China, U.S. in top 5 for executions, report says

[truthpusher]

Source: CNN/AP

LONDON, England (AP) -- China reduced the number of executions it carried out last year but still executed more people than any other country in the world, Amnesty International said Tuesday in its annual report on the death penalty worldwide.



A woman is shown being taken to her execution in Beijing, China, in 2001.

1 of 2 Iran remains the country with the second-highest number of executions, with 377 killings that included a man stoned for adultery, the human rights group said.

The number of American executions fell to its lowest level in about 15 years, putting it fifth in the world with 42, Amnesty officials said.

Amnesty analysts said that early in 2007 China reformed the way capital cases are handled, leading to a substantial reduction in executions. They said at least 470 people were put to death, from 1010 in 2006. But they cautioned that the actual number is undoubtedly higher, and warned that any drop may be temporary.

Piers Bannister, a death penalty researcher at Amnesty, said the group fears that the slowdown is only a "logjam" that will lead to a rise in executions once a review by China's top court of


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[pattmarty]

1. And will we see this story on the nightly news tonight?

[pattmarty]

2. The fucking article is from CNN Europe, what the fuck about CNN "America"?

[LynnTheDem]

3. But if we include extra-judicial executions, will USA be #1 then?

USA! USA! USA!

[Zynx]

4. China's extra-judicial executions are much much higher.

[Tesha]

5. Depends on how you account for Iraqi deaths, doesn't it? (NT)

[LynnTheDem]

7. It does, rather.

Too bad we can't ask the dead Iraqis thier opinion.

[Mika]

6. Foolish me. I thought cigarette corporations were #1.

Oh, that's right. Corporations are sociopath personages, not sociopath nations.

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