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29-12-2009, 16:19

my main concern here is the way the chinese conducted the trial ,as has been commented on by several news agencies it was little more than a kangaroo court ,now if the defendant was suffering from bi-polar which is quite possible then under chinese law he should not have been executed ,the problem is though the defence wasn't allowed to produce any expert witnesses to prove otherwise so one has to wonder why the courts decided to abandon due process in this case was it because he was a foriegner and they felt that some kind of point had to made ,i don't know the answer but it makes me very uneasy how easy it could be to get executed in china given the number of capital offences there are in china

29-12-2009, 16:19	#41
martyh Guest Location: newcastle upon tyne Services: Sky Q silver bundle Sky Q 2TB box Sky Q mini box Sky fibre unlimited Sky Talk evenings and week Posts: n/a	Re: Anger After British Man Executed In China my main concern here is the way the chinese conducted the trial ,as has been commented on by several news agencies it was little more than a kangaroo court ,now if the defendant was suffering from bi-polar which is quite possible then under chinese law he should not have been executed ,the problem is though the defence wasn't allowed to produce any expert witnesses to prove otherwise so one has to wonder why the courts decided to abandon due process in this case was it because he was a foriegner and they felt that some kind of point had to made ,i don't know the answer but it makes me very uneasy how easy it could be to get executed in china given the number of capital offences there are in china