CHINA - executed a record 89 yesterday

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89 executed in near-record day by China

CHINA executed at least 89 convicted people in one day under its "strike hard" campaign against organised crime, state newspapers reported yesterday.

The executions on Wednesday, mainly for crimes of violence, coincided with mass sentencing rallies nationwide during which at least 46 death sentences were imposed. The day's tally was one of the highest on record for China. Amnesty International says it executes more people annually than the rest of the world combined.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

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without doing the math, it's difficult to know if that is a lot or not many, in comparison to those countries who use the death penalty.

-- Anonymous, April 12, 2001

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