Circum Spective

CHINA DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT FRAUD

BEIJING (AP) -- China executed two business people for defrauding hundreds of investors out of more than $127 million, calling the scam a serious blow to social stability, state media said Thursday.

Though usually reserved for violent crimes, death sentences are also applied for nonviolent offenses that involve large sums of money or are seen to threaten social order.

The two were executed Wednesday.

And we're still housing Charles Manson in a California prison forty years after he committed his mass murders.

HOW LONG DO YOU THINK OBAMA'S FRIENDS WOULD LAST IN CHINA?
Maybe we could institute the death penalty for politicians who forget to pay their taxes. I bet almost no one would "forget" anymore. ... Just thinkin' out loud here. Stop me if you hear something you like.