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> and she was summarily executed. Nitpick: Summary execution means execution without due process. As per Wikipedia there was a quite thorough legal process all

> and she was summarily executed. Nitpick: Summary execution means execution without due process. As per Wikipedia there was a quite thorough legal process all the way to the supreme court. "On September 9, 2021, Lao was sentenced to death by the Nanchang Intermediate People's Court for intentional homicide, kidnapping, and robbery. She was also stripped of her political rights for life and had all of her personal property confiscated. Lao appealed her conviction in court, and the second trial was held on August 18, 2022 at Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's Court. Although Lao admitted to being an accomplice to Fa, she claimed to have only done so in fear of losing her own life, as Fa had physically and sexually abused her throughout their relationship. On November 30 of the same year, the court upheld the death sentence. On December 18, 2023, the Nanchang Intermediate People's Court carried out the execution of Lao Rongzhi, with the approval of the Supreme People's Court." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa_Ziying_and_Lao_Rongzhi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa_Ziying_and_Lao_Rongzhi

arcbyte 2y ago
Your overall point holds that there was China's version of due process and plenty of elapsed time between her capture and subsequent execution. Therefore it was not a summary execution. Nowhere close. Moreover, to call this out is not a nitpick, it's an important factual correction of the OP. However I would nitpick that while summary executions do include those without due process, the defining characteristic is simply speed. If the execution happened uncharacteristically fast compared to typical executions, even if all due process afford to her was followed, then she was still summarily executed.
- jampekka 2y ago
  Nitpicking continued: As per e.g. Wikipedia definition it refers explicitly to the process (and not the speed): "In civil and military jurisprudence, summary execution is the putting to death of a person accused of a crime without the benefit of a free and fair trial. The term results from the legal concept of summary justice to punish a summary offense, as in the case of a drumhead court-martial, but the term usually denotes the summary execution of a sentence of death." In practice a free and fair trial can't be very fast though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summary_execution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summary_execution
satvikpendem 2y ago
Thanks, I used the wrong word, I should have meant that she was executed soon after conviction, which is not usually the case in many other countries.

arcbyte 2y ago

Your overall point holds that there was China's version of due process and plenty of elapsed time between her capture and subsequent execution. Therefore it was not a summary execution. Nowhere close. Moreover, to call this out is not a nitpick, it's an important factual correction of the OP. However I would nitpick that while summary executions do include those without due process, the defining characteristic is simply speed. If the execution happened uncharacteristically fast compared to typical executions, even if all due process afford to her was followed, then she was still summarily executed.

jampekka 2y ago
Nitpicking continued: As per e.g. Wikipedia definition it refers explicitly to the process (and not the speed): "In civil and military jurisprudence, summary execution is the putting to death of a person accused of a crime without the benefit of a free and fair trial. The term results from the legal concept of summary justice to punish a summary offense, as in the case of a drumhead court-martial, but the term usually denotes the summary execution of a sentence of death." In practice a free and fair trial can't be very fast though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summary_execution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summary_execution

satvikpendem 2y ago

Thanks, I used the wrong word, I should have meant that she was executed soon after conviction, which is not usually the case in many other countries.