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


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