On the same day as that crime, the 2 men wounded another man after breaking into his home to demand money, the report said. The other man, identified only by his surname, Zhang, was already tried, the report said, without providing details. The court also gave a death sentence to He Pinghui, an unemployed drifter from Inner Mongolia, for heroin dealing, the report said. All 3 executions were carried out on Tuesday, the report said, without providing details. Most criminals are put to death in China with a bullet to the back of the head.
China leads the world in judicial executions.
Back in New York, Bill Clinton's ambassador has one more message to pass along. The fact that he had Robert and Elisabeth Badinter among his friends in Paris helped him see things differently. I saw that the people were really very passionate about it. And finally I said to myself that they were probably right. What still holds him back from calling frankly for abolition is not knowing what would replace the death penalty.