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This undated handout photo courtesy of Reprieve shows Briton Akmal Shaikh in China on December 29, 2009
Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009

Open quoteHe slipped through the cracks of society, and he was frankly failed by China.Close quote

  • KATHERINE O'SHEA,
  • communications director for the legal charity Reprieve, after China executed Akmal Shaikh, a convicted drug smuggler whose family claims is mentally ill
Photo: Luis Belmonte Diaz / AFP / Getty Images | Source: BBC