On October 21, the National People’s Congress, the country’s top legislative body, reviewed revised drafts of the Law on the Protection of Minors and the Law on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency. China has been reducing the number of … Nearly half of America's 50 states have abolished the death penalty. Saudi Arabia executed 184 people, the country's highest figure in a single year and an increase from 149 the previous year. In 2019, there were around 2.26 million theft crimes committed in China. Last December, Chinese media reported that a 12-year-old boy in Hunan had stabbed his mother to death. By setting the threshold for criminal responsibility at 14 years old, China has placed itself in the camp of those wanting to secure young offenders’ rights. In many countries and regions, it is much lower. 44.84 Ranked 33th. The new texts introduce three levels of offenses, from bad behavior to serious crime. Published 4:54 AM EDT, Fri August 2, 2019 Members of Amnesty International hold a rally to protest against Japan's death penalty in front of the national Diet in Tokyo on July 28, 2009. There is a reason for that. It was estimated that 2,000,000 were massacred by Mongolian army and its Chinese supples. China has been reducing the number of … Unfortunately, this is a position that Jamaica has held consistently for several years. The other countries who carried out executions in 2019 were Egypt, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen, Singapore, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Sudan, North Korea, Syria and Vietnam, the report said. 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China 2019 Crime & Safety Report: Wuhan The current U.S. Department of State Travel Advisory at the date of this report’s publication assesses China at Level 2, indicating travelers should exercise increased caution due to arbitrary enforcement of local laws as well as special restrictions on dual U.S.-Chinese nationals. In 2018, homicides for China was 7,525. “Intentional homicide” is defined as unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person Around the world, confirmed executions fell five per cent to a 10-year low of 657, but that does not include any of the suspected thousands in China. The girl’s body was found on October 20, hours after her older brother dropped her off at a painting class, according to the state-run China Daily. They are either returned to their parents to be disciplined or – more rarely – sent to a correctional facility for young offenders, according to Michelle Miao, a criminal law expert at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Iran carried out at least 251 executions, a slight drop from 2018 after a change in drugs laws. 'Also shocking was the massive jump in executions in Iraq, which nearly doubled in just one year,' she said. Information about crime in Chengdu, China. This map from Amnesty International shows the countries that carried out executions last year. 2019 Terrorist Incidents: Details about alleged terrorism-related incidents inside China were difficult to verify due to a lack of transparency and information from PRC authorities. Published: 05:13 EST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 05:16 EST, 21 April 2020. 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PRC government officials provided few responses to requests from U.S. and other international officials for detailed information on alleged terrorist threats. The case, in the northeastern city of Dalian, has provoked intense debate over when and how young offenders should be punished. 46% more than China Fear of crime > Worries about being mugged or robbed: 25.36 Ranked 76th. A shrine to the 10-year-old girl allegedly murdered on October 20 by a 13-year-old boy in Dalian, Liaoning province, taken from a video published by state-run media Beijing News. Please click the button below to agree to our Terms and Conditions and acknowledge our Privacy Policy. With State-media in overdrive pushing China’s propaganda that the protests are a western-plot, and overseas Chinese nationalists in Australia, the UK, and other countries loudly and sometimes violently denouncing Hong Kong, we rarely hear from those in the mainland who support the pro-democracy movement. He then disposed of the body in a wooded area, according to her father. In March 2019, a 13-year-old boy was detained in Jiangsu province for allegedly hacking his mother to death after an argument, according to a police statement. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the mainland of the People's Republic of China. The United States is the only Western country to use the death penalty, although 21 states have abolished it for state-level crimes. China, which carries out executions by lethal injection, is thought to have executed people for crimes including non-violent acts and drugs offences. The 2019 statistics are published in Amnesty's Death Sentences and Executions 2019 report which was released today. The Chinese are generally very honest. 