BBC2 Interviews Before Execution
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dn7rm
Started at 23:20
Every Saturday night in China, millions gather around their televisions to watch Interviews Before Execution, an extraordinary talk show which interviews prisoners on death row.
In the weeks, days or even minutes before they are executed, presenter Ding Yu goes into prisons and talks to those condemned to die. Combining clips from the TV show, never-before-seen footage of China's death row and interviews with a local judge who openly questions the future of the death penalty in China, This World reveals a part of China that is generally hidden from from view.
Started at 23:20
Every Saturday night in China, millions gather around their televisions to watch Interviews Before Execution, an extraordinary talk show which interviews prisoners on death row.
In the weeks, days or even minutes before they are executed, presenter Ding Yu goes into prisons and talks to those condemned to die. Combining clips from the TV show, never-before-seen footage of China's death row and interviews with a local judge who openly questions the future of the death penalty in China, This World reveals a part of China that is generally hidden from from view.
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I certainly don't see Ding as an angel. She makes me think of News International - that NoTW or The Sun hard-nosed attitude.
No your not, its not a country I would ever set foot in
And America? They're in the same ghastly boat when it comes to killing their prisoners.
I feel pretty strongly about that country in the same way
Imagine an Iranian version of this! :eek:
I can't imagine this documentary being approved for filming just a few years ago.
That is true this is very open by Chinese standards
Not really. In China you can be executed for any of 57 crimes. In America, it's only one. America executes around 50 criminals per year, while in China they kill several thousand.
I am disturbed that murderers get this interview but the countless other people they execute who haven't killed anyone don't get a voice. If they interviewed non murderers it might start a campaign against the death penalty.
Upsetting but interesting. I thought the senior judge spoke well - again I was surprised that she was allowed to voice her personal opinions on the death penalty. Times do seem to be changing over there.
It's probably in response to this documentary being shown.
True. Hope that judge doesn't get into trouble.
The senior judge looked like Vera Bennett from Prisoner Cell Block H with a kindly face
Judge Judy is scarier than they are. :eek:
She was the most decent senior figure interviewed, she basically said it should end the death penalty but Chinese people are not ready for the end of it
Interesting to note that the programme was axed by the Chinese TV station 4 days ago, without warning.