If China executes around 4000 people per year, that’s an average of almost 11 per day, which means that executing 12 people is just slightly above their daily average. One has to keep in mind that the country has approximately 1.4 billion people.
One good thing is that in China, death sentences, once reviewed, are carried out immediately. They don’t wait for 20 or 25 years as we do in the United States while criminals, with the help of their delinquent attorneys, “milk” the system for all it’s worth. TGO
Refer to brief story below. Source: Associated Press
AP
BEIJING (AP) — China has executed 12 people in a single day, including a man who bombed a local tax office.
The official Xinhua News Agency says Liu Zhuiheng was convicted and sentenced to death for detonating explosives outside a tax office in Changsha city in Hunan province in July 2010. Four people were killed and 17 others wounded. Xinhua says the 52-year-old was venting anger over business losses.
Xinhua says China’s supreme court approved the death sentence of Liu and 11 others Thursday. All death sentences are sent to the supreme court for review and are usually carried out immediately if approved.
The other 11 people were convicted of crimes including murder and robbery.
China executes more people than any other country — around 4,000 people a year.
