Tax fraud is punishable by execution in China. China also executed 21 persons accused of drug trafficking - in one day, by a single bullet to the head. One execution is one too many because, no matter how it's carried out, the death penalty is cruel, inhuman and degrading. It's an assault on human dignity and a violation of human rights. An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation.
Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
Morality is never upheld by legalized murder. It Does Not Stop Violence. In the United States, the death penalty is often promoted as a way to deter violence and make society safer. Yet in its 35 years of documenting human rights abuses, Amnesty International has found that the death penalty does nothing to make society safer. In fact, homicide rates in states with the death penalty are no lower than homicide rates in states that do not maintain the death penalty.