Death on Wheels in China

[mapleleaf4ever]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2...eath-van_x.htm

Makers of the death vans say the vehicles and injections are a civilized alternative to the firing squad, ending the life of the condemned more quickly, clinically and safely. The switch from gunshots to injections is a sign that China "promotes human rights now," says Kang Zhongwen, who designed the Jinguan Automobile death van in which "Devil" Zhang took his final ride.

[Heffy]

fast, efficient, creepy as hell

[thebobman]

that's the devils own Mystery Machine... and that guy would have gotten away with it, if it hadn't been for those meddling police officers....

[mapleleaf4ever]

The Man is always keepin' the Criminal down. Damnit all eh?

[beedub]

"For years, foreign human rights groups have accused China of arbitrary executions and cruelty in its use of capital punishment. The exact number of convicts put to death is a state secret. Amnesty International estimates there were at least 1,770 executions in China in 2005 — vs. 60 in the United States, but the group says on its website that the toll could be as high as 8,000 prisoners."

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"Sixty-eight different crimes — more than half non-violent offenses such as tax evasion and drug smuggling — are punishable by death in China."