China says it has no plans to stop putting criminals to death. The Chinese position came in response to an Amnesty International report that places China at the top of a list of countries with the most executions. VOA's Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing.
The Amnesty International report on worldwide executions says China put to death more people than any other country in 2007, with at least 470 executions.
Last year, China reformed the way capital cases are handled, which has led to a substantial reduction in executions. Amnesty says the number of executions it could confirm fell by more than half, from more than 1,000 in 2006 to about 477 last year.
China plans to continue using the death penalty to punish criminals. The Amnesty International report says that in 2007, China executed at least 470 people, which was more than any other country that year. The number might be higher than this however; the death penalty figures are treated as a state secret in China.
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