CHINA-EXECUTE-SENTENCING

CHINA OUT BEJ05 - 20010420 - BEIJING, CHINA : Chinese police keep a tight grip on criminals as they are sentenced to death at a sentencing rally in Beijing Friday 20 April 2001. Sixteen people were executed in Beijing 20 April, while sentencing rallies and executions were held across the country as part of a nationwide "strike blackness and wipe out evil" crackdown. EPA PHOTO AFP/STR