Tag: Death penalty

China Still Global Leader in Death Penalty Use

Amnesty International released the 2012 “Death Sentences and Executions” report this week, showing that a global trend towards abolishing capital punishment is continuing. From Amnesty International’s press release: Only 21 of the world’s countries were recorded as having carried out executions in 2012 – the same number as in 2011, but down from 28 countries a decade earlier in 20

April 12, 2013 3:31 PM

Investor Scheme Leads to Death Sentence

Wenzhou businesswoman Lin Haiyan was sentenced to death last week for illegal fundraising, highlighting China’s use

May 20, 2013 1:08 AM

CCTV Pre-Execution Spectacle Polarizes Viewers

Drug lord Naw Kham and three other foreigners were executed in Kunming on Friday for the 2011 killings of 13 Chinese sail

March 1, 2013 5:50 PM

Supporters Fight Execution of Domestic Violence Survivor

The case against Li Yan, a woman who is on death row for killing her abusive husband, has sparked an outcry over her trea

January 29, 2013 2:07 PM

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