China's Supreme Court has ordered judges to be more sparing in the imposition of the death penalty.An order on its website said execution should be reserved for "an extremely small number of serious offenders".
It said the death penalty should be withheld in certain cases of crimes of passion or economic crimes.
Amnesty International says China carried out two-thirds of the world's executions last year, but China says it expects a 10-year low this year.
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