88.8 Ranked 1st. “Some people will argue that victims must be protected at all cost by setting the age of criminal responsibility at a low level, while others will say that the rights of the young offender – and his ability to rehabilitate – must be secured by setting it higher,” she said, adding that positions have hardened in recent years as more and more very young offenders commit serious crimes. China murder/homicide rate for 2014 was 0.70, a 12.5% decline from 2013. China crime rate & statistics for 2016 was 0.60, a 14.29% decline from 2015. They list eight corrective measures, which also apply to children under 14, including being sent to a special school for juvenile delinquents. 2. 4 times more than China Murder rate: 13,410 Ranked 6th. Corruption More than half were foreign nationals, including 35 people from Pakistan and 20 from Yemen. Amnesty says 106 countries have completely abolished the death penalty while another 36 do not carry out executions in practice. CRIME IN CHINA. 4.7 Ranked 7th. Your source for credible news and authoritative insights from Hong Kong, China and the world. Executions in neighbouring Iraq nearly doubled, according to the report, from 52 to around 100. 15 years minimum to infinite, or never (depending on crime and state) Fear of crime > Worries about being insulted: 30.71 Ranked 71st. According to Amnesty's figures, 20 countries are known to have carried out executions last year. Last year 99% of criminal defendants were found guilty. In this Sunday, July 7, 2019, photo, from right; Ren Dejun, Liao Qiang, Peng Ran and Ren Ruiting follow a hymn book during service at a church in Taipei, Taiwan. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network. The alleged murder of a 10-year-old girl by a 13-year-old boy in China has raised questions over the country’s criminal responsibility laws after it was announced the suspect cannot be charged. In 2018, homicide rate for China was 0.5 cases per 100,000 population. They rarely steal. A policeman leads inmates to attend a class at the Chongqing Juvenile Offender Correctional Center. In China, analysts say that at various levels of government, officials are encouraged to alter the crime figures. They found her body near their home and alerted police, who that night detained a 13-year-old boy. In Zambia and Kenya, it is eight years old. Second Sichuan massacre 1645-1646 Sichuan, China 1,000,000 est. Only about 800 people were acquitted. Highlighting the Saudi figures, senior Amnesty director Clare Algar said the kingdom's use of the death penalty against dissidents was an 'alarming development'. Some 2,581 people are known to be on death row in the US, although 728 of them are in California where the governor has announced a moratorium on executions. The human rights watchdog said China 'continued to execute and sentence to death thousands of people' but said the country's exact figures were 'kept secret'. Yangzhou massacre: 1645 Anti-crime poster China has a low crime rate. Belarus is the last country in Europe which carries out executions, although figures are not made publicly available. “The girl is dead but the demon who killed her is being protected!,” one user fumed on Weibo, China’s equivalent to Twitter, adding that the alleged perpetrator would be able to “start a new life in three years.”, Many comments called for young offenders to be punished more harshly. Miao said that punishment “is a relatively harsh measure, since it involves restricting his movements, making it akin to a form of detention.”, The case has generated heated debate in China. In one case, the Iranian authorities executed two 17-year-old cousins - Mehdi Sohrabifar and Amin Sedaghat - in a prison in Shiraz on 25 April, the report said. The boy was instead sent to a juvenile rehabilitation center for three years. It is mostly enforced for murder and drug trafficking, and executions are carried out by lethal injection or gun shot. The reported murder rates have been criticized for under-reporting unsolved murders due to police salaries being based on the rate of solved cases.. China isn’t actually safer, he says: Instead, Chinese police underreport crime stats, and a lack of government transparency means fabricated numbers are accepted as fact. 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From the dating game show killer to a grisly slaying committed by a "300-year-old werewolf", these modern murder stories will send shivers down your spine. Texas had the second-highest number of murders, with 1,409 for the year. This chart shows executions in Saudi Arabia, which last year increased from 149 to 184. In 2016, a former employee of a nursing home stabbed to death 19 of the patients. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt were all accused of using 'confessions' that may have been extracted through 'torture or other ill-treatment'. However a revision of the law is now underway that will introduce harsher penalties. Those over 18 can be charged criminally for any kind of offense. Updated 4.7 Ranked 7th. Graffiti was completely absent. It is mostly enforced for murder and drug trafficking, and executions are carried out by lethal injection or gun shot. None of the children were held criminally responsible because they were all under 14, according to state-run China Daily. Download Historical Data Save as … We walked the streets in rich areas and poor and not for a moment did I ever feel threatened. 