Friday, June 17, 2005

Jaw dropper of the day: Still don't think that innocent people are executed? Well Ting Xingshan, of Beijing, was executed in 1989 for butchering a woman. An 18 year old woman disappeared in 1987 and around the same time police found pieces of a woman that had sliced in a professional manner. Xingshan was a butcher by trade and police found out, through rumors, that Xingshan frequented a hotel where the 18 year old worked. He was arrested and sentenced to death and killed by gunshot. He claimed his innocence right up until the very end. Well, lo and behold, the 18 year old, Shi Xiaorong was later found to be serving a prison sentence for selling drugs. Not only that but her husband was serving as well. That's not the first time an innocent in Beijing has been wrongfully convicted. In April, a man was released for killing his wife. He had served 11 years of 15 when the wife turned up alive with another man. Scandalous!!!! Hey, if it can happen in Beijing, what's to say it can't happen in America?

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