China's Supreme Court has rejected 15% of all death sentences handed down by lower courts in 2007. That’s probably a higher rate that the U.S. Supremes.
But, China has many more crimes punishable by death. Corrupt public and corporate officials pay the ultimate penalty there… so besides the fact that it can screw U.S. taxpayers out of billion of dollars, there’s a good reason why Halliburton is relocating its corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai and not Shanghai.
Anyway, back in China, the media quoted the country's Supreme Court chief judge as saying the 15% death-penalty-overturn rate was due to unclear or insufficient evidence and wrong application of procedures.
China is believed to execute more people than rest of the world combined
Non-violent crimes such as tax fraud and embezzlement carry death penalty, as do murder, rape, robbery and drug
Many cases are based on confessions and trials often take less than a day.
During 2007, the most high profile execution in China was that of the former head of the State Food and Drug Administration, Zheng Xiaoyu, for taking $860,000 in bribes and for dereliction of duty.
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