1.   Public sentencing rallies are often held as part of a nationwide campaign against crime.

2.   A killer and two thieves have been executed in Shanghai after public sentencing rallies, a newspaper reported.

3.   A public sentencing rally was held Monday in Shantou city for a group of convicted criminals, with eight receiving the death penalty.

4.   As part of the campaign, cities and towns throughout China have carried out a flurry of executions and sentencing rallies, which official media have prominently reported.

5.   During sentencing rallies, the criminals are paraded in front of a crowd while their sentences are read out.

6.   Four convicted murderers and thieves have been executed after a public sentencing rally in the capital, the Beijing Evening News reported Wednesday.

7.   Ma Hongqing was executed by gunshot immediately after a public sentencing rally in Hengshan county in Shaanxi, where the blast occurred, Xinhua said.

8.   Newspapers and television reports have contained almost daily reports of mass sentencing rallies and executions of groups of people in recent days.

9.   Newspapers and television have carried frequent reports on executions and sentencing rallies, where convicts receive the death penalty as thousands of people watch.

10.   Nine people convicted of murder have been executed by gunshot in the central Chinese city of Wuhan after a public sentencing rally, a newspaper reported Monday.