17 Australians facing the death penalty around the world
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 5:39 pm
Proof that the death penalty is not a deterrent ? Are people dumb or just greedy ?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/a ... th-penalty
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/j ... y-in-china
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/a ... th-penalty
intellectually disabled Australian ?More than half of them are thought to have been detained in China; four known cases involve smuggling methamphetamine, commonly known in Australia as ice. In 2014, China Daily reported that of 63 foreign drug-smuggling suspects detained by officials in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, 11 were Australian.
Rao Jiyong, a deputy director at the city’s anti-smuggling customs bureau, told the newspaper that drug-smuggling cases involving Australian suspects had rapidly increased over the past two years and cooperation had been strengthened with Australian federal police and customs officials.
In 2013-14, more than a third of Australians in prison overseas were there because of drug offences. Countries which apply the death penalty on those convicted of using, dealing or trafficking drugs include Indonesia, Thailand, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/j ... y-in-china