This is just hilariously ironic – and disgusting. A senior official in the US is found to be corrupt and he gets his sentence commuted by his buddy the President, paying a $250,400 fine and being forced to live out his life as a high paid lobbyist. A senior official in China is found to be corrupt and he gets the death sentence, living out his short life in Chinese prison awaiting a trip to the firing squad. All in the same week!
China Sentences Official to Death for Corruption – New York Times
Well. Execution is more efficient, but if I had to choose, I’d choose commutation. I’m not sure anyone should be executed for corruption.