46% more than China Fear of crime > Worries about being mugged or robbed: 25.36 Ranked 76th. China crime rate & statistics for 2014 was 0.70, a 12.5% decline from 2013. This legal doctrine – known as doli incapax, a Latin phrase meaning incapable of criminal intent or malice – aims to avoid sentencing a child as an adult, because he doesn’t have the maturity to appreciate the wrongfulness of what he has done. At least 13 public executions took place in Iran and Amnesty voiced doubts about the fairness of the trials that led to a death sentence. PHOTO: In 2011, the reported murder rate in China was 1.0 per 100,000 people, with 13,410 murders. The broadcaster blurred the victim's face due to her age. The comments below have been moderated in advance. His case caused widespread outrage because he was allowed to return to school nine days after the murder. China murder/homicide rate for 2016 was 0.60, a 14.29% decline from 2015. On April 23 there was a mass execution of 37 people, most of them convicted on dubious terrorism charges after confessions allegedly extracted through torture. The verdict is in: On June 17, the China Tribunal announced its finding that China’s Communist regime has for two decades practiced systematic, forced organ … They rarely steal. China Photos/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty Images, United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. The murder rate in 2010 was 1.1. 44.84 Ranked 33th. ), violent crimes (being mugged or robbed, being attacked or insulted), corruption and other crimes. 'Figures on the use of the death penalty continued to be classified as a state secret, making it impossible to independently assess trends and any claims by state officials of limiting this punishment to a small number of cases. 'Amnesty International believes that in 2019 China once again executed and sentenced to death thousands of people, remaining the world's lead executioner,' the report says. Crime Index by Country 2019 Chart: Crime Index Select date: 2021 2020 Mid-Year 2020 2019 Mid-Year 2019 2018 Mid-Year 2018 2017 Mid-Year 2017 2016 Mid … Amnesty raised concerns about 'the secrecy in which executions were carried out in Belarus', meaning people were executed without warning to their families. Official statistics would certainly suggest that crime in China is extremely low. City leader Carrie Lam insists she, not Beijing, was the prime mover behind the legal proposal that ignited Hong Kong. The reported murder rates have been criticized for under-reporting unsolved murders due to police salaries being based on the rate of solved cases. 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In March 2019, a 13-year-old boy was detained in Jiangsu province for allegedly hacking his mother to death after an argument, according to a police … Data Source: World Bank 88.8 Ranked 1st. Sichuan, China 2,000,000 est. In this Sunday, July 7, 2019, photo, from right; Ren Dejun, Liao Qiang, Peng Ran and Ren Ruiting follow a hymn book during service at a church in Taipei, Taiwan. The PRC committed the biggest mass murder in the history of the world, ... 10.1.2019 10:00 AM. 5:57 AM EDT, Fri November 1, 2019. Elsewhere, Japan carried out three executions - down from 15 in 2018 - but Amnesty voiced fears about prisoners with mental disabilities being condemned to death. Speaking to local news outlet Jinyun News, the girl’s father said the boy had brought his daughter to his home, sexually assaulted her and stabbed her to death. Some state-run media outlets also weighed in. China certainly feels safe. China isn’t actually safer, he says: Instead, Chinese police underreport crime stats, and a lack of government transparency means fabricated numbers are accepted as fact. The Chinese are generally very honest. 'The use of the death penalty as a political weapon against Shi'a dissidents increased,' the report alleges. However, the executions did not take place until early 2020 and no death sentences were carried out in the calendar year 2019. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the mainland of the People's Republic of China. CRIME IN CHINA. There was a 'significant downward trend' in executions in Pakistan, where at least 632 people were condemned but only 14 executions were definitely carried out. 'In countries from Belarus to Botswana and Iran to Japan, executions were being carried out without any advance notice to the families, lawyers or in some cases the individuals themselves. Iran had the highest number of executions in the Middle East last year with at least 251, of whom some are thought to have been underage at the time they committed the crime which led to their execution, Japan carried out three executions - down from 15 in 2018 - but Amnesty voiced fears about prisoners with mental disabilities being condemned to death. © 2021 Cable News Network. 4 times more than China Murder rate: 13,410 Ranked 6th. In 2018, homicide rate for China was 0.5 cases per 100,000 population. Miao said that the argument boiled down to a “philosophical debate between two views of society.”