Chinese Netizens' Opinions on Death Sentences

Bin Liang is Professor of Sociology at Oklahoma State University.Jianhong Liu is Distinguished Professor of Law at University of Macau.

• Chapter 1. Study Chinese Public Opinion on Capital Punishment in a New EnvironmentChapter 2. Diversity of Netizens’ Opinions: What Were Commented by Netizens?Chapter 3. Rationales of Netizens’ Decisions: Why do They Support or Reject Death Sentences?Chapter 4. Interactions: How do Netizens Respond to Each Other?Chapter 5. Variances of Netizens’ Opinions: Crime Types, Defendants and Victims, Legal Procedure, and Media ReportingChapter 6. Criminal Justice System and its Professionals in the Eyes of NetizensChapter 7. Social, Systemic, and Structural Problems: How Are Netizens’ Opinions Embedded within the Framework of Contemporary Chinese Society?Chapter 8. Netizens’ Discussion of Death Sentences: Rationality or Irrationality?Chapter 9. Lin Senhao Case: A Live Debate of Life or DeathChapter 10. Public Opinion in A Unique FormAppendix 1. List and Summary of All CasesAppendix 2. List of officially-charged crimes and number of offenders being chargedAppendix 3. List of total numbers of netizens’ comments, reply comments and use of foul languageAppendix 4. Basic reporting statistics by casesAppendix 5. A Select List of Foul WordsReferences

Winner: Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences In the United States (ACPSS) 2022 Best Scholarly Publication Award