China: The "interviews before death" attracts viewers

The program has Chinese by watching high reputation and caused his introduction

Millions gather each week in the province of Henan, central China to watch the exceptional talk show called "interviews before death," and in which you press Ding Yu to conduct interviews with the perpetrators of the murders sentenced to death.The Ding Yu and her television show in search of different court case files to find the cases covered in the program.The Panel is aware that he must move quickly, where it could be executed prisoners only after seven days of sentencing.The program seems exploitative in the eyes of Westerners, but the press Deng do not see it as well.Deng says: "Some viewers may see that it is cruel to ask a criminal to conduct an interview is about to be executed. But the contrary, they want to hear them one."She adds: "I met some of the criminals who have said to me: I am very happy that I said many things in my heart at this time."The first broadcast interview of the program in November 18th 2006 on the legal Henan television channel, which is one of between 3,000 television channel owned by the state in China.Since then, the Ding an interview with one of the prisoners every week.The organizers of the program that the goal is to provide situations that can serve as a warning to others. A logo appears above the screen in each episode of the program calls for human nature to wake up and that "recognizes the value of life."There is in China 55 offense can carry the death penalty, the beginning of the crimes of murder, treason, armed rebellion, even crimes of bribery and smuggling.It has recently been removed thirteen other crime of this list, including value added tax fraud, and smuggling of antiquities, forging bank documents.However, the program focuses on interviews by the death penalty in particular on the murder cases.For this, the program does not have an absolute host of political prisoners, and the program team must receive the prior approval of the Supreme Court in each case by the coverage.Said Deng Yu told the BBC: "Without their consent, the case ends in our program.""Beauty and the beasts"

Bao Roateng young Chinese gay was sentenced to death

The program is classified often as one of the best 10 programs presented in the Henan Canal, and watched about 40 million viewers out of 100 million people living in the province.After the broadcast of more than 200 interviews, make the program of press Deng Yu shiny star, and became known to many as "beautiful monsters."Deng Yu says that if there are people who do not heed the warnings provided by the program, it should bear the consequences.Deng Yu adds: "I feel regret and sorrow for them, but I do not sympathize with them, because they should pay dearly for their errors. They deserve it."Many of the cases presented in the program were crimes committed because of money, but a special case Deng Yu raised eyebrows at first.Where the perpetrators were a girl and her boyfriend, and they were Mthagafan, and graduated from the university. The two have plans to steal the girl's grandfather, but the attempt failed robbery, the young man, and surnamed Zhang Ping, a seven-year-old, to kill them in the end.Deng said: "They are two small young, and did not have a chance to see the world, or enjoy life, work, family and love."She added: "We have taken a wrong choice, and the price of their lives."But after conducting numerous interviews, there is no longer a lot of surprises that raise eyebrows Deng.Are still crimes homosexuality a taboo big in China, the program has achieved high viewing figures when he presented the 2008 episode about a man named Bao gay Rotng, and that he killed his mother.This was the first time that correspond to the Ding Yu is openly gay so.Ding said she and her team presented three workshops on the issue of another young man until the day of his execution Jiabao in the month of November 2008.Judicial reformsBao was transferred to the place of his execution in a large truck with no roof, has been placed a banner around his neck, inscribed with details of his crime. This is an act against the law in China, but the law is not always abide by it.The judge said Louis Wenling, which works closely with the program team, said that things are changing now in the Chinese legal system.He added: "The criminal policies currently in China is to reduce death sentences, but cautiously, as well as a combination of intensity and relaxation."And continued: "This means that if the fit to be a looser with a case, it should be judged as well, and when you need another case to the severity, should be dealt with severely."The Deng recently to cover one of the issues in which the young mother to kill her husband after years in which she suffered from ill-treatment of it.And the judgment which was obtained at the beginning of the matter is death, but the Supreme Court - which is required to obtain their consent prior to the implementation of death sentences - considered to be giving it a reduced sentence due to ill-treatment they have suffered.If the young mother behaved well in prison, it is possible to be released after two years, and this signal indicates a small change things in China.It is expected that the judge, which is one of the most liberal judges in China, and a number of senior judicial figures in China that there are significant reforms in the future.The judge said that: "Life may end in the blink of an eye after the trial, and I think that this is too harsh.""This is a way to get rid of bad business, but it is done through a bad way too."The judge wondered if he should abolish the death penalty in China, says: "Since the death penalty for criminals is in itself a violence, we have to do to rescind it, but I do not think that our country is ready for it now."He added: "But in the future, it would be good to remove this sentence."

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