. In 2011, the reported murder rate in China was 1.0 per 100,000 people, with 13,410 murders. All Rights Reserved. They were both arrested aged 15 and convicted on multiple rape charges following what Amnesty described as an 'unfair trial'. “When justice can’t be fully realized, some people might decide to take matters into their own hands to achieve what they believe to be fair,” one commentary on state-run CCTV said. That same month, a boy from Hunan province, aged 13, reportedly confessed to police that he killed both his parents with a hammer. Anti-crime poster China has a low crime rate. Zimbabwe is among the countries taking steps towards abolition, but there have been calls to restore it in the Philippines. There needs to be international pressure on the world's last remaining executioners to end this inhuman practice for good.'. Under China’s Criminal Law, those aged 14 to 18 can be held criminally liable if they have committed a serious offense, such as homicide, rape, drug trafficking, robbery or arson. In North Carolina, it is six years old and in 19 other US states it ranges between seven and 11 years old, according to the National Juvenile Defender Center. Success! The murder rate in 2018 was 0.5. PHOTO: We are no longer accepting comments on this article. 'The death penalty is an abhorrent and inhuman punishment, and there is no credible evidence that it deters crime more than prisons terms. If an account exists, we've sent an email with a link to reset your password. Justice in China is often harsh. Crime by type Murder. There were 22 recorded executions in the US last year, of which nine were in Texas, three each in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, two in Florida and one each in Missouri and South Dakota. “Intentional homicide” is defined as unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person To complete your CNN profile and ensure you are able to receive important account information, please verify your email address. “Age should not be an excuse for crimes.” Another said he felt strongly that “there should be no age limit for those vicious criminal cases.”. The Gulf kingdom, the only country which carries out executions by beheading, executed 84 of its condemned prisoners for drugs offences and 55 for murder. The … “It doesn’t matter if a person is 10 or 70 years old,” one user wrote. But those under 14 can’t be charged and punished as criminals. 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According to the official crime statistics there, all crimes are rare. 'The death penalty remained applicable for 46 offences, including some non-violent acts which do not meet the threshold of the 'most serious crimes' to which the use of the death penalty must be restricted under international law and standards. Weibo/Beijing News. The majority of cases appeared to involve murder and drugs offences, according to monitoring of sources including court rulings. The fresh outcry over the law comes after a series of similar cases in China. Password reset email has been resent. There were at least two in 2019. 45.01 Ranked 47th. He was sent home and awarded a guardian until the state decides how to handle his case since he can’t be charged, according to Chinese state media. The details of the murders are only for those with a strong stomach as Fish also spoke in detail how he also cannibalized the remains. Shows how much people think the problem in their community are property crimes (home broken, car theft, etc. Homicide rate of China fell gradually from 2 cases per 100,000 population in 1999 to 0.5 cases per 100,000 population in 2018. China executed thousands of people last year while Iran was in second place with more than 250 death sentences, Amnesty International revealed today. This made theft the most common crime committed. Minors who commit serious offenses can be sent to rehabilitation centers like this one. China crime rate & statistics for 2015 was 0.70, a 0% increase from 2014. In 1936, he was executed for the murders of 10-year-old Grace Budd, 9-year-old Francis McDonnell, and 4-year-old Billy Gaffney. In India, Singapore, Brunei and Malawi, it is seven years old. 15 years minimum to infinite, or never (depending on crime and state) Fear of crime > Worries about being insulted: 30.71 Ranked 71st. But many of these jurisdictions will only charge a child as a criminal if he or she has been proven to be sufficiently mature and capable of discerning between right and wrong, according to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, which recommends setting the minimum age at 12 or higher. Jamaica (57 per 100,000) Jamaica has the world's second-highest murder rate. China has one of the lowest murder rates in the world People's Daily Online | Updated: 2017-09-22 10:53 Homicide rate in China is one of the lowest in the … Graeme Sheppard reopens an old investigation EXCERPTED FROM A DEATH IN PEKING BY GRAEME SHEPPARD The Times of London published this short but sensational news item on Saturday, January 9, 1937, under the title ‘British girl’s death in Peking; Murder Suspected’: “The British authorities and the Chinese police are investigating the mysterious death last night of … Afghanistan carried out no executions for the first time since 2010, although 14 new death sentences were imposed.