Zhu Jingriu
Wanda Barzee
Derek Burney
In China, where they execute as many as 2,000 people a year, Zhu Jingriu is fighting to clear the name of her late son. The fascinating Australian Broadcasting Corporation report says the emphasis in the Middle Kingdon for capital cases is merely a confession, not forensic evidence like DNA. At centre is Wanda Barzee, the woman who with her demented husband imprisoned and tortured Elizabeth Smart, then 14. Barzee is to be released from prison in Utah and Smart is furious. Then, former ambassador to the US Derek Burney asks what, if anything, the US is prepared to concede to get an agreement on trade. He calls the American attitude “Nafta shaft-ya.”
