The last prisoner executed that year was Vietnamese Huang Qiji. Huang Qiji stabbed a China man to death in Yonglong Street, Sham Shui Po, and was sentenced to death as usual. Huang appealed to the Court of Appeal of the British Supreme Court and the Privy Council, and still upheld the original judgment. Finally,19661165438 was awarded.
However, the law of Hong Kong still retains the death penalty, and the court will also sentence prisoners to hang according to law. However, all those sentenced to death at that time would be automatically pardoned by the Queen or the Governor and sentenced to life imprisonment.
1In April, 1993, Hong Kong amended its legislation to make life imprisonment the maximum penalty and formally abolished the death penalty. 1After Hong Kong was changed into the People's Republic of China (PRC) Special Administrative Region in July 1997, the death penalty was not resumed.
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The death penalty existed as early as the beginning of civilization, but so far more than half of countries have abolished the death penalty in law or in fact. China, the United States, Japan, Singapore and other 75 countries still retain the death penalty. Among the developed countries, the United States, South Korea (only reserved, rarely or not executed), Japan and Singapore still retain the death penalty.
By 20 15, most European countries have abolished the death penalty, on the one hand, based on "humanitarianism". Federica Federica mogherini, the European Commission's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said that no country that carries out the death penalty can expect to obtain EU membership. Mogherini pointed out in his speech: "Only countries that have not executed the death penalty can become EU members, which is stipulated by our law."
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