New Death Penalty Decision

China's Supreme Court announced today that they want to cut back on the number of executions handed down by lower courts for lesser crimes like embezzelment and crimes of passion. They also stated that the penalty should not be handed down if the person does an adequate job of compensating for the crime that they committed, for example paying the company back for the money that they embezzeled from it. As someone that disagrees with the death penalty, I think this is a very positive step forward for the country responsible for more executions than the rest of the world combined. The Chinese government has already stated that the number of executions this year will be the lowest in ten years. This shows a very progressive attitude for the government and its' court system and hopefully we will see more decisions like this in the near future.