Why wasn't Issei Sagawa, the Japanese ogre, sentenced?

Because Issei Sagawa's father is rich, and he paid bail for him, plus someone entered through the back door. So, Issei Sagawa returned to the Japanese mental hospital. After 15 months of treatment, the head of the mental hospital announced that he had been magically cured and would never do anything harmful to society again. Another reason is that he killed a Dutchman, and the Dutch government has stopped chasing him.

Xiao Zuo's metamorphosis field also reflected the arrogance of Japanese national tradition, which was also very popular in Japanese society at that time. Issei Sagawa got along very well, published four novels and a book of poems, worked as a columnist in a famous Japanese food magazine, and made guest appearances in TV series and movies. After being treated in a mental hospital, he walked the streets of Japan as a free and successful man, as if he had never done anything to hurt anyone. But he is the only cannibal in the world who has been found on the run. Most people still can't accept the existence of such a person, just don't know why he wasn't sentenced to death. Some people say that France had just abolished the death penalty, so he was not sentenced to death. He was mentally ill at that time.

After returning to Japan, he entered a mental hospital. After long-term observation, the Japanese police believe that his crime is not because of mental problems, but because his character has been flawed. Originally, he wanted to sue, but France dismissed the prosecution. So he was not sentenced. In the end, everyone forgot about it. Later, he didn't kill anyone again. This also shows that he himself has no mental problems, but has made the Japanese media create many abnormal articles and made some abnormal Japanese worship him.

Whatever the reason, he should be punished for hurting everyone, but he finally changed himself and didn't do anything harmful to society, so as long as he can get better, he can be forgiven.