China Executions

Death Penalty for Bankers?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 04.22.2012

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That's the question that is raging through China these days as 30 year old multi-millionaire Wu Ying, once one of the richest women in the country, was sentenced to death for swindling $57 million from investors.

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China Executes Filipino Drug Trafficker

AP | By ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 02.07.2012

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BEIJING -- China, the world's most prolific executioner, put a Filipino drug trafficker to death Thursday despite a clemency appeal from the Philippin...

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China Vows To Execute For Food Safety Crimes In New Crackdown

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China warned Thursday that the worst offenders of food safety rules would get the death penalty in a new crackdown on an industry that...

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China Executions Top World Rankings, Amnesty Report Says

nytimes.com | MARK McDONALD | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONG KONG -- China executed more people last year than the rest of the world combined, according to a report published Tuesday by Amnesty Internationa...

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China Executes 9 Uighurs Over July Ethnic Riots

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China has executed nine men, including eight from the Muslim Uighur minority, for crimes committed during July riots that killed 200 p...

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Xinjiang Riots: China Sentences 6 To Death

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — A court in China's far western Xinjiang region sentenced six men to death Monday for murder and other crimes committed during ethnic r...

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Li Peiying: China Executes Former Beijing Airport Boss After Vowing To Reduce Capital Punishments

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — Leaders of China's elite state industries are renowned for their power, influence, and – in several recent cases – corrupt...

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Iran Hangs 3 For Rape

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three men convicted of rape were hanged in Iran on Monday, iafrica reports. Two of the men were charged and convicted together of kidnapping and rapi...

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China Executions To Be Reduced To "An Extremely Small Number"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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China, which executes more people per year than any other country, vowed this week to cut back on the habit, ABC News reports. According to Supreme P...

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China Executes Two Uighurs For Pre-Olympics Police Killings

Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

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China executed two men from a Muslim minority group today for killing 17 police officers in an attack in the country's far west that the government po...

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China Defends High Death Penalty Use As Olympics Approaches

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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China limits the death penalty to a small number of serious criminals and does not have any plans to abolish it, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. T...

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