Death Penalty News

(TibetanReview.net, Jul24’22) – The last chapter in the gruesome murder nearly two years ago of a Tibetan woman, who was a Chinese Douyin media influencer, by her estranged Chinese husband has concluded on Jul 23 with the latter’s execution by a court in Sichuan Province. For the crime of intentional homicide, the criminal named Tang Lu was executed according to the order of the Supreme People’s Court, reported China’s official globaltimes.cn Jul 23, citing the Intermediate People’s Court of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. The execution followed Tang being given the death penalty in Oct 2021. Prior to the execution, Tang was arranged to meet his family in order to protect his legitimate rights, the report said. The report said Tang and the victim Lhamo (written in the report as Lamu) got married in 2009. During their marriage, they quarreled many times and Tang had beaten Lamu several times. After they divorced in Jun 2020, Tang repeatedly sought to restore the marriage, b...

The case riveted the public’s attention in China and spotlighted the patchy enforcement of the country’s law against domestic violence. A court in China gave the death penalty to a man who murdered his ex-wife while she was livestreaming, a case that shocked the country and ignited calls for better safeguards against domestic abuse. The man, Tang Lu, committed “utterly cruel” criminal acts, the court in Sichuan Province said in Thursday’s verdict, which was handed down after a one-day hearing, according to official news reports. The case had drawn intense attention in China, where the legal system has been criticized for failing to protect women from domestic violence, even after they seek help. Mr. Tang’s ex-wife, Lhamo, 30, had done that repeatedly before September last year, when he doused her with gasoline and set her ablaze while she was streaming on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. Mr. Tang’s actions had caused an “utterly vile” impact on society, the court said in justifyi...

It is past time to repeal the death penalty, here in Florida and nationwide. It accomplishes no valid purpose that can’t be fulfilled at less cost and with infinitely less risk. This is the first in a series of Sun Sentinel editorials about how the death penalty works and why it can no longer be justified. First in a series On 6 occasions, Gerald Kogan’s duties as Florida’s chief justice required him to be on an open phone line to the governor’s office as the state was putting someone to death, in case there were last-minute stays. There were none. “It’s an awful responsibility,” he recalled. “And you say to yourself, ‘God help us all if we have made a mistake.’” Kogan became convinced that Florida had executed innocent people. RELATED |  They were innocent and on death row. Now, the exonerated want to ensure Biden keeps pledge Gerald Kogan, a former Florida chief justice, came to see the death penalty system as beyond repair, something that must be abolished. He often said he beli...