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Communist Vietnam's secret death penalty conveyor belt: How country trails only China and Iran for 'astonishing' number of executions

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Prisoners are dragged from their cells at 4am without warning to be given a lethal injection Vietnam's use of the death penalty has been thrust into the spotlight after a real estate tycoon was on Thursday sentenced to be executed in one of the biggest corruption cases in the country's history. Truong My Lan, a businesswoman who chaired a sprawling company that developed luxury apartments, hotels, offices and shopping malls, was arrested in 2022.

China: Beijing Baby Killer Appeals for Light Sentence

Chinese death-row inmate being
led into a lethal-injection van
A man who killed a 2-year-old girl by throwing her to the ground, lodged an appeal through his attorney on Tuesday after receiving death penalty about 2 weeks ago.

Han Lei, 39, grabbed a girl from her pram and hurled her to the ground in Daxing District of Beijing on July 23 after an argument with her mother over a parking space.

Han was sentenced to death by Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court on September 25, on charges of intentional homicide.

Han appealed to have his crime reduced to involuntary homicide on the grounds that he didn't know it was a baby carriage or that he was hurling a baby.

According to China's law, involuntary homicide will be sentenced to 3 to 7 years' imprisonment, while intentional homicide will be given the death penalty.

Source: CRI English, October 8, 2013

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