China to expand lethal injections

China to expand lethal injections

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China is to expand the use of lethal injections to replace execution by shooting, a senior official has said.

Jiang Xingchang, vice-president of the Supreme People's Court (SPC), said that the move was because lethal injections were considered more humane.

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Shouldn't that read less inhumane?!

a step in the right direction as far as conscience?

Or is it that injecting someone is cheaper?

I am opposed to a government issued death penalty under any circumstance so whether your are shot at or injected, it is all the same: Murder.

This is shocking:

*China executes more people than rest of the world combined

*Tax fraud, embezzlement, robbery & drug offences carry death penalty

*China does not publish official figures on executions

*Some cases based on confessions with trials often taking less than a day

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[edit on 3/1/2008 by skibtz]