China to Switch to Lethal Injections

[kurth]

Wednesday, Jan. 02, 2008
China to Switch to Lethal Injections
By ASSOCIATED PRESS

(BEIJING) — China, which executes more people each year than any other country, will expand the use of lethal injections instead of gunshots for death sentences, a state-run newspaper reported Thursday.

Half of the country's 404 Intermediate People's Courts, which carry most executions, now use lethal injections, the China Daily quoted Jiang Xingchang, vice president of the Supreme People's Court, as saying.

Lethal injection "is considered more humane and will eventually be used in all Intermediate People's Courts," Jiang said in the report. He did not give a time schedule for the change.

China does not officially release capital punishment figures, but it is believed to execute more people each year than the rest of the world combined. Death penalty recipients include some people convicted of nonviolent crimes such as fraud.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1699625,00.html

[LakeSamish706]

1. Why the hell doesn't the Govt. just give them there home-made toys to play with? n/t

[MADem]

2. How will that affect the organ harvesting bit? Hmmmm? NT

[aquart]

6. That's what I was gonna ask.

[gateley]

3. "Lethal injection "is considered more humane..."

:puke:

[lpbk2713]

4. They must be overstocked with "Not for Human Consumption" products ....

that were shipped back from the USA. A Chinese MBA came up with the bright idea no doubt.

[RedCappedBandit]

5. Anybody who knows anything about lethal injection..

knows that it is anything but humane..