Few social issues have received more public attention and scholarly debate than the death penalty. While the abolitionist movement has made a successful stride
By all accounts, China is the world leader in the number of legal executions. Its long historical use of capital punishment and its major political and economic
This project uncovers the causes and consequences of China’s death penalty reform in the 21st century. China is the world’s leading executioner state. Yet i
China's infamous death penalty record is the product of firm Party-state control and policy-setting. Though during the 1980s and 1990s, the Party's emphasis was