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[Sir Alemeth]

China executes teacher for sexually abusing 26 girls

The courts say they are seeing a rising number of child sex abuse cases

China's top court said it has executed a primary school teacher found guilty of raping or sexually abusing 26 girls.

Li Jishun had committed the crimes between 2011 and 2012 while teaching at a village school in Gansu province.

He preyed on pupils aged 4 to 11 who were "young and timid", according to a statement by the Supreme People's Court reported by local media.

It said there have been more than 7,000 child sex abuse cases in recent years and that the trend is on the rise.
'Grave threat'

Li had raped 21 of his victims and sexually abused the other five in classrooms, dormitories, and the forest surrounding the village near Wushan town.

The statement said that some of his victims had been raped or abused more than once. It made no mention of how he was caught.

But it said that the Gansu court had found him "a grave threat to society" and noted that he had committed the crimes within just one year.

"The Supreme People's Court thus believes that it was appropriate for Li Jishun to be executed," it said.

Local media ran the story with caricatures of the man depicting him as a wolf gobbling up children.

His sentencing was met with widespread approval on China's microblogging platform Weibo, with many expressing shock at the youth of his victims.

"Four years old? I can't believe it," said one. "A death sentence is too good for this man," wrote another commenter.

In a rare disclosure of abuse statistics, the Supreme People's Court told local media that the courts heard 7,145 cases of child sexual abuse between 2012 and 2014.

The figures showed that the number of cases went up by about 40% during those years.

Got what he deserved? Or no to death sentence?

Source:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32926162?post_id=810740495662521_810740488995855

 

[Poodlestrike]

Ages 4 to 11

Let 'im burn.

 

[Skeyser]

He deserves worse than the death penalty to be honest.

 

[enanogrande]

I'm against the death sentence, but that's fucking disgusting.

 

[Delta Assault]

I'm cool with this.

Honestly, I'm surprised he survived to face execution. I would've thought those families would've stormed the jail and lynched him on the spot.

 

[Savitar]

Too kind a punishment.

He deserved worse.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

I'm 100% against the death penalty, but damn 4-11 years old? That's just....

I hope the girls are getting the help they need.

 

[Northeastmonk]

There are cases like this in America. You'd be horrified reading some of the cases out there at Sex Offender Treatment centers.

 

[Fenderputty]

I'm against the death sentence, but that's fucking disgusting.

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[Siegcram]

He preyed on pupils aged 4 to 11 who were "young and timid", according to a statement by the Supreme People's Court reported by local media.

jesus christ

 

[vas_a_morir]

Let 'im burn.

Well, here's the problem with this: If you are going to die for molesting a little kid, then you kinda have an incentive to go ahead and kill them.

Also, besides the general issues with the death penalty being used to scare people into confessing to crimes to secure plea deals. Of course, who knows if there are eve plea deals in China.

Regardless, this guy isn't fit to be in society, so I think it's good to remove him from it one way or another.

 

[Loomba]

All within one year... Damn. Guy was a monster

 

[CadetMahoney]

glad punishment is swift and not all 20 years sitting on death row as lawyers just go through the motions.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/02/economist-explains-0

 

[JadedWriter]

I'm okay with this.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Life in prison would have been sufficient.

 

[plasmawave]

He's a menace to society alright.

 

[i3allistic]

We should take note ...

 

[The Lamonster]

Hold a lottery for one of the fathers to be the executioner.

 

[maquiladora]

Execution wont undo his crimes. Life in prison, locked away from society would have been the better solution.

 

[entremet]

Capital punishment for rape is not unknown.

Heck the US used to do it, rather recently too.

 

[injurai]

Death was an easy out.

 

[Ties]

yassss

 

[Sephzilla]

yeah, this is one of those times where im okay with the death penalty

 

[razgriz417]

Execution wont undo his crimes. Life in prison, locked away from society would have been the better solution.

pretty sure prison in china are a tad different than those in the US. Forced Labor camps don't seem like the more humane alternative (not that this asshole deserves any sympathy)

 

[BIGWORM]

Noooooooope.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

That's a whole classroom. He had to get that work.

 

[fantomena]

yeah, this is one of those times where im okay with the death penalty

Im never okay with death penalty. It's uncivilized and barbaric. It takes us back to the middle ages.

 

[BPoole]

I'm okay with that. There are very few crimes worse than child molestation

 

[Moosichu]

glad punishment is swift and not all 20 years sitting on death row as lawyers just go through the motions.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/02/economist-explains-0

In this case, maybe.

But China definetely gives the death penalty to people who are innocent as well. On a grand scale.

 

[Siegcram]

Hold a lottery for one of the fathers to be the executioner.

Yikes. Talk about bad taste.

 

[Khrno]

Would torturing this guy, dismembering him and living him alive in dungeon or prison cell, would be too much?