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egern -> OK with death penalty for pollution? (7/1/2013 4:56:51 AM)
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China Threatens Polluters With The Death Penalty
"The Chinese government announced just days ago that defendants in serious pollution cases might end up facing the death penalty. This comes on the heels of a number of other reforms meant to tackle China’s air pollution crisis, including introducing a carbon tax and reducing the amount of damage that must be caused by a polluter before they can be prosecuted."
Capital punishment isn’t uncommon in China, which executes the highest number of people in the world each year — perhaps up to 5,000 a year. (The official numbers are a closely guarded state secret.) While most capital offenses involve violent crimes, a number of economic, political, and drug offenses also carry the death penalty. As you can probably imagine, human rights groups like Amnesty International are extremely critical of China’s widespread use of the death penalty.
http://www.care2.com/causes/china-threatens-polluters-with-the-death-penalty.html#comment-5215502
Is it ok with the death penalty for serious pollution? I think so, it being a threat to so many people in the first case and nature itself in the second case, which we are all depending on.
Is it ok with the death penalty for serious economical crime? I'd say yes.
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