When Is the Death Penalty Ok?

The death penalty is corn monly referred to as the legal practice of taking a human life in responseto a crime committed by the convicted person. It is a diffi cult and emotional topic though widely practiced in many countries. But whether any government is justified in carrying out the process is unfathomable.

Will the Death Penalty Stop Food Safety Crime?

IN recent years, food safety has become an issue of huge concern. Scandals involving product contamination or the illegal use of banned additives have been repeatedly exposed to the public, like melamine in infant milk powder and the recentc lenbuterol in pig’s feed. In the milk

SPECIAL ISSUE： EXAMINING THE DEATH PENALTY IN CHINA Abolishing the death penalty：the logical necessity of the irrationality of the death penalty

The logic of proponents of progressive abolition of the death penalty is that although it is illogical and inhumane, it remains rational in today＇s China because of our national circumstances and level of civilization. This is a contradiction in terms. What is illogical should be abandoned. It is spiritual self-abuse for intellectuals to run together the repeal of the death penalty and traditional culture, our current state of civilization, and the attitude of the mass of the people. Just as the popular will has never been the reason for the existence of the death penalty, it has likewise never been the force that resisted abolition of the death penalty. Philosophers have no political power over whether the death penalty is retained or abolished. Just as its preservation best serves the interests of the implementation of political power, so the motive force for its termination comes from the political power of the state and its representatives - politicians.

Cross the chasm from the immediate execution of death penalty to the death sentence with a reprieve --- Interpretation of the ＂not to execute immediately＂

Retaining the death penalty and strict restricting the application of the death penalty is now a basic criminal policy in China, and from the judicial level, the key to the restriction of the death penalty is to study what lenient sentencing discretion the criminal has to constitute ＂not to execute immediately＂ when he has reached the standard of the immediate execution of the death penalty, to cross the chasm from the immediate execution of the death penalty to the death sentence with a reprieve. The basic process of the sentencing is to establish a baseline punishment on the basis of the social harmfulness of the activities of the criminal, and then measure the profits and losses according to the offender＇s personal danger. Therefore, although the social harmfulness of the activities of the criminal reaches the standard of the ＂most heinous crimes＂, due to the existence of the fault of the victim, active compensation for the victim, and the motives of the small blames and other lenient sentencing discretions, the criminal＇s danger has not reached the degree of ＂flagrance＂. Apply the death sentence with a two-year reprieve and even the life imprisonment generally. If there are some strict sentencing discretions, such as ＂the crime means is extremely cruel＂, carefully consider the use of the immediate execution of the death penalty. Under the circumstances of the concurrence of the sentencing, carry on the overall consideration based on the comprehensive measurement of various circumstances of the sentencing.

Should the Death Penalty Have an Age Ceiling?

On August 23, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, conducted the first reading of an amendment to the Criminal Law,