According to Amnesty International, the human rights organization, in 2005 China executed an estimated 1,700 people and sentenced nearly 4,000 people to death. This editor had no idea that China led the world in death penalty cases. Non-violent crimes such as tax fraud are punishable by execution. China's Chief Justice on the new law, "It will give defendants in death sentence cases one more chance to have their opinions heard." One would hope so, Mr. Chief Justice.
China Tightens Death Penalty Law
October 31, 2006 by editor (View Source)
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