for this reason."
But Masaru Harada said his reasoning had not earned him much sympathy. "People tell me victims must behave like victims, which means keep silent and let the government deal with murderers," he explained.