China says judges are overturning a significant percentage of all death sentences, mostly for lack of evidence or because they were "inappropriate," as one judge was quoted as saying. China, believed to execute more people annually than any other country, including nonviolent offenders, still isn't saying how many people are put to death each year. Advocacy groups' estimates vary from several hundred to several thousand executions in China last year.
June 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
China says judges are overturning a significant percentage of all death sentences as part of steps to ensure it is applied only to those who truly deserve it. What it still isn’t saying is how many people are put to death each year.
China is believed to execute more people annually than any other country, but the true figure remains a state secret for reasons that remain obscure.
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