Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2010
Abstract
China recently reformed its death penalty laws, and as a result the government has executed fewer prisoners. The author explores possible reasons and policy concerns behind China's legal reform. These influences include international forces and domestic factors, such as the media, changed circumstances, compassion, and politics. Although hardly transparent, the underlying motivations for the revisions suggest that eventually China may abolish capital punishment, perhaps even before the United States does so.
Automated Citation
Kandis Scott,
Why Did China Reform Its Death Penalty?
, 19 Pac. Rim. L. & Pol'y J. 63
(2010),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/facpubs/106
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