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A Chinese official has been sentenced to death without a reprieve (he will actually be executed) for taking a total of $325 million in bribes. the scale of his crimes were too severe to permit lenienc (hexbear.net)
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[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 32 points 2 days ago

I'm not keen on the death penalty myself but if a society is going to have it I'll respect them a lot more for using it on powerful and privileged people who deliberately hurt large amounts of people than for using it on mentally ill members of the underclass.