The Criminal Justice System and the Death Penalty
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
12-1-2016
Publication Title
The Death Penalty in China, Policy, Practice and Reform
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Publisher Location
New York, NY
First page number:
31
Last page number:
61
Abstract
China currently leads the world in death sentences and executions, making it a primary target for the global abolition movement. While the results have been subtle, anti-death penalty advocates are beginning to influence Chinese attitudes toward the practice, as well as law. Conducting an interdisciplinary and comparative study of China's death penalty as the country heads toward reform, this book explains what it took to advance reforms to limit death sentences and executions, while identifying the challenges that prevent more extensive progress
Repository Citation
Lu, H.,
Li, Y.,
Hu, C.
(2016).
The Criminal Justice System and the Death Penalty.
The Death Penalty in China, Policy, Practice and Reform
31-61.
New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
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