death penalty in China is the death penalty.The only parts of the country in which such drastic punishment is not provided, are Hong Kong and Macau, which are in a special situation as a result of the events the mid XX century, gave rise to a well-known principle of "one country, two systems."
Since 2011, the Criminal Code of the PRC (People's Republic) provides for the death penalty for the following acts:
- possession or distribution of drugs;
- violent crime (murder, rape);
- bribery;
- pimping;
- counterfeit banknotes;
- harm to national security;
- production and sale of counterfeit drugs;
- theft / possession of explosives or weapons;
- organization of escape from custody;
- drinking and driving, which became the cause of death.
In addition, an unauthorized organization and conducting excavations of ancient burial imposed severe punishment - the death penalty.
China - a country where the sentence is executed convicts by firing squad or lethal injection.In recent years, the second form of punishment is used more often because it is considered less severe for themselves condemned and watching the procedure execution.
On the number of convictions made in the year, China has not officially reported.The death penalty, on certain assumptions of Western countries (USA, UK, etc.) is carried out each year in respect of the two sentenced to seven thousand.
It should be noted that at the official level, the Chinese authorities are trying to reduce the number of people sentenced to death.In particular, a similar resolution was adopted at the Sixth Plenum of the CPC Central Committee (October 2006), which pointed to the fact that if the death penalty as capital punishment is necessary to prevent issuance of erroneous convictions, tighten the procedure of investigation of crimes involving such a harshsentence.
In 2011, the agency "Xinhua" reported that the death penalty in China canceled in relation to the persons who committed economic crimes (that fraudsters, smugglers and businessmen evade taxes).Also, the threat of capital punishment exempt the elderly (over 75 years), adolescents and pregnant women (although the latter can cause an abortion).
sentencing procedure "the death penalty" in China goes quite clearly.Until 2006, the sentence could not stand the People's Court after the first trial.However, since 2006, the death penalty must be approved by the Supreme People's Court of China.After the sentencing the convicted person is entitled to double the appeals process.At the same time the Criminal Law allows the possibility of a two-year postponement of the execution, and after this delay may change the sentence the prisoner (the death penalty may be commuted to life imprisonment).
public executions in China is prohibited by the Criminal Procedure Code (1996, part 4, Article 212), which states that the enforcement of the sentence of death must be declared, but the procedure of execution shall not be public.However, judging by the video and photos of executions in China are distributed in the world, including via the Internet, it can be assumed that such actions are indicative measures, facing both the people of China and to the rest of the world community.It should be noted that the Chinese authorities are aware of the fact that, on the one hand, these measures are not the only way to fight crime, and on the other - emphasizing the integrity and strength of the state machine, have become vulnerable point in international relations Celestial state with other countriescondemning such punishment.
