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Originally Posted by Moldova
If the was a shred of truth regarding him being ill, then I find it strange that except for the 15 minutes examination stated above above, that the is not one single record about him being ill until he was caught carrying drugs into a country that has an automatic death penalty for amounts exceeding 50grams and he was carrying over 4 kilos.
He was caught and no real proof came to light in over 2 years regarding his mental state and therefore he was duly executed for his crime.
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From one of your own links;
"Chinese law says a defendant's mental state should be taken into consideration if they are accused of serious crimes, but the Chinese authorities have refused repeated requests for Shaikh to be evaluated by a doctor."
This is the crux of the argument.
Nobody is disputing that he trafficked drugs, knowingly or otherwise, nobody is saying he was innocent from a legal perspective.
The issue here is that he was denied a legal entitlement and executed when under their own legislature the Chinese, without any prerequisite for proof but simply in light of the seriousness of the crime, were obliged to have his mental health assessed and they refused to do so.