'I take aim and press the trigger, and that's that'
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November 15, 2011, Tuesday
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HU Xiao says his job as one of China's executioners is usually not very complicated, except for the time a prisoner he was about to kill stood up and ran toward his loaded rifle.
Hu, a veteran judicial police officer, was describing the routine of shooting prisoners convicted of murder and other capital crimes in China in yesterday's Beijing Evening News.
"In fact, it's not as complicated as outsiders think. We all use rifles, stand about four meters from the condemned prisoner with a barrel one meter long, take aim, press the trigger, and that's that," Hu told the newspaper.
Most prisoners taken for execution are so terrified they collapse on the ground and cannot stand, Hu said. The exception was an ex-soldier convicted of homicide.
"At the time of execution, the criminals kneel on the ground, but this former soldier actually stood up and ran forward. The result was a moving target that was taken down," said Hu, himself a former soldier who has been a police officer for 19 years.
"These people all deserved what they got for their crimes," he said
When he first took the job of judicial police officer, Hu said, older officers made him watch two executions and inspect the fresh corpses. Then it was time for Hu to do it himself.
The report said he was not nervous that first time but added: "The second time he was carrying out the task he did become nervous. Not because he was afraid, but out of fear of not shooting straight and becoming a laughing stock among his colleagues."
Hu, a veteran judicial police officer, was describing the routine of shooting prisoners convicted of murder and other capital crimes in China in yesterday's Beijing Evening News.
"In fact, it's not as complicated as outsiders think. We all use rifles, stand about four meters from the condemned prisoner with a barrel one meter long, take aim, press the trigger, and that's that," Hu told the newspaper.
Most prisoners taken for execution are so terrified they collapse on the ground and cannot stand, Hu said. The exception was an ex-soldier convicted of homicide.
"At the time of execution, the criminals kneel on the ground, but this former soldier actually stood up and ran forward. The result was a moving target that was taken down," said Hu, himself a former soldier who has been a police officer for 19 years.
"These people all deserved what they got for their crimes," he said
When he first took the job of judicial police officer, Hu said, older officers made him watch two executions and inspect the fresh corpses. Then it was time for Hu to do it himself.
The report said he was not nervous that first time but added: "The second time he was carrying out the task he did become nervous. Not because he was afraid, but out of fear of not shooting straight and becoming a laughing stock among his colleagues."
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