Man facing execution in China

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...g-insists.html

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Gordon Brown has written to the Chinese government to plead for clemency for a mentally disturbed British citizen due to be executed next Tuesday for drug smuggling. The Prime Minister's intervention came after China insisted Akmal Shaikh's trial was fair and that he should become the first European executed there for 50 years. Mr Brown was motivated by concerns that the former taxi driver was tricked into carrying the drugs.

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Totally behind the Chinese, the only way to deal with these people who ruin so many lives with drugs. I find it strange how everyone who gets caught doing something illegal always strangely develops a mental illness after they are caught, hmm very strange. As for Brown, why would anyone with any sense listen to the man whos government has seen murderers getting 'life' setences and then let out after 10 or so years only to re-offend again.

Thoughts?

Meh he deserves to be executed.

Yeah if you are thick enough to smuggle drugs for someone else there is no need for stupid people in this world.

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Originally Posted by Jord

Yeah if you are thick enough to smuggle drugs for someone else there is no need for stupid people in this world.

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Ehhhhhhhhh, so naive.

Are you saying all stupid people should be executed? Sounds like a death wish for yourself imo.

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Originally Posted by le harry

Ehhhhhhhhh, so naive.

Are you saying all stupid people should be executed? Sounds like a death wish for yourself imo.

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Some people are de-evolving and prefer uncivilised practices which we frown upon, but take the hypocritical moral low road themselves. It's strange, people just love unjust killing of each other :/ First jews and homosexuals, and now mentally ill/stupid people. Gotta love being civilised. We're going to be oven roasting the mentally ill aunt for Christmas, she's too mentally disturbed to be outside. She's innocent as a kitten, but hey ho she's got to go :P

I think that's a bit of a harsh penalty for drug smuggling. :S
He couldn't of smuggled that much to be fair; the death penalty just seems a bit too much.

EDIT: I take back the bit in bold, £250,000 is alot of money LOL!

EDIT 2: But then again, if he was tricked into doing it.. This is a hard nut to crack.

I may not be acceptable in this county (rightly or wrongly) but when in another country you have to adopt their rules, such as death for drug smuggling.

doesnt sound british to me

Tough one, tbh, I'm only for execution when people show no remorse and arn't worth the air they breath. Wouldn't letting him rot in jail be a better option?

Execution is harsh for drug smuggling :S.