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fashion, then the death sentence would be commuted to one of life imprisonment.
4.
According to a collection of lectures on criminal law which were published in 1957 as a reference book for judicial cadres at county level and above, it was intended finally to abolish the death penalty, but as this was impossible at the present time the attitude of "less killing" should be observed.
5.
Several reports have been received of large-scale rallies held for the promulgation of sentences to the public. Attendance figures ranging from 1,500 to 250,000 have been reported.
These reports suggest that the procedure normally followed is to describe the crimes committed and to announce for public acclamation the sentences
which have already been decided by the courts; offenders sentenced to death are usually taken away for execution by firing squad. There have been some reports of executions in public, but these are
rare.
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