China Drops Death Penalty for Tax Evasion
China has eliminated the death penalty as a possible punishment for 13 non-violent offenses, the AP reports. But critics say it probably won’t make a big dent in the estimated 5,000 annual executions in the country—nearly 70 crimes still carry a possible death sentence, many of them non-violent….
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China Drops Death Penalty for Tax Evasion
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