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China changing execution method from firing squads to lethal injection

By Douglas A. Berman

The world's top execution country has announced a change in its execution protocol.  This Reuters article, headlined "China to swap bullets for lethal injections," provides this report: China's capital plans to use lethal injections in executions by the end of the year and firing squads will eventually be phased out across the country, state media on said on Tuesday, quoting law officials. Lethal injections were "cleaner, safer and more convenient," the official China Daily quoted the director of China's Supreme People's Court, Hu Yunteng, as saying.  "As lethal injection is the most popular method for execution adopted by countries with capital punishment, China will follow suit ... it is considered more humane," Hu added, although a complete nationwide shift was a long-term goal because of costs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 16, 2009 (boomark / email).