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China has made a mockery of justice

The case made by China in the execution of Akmal Shaikh undermines its claim to have a rational drugs policyClive Stafford Smithguardian.co.uk, Tuesday 29 December 2009 11.00 GMTIn the wake of Akmal Shaikh's horrific execution, it is perhaps worth discussing theposition taken by the Chinese in more depth. Cast aside for one moment the unassailable case that we made for his mental illness, and assume that Shaikh was truly guilty, and that the Chinese courts delivered something other than the mockery of justice that we encountered.How would we then assess their claim ? made officially through the Chinese embassy on Christmas Eve ? that executing Shaikh was necessary because "150mg of heroin of high degree of purity would be lethal. The amount of heroin he carried was 4,030g, enough to cause 26,800 deaths...continue to full post

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