China Death Penalty

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Death Penalty Losing Momentum, Report Finds

AP | SYLVIA HUI | Posted 04.10.2013 | World

LONDON — Iraq executed almost twice as many people last year compared to the year before, while India and Pakistan resumed executions after aban...

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China Sentences Money Counterfeiter To Death

AP | Posted 06.14.2012 | World

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BEIJING -- Chinese state media say a man has been sentenced to death for forging currency worth tens of millions of dollars. The official Xinhua News...

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Woman Sentenced To Death For Investor Scam

Reuters | Posted 06.06.2012 | Home

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BEIJING, April 6 (Reuters) - A 30-year-old Chinese woman was sentenced to death by a court in Wenzhou for "cheating" investors of 100.11 million yua...

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Death Penalty for Bankers?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 04.22.2012 | Crime

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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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Farmer Gets Death Penalty For Poisoning Rival's Milk

AP | Posted 12.09.2011 | Home

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BEIJING -- A Chinese dairy farmer has been sentenced to death for lacing her rival's milk supply with industrial salt, causing the deaths of three you...

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China Orders Death Penalty For Food Safety Violators

AP | Posted 07.30.2011 | Home

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BEIJING -- China's supreme court has ordered judges across the country to issue harsher sentences, including the death penalty, to people convicted of...

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China Vows To Execute For Food Safety Crimes In New Crackdown

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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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 | World

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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 Executions To Be Reduced To "An Extremely Small Number"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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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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