China executes 10,000 a year

ELEVEN convicted criminals were executed in China today after being paraded in a stadium where the rejections of their appeals were publicly read out, state media said.
The death sentences for armed robbery, murder, aggravated assault and procuring were pronounced by the intermediate people’s tribunal in the eastern town of Wenzhou, according to the town’s municipal website.
One of the men, Chen Yongfeng, a 21-year-old villager, was found guilty of murdering 10 rubbish collectors in the rich coastal city, the website said.
Zhao Airong, 35, a migrant from central Hubei province, used rat poison to kill his partner’s ex-lover. His girlfriend was given a two year stay of execution.
The condemned men had all lodged appeals but they were rejected by the High Court of Zhejiang.
Last month, a Chinese deputy estimated that up to 10,000 executions a year were carried out in China. Many are not made public.