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Capital Punishment
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February 10, 2016
Taiwan: Can Tsai Ing-Wen Change the Politics of Death?
By Michael Caster
The incoming president faces a debate over the death penalty.
January 10, 2015
China’s Coming Energy Revolution
By Shannon Tiezzi
Plus, Chinese special forces, the Sri Lankan election, and capital punishment for foreigners. Friday China links.
May 04, 2014
The Death Penalty: Cruel But Still Not Unusual
By Margaret K. Lewis
Executions in Taiwan and the U.S. this week underscore that capital punishment is alive and well.
March 14, 2014
Help Wanted: A Reliable Executioner in Sri Lanka
By J.T. Quigley
Sri Lanka’s latest hangman resigns after visiting the gallows.
November 20, 2013
Singapore and the Death Penalty
A recent amendment saves one drug mule. But should death for drug crimes be ended altogether?
July 02, 2011
Indonesia and the Death Penalty
Will the execution of an Indonesian maid prompt a rethink of the country’s capital punishment policy?
January 24, 2011
Philippines Death Penalty Back?
As the debate rages over the death penalty in the Philippines, a sampling of students share their views.
August 21, 2010
Death Row in Japan
Japan’s system of capital punishment is outdated and cruel, a leading critic says.
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