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The death of Virginia Christine Vinton, 57, of Waxhaw, was ruled a suicide by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office on Friday (pictured: Chicago O'Hare)

Cause of death for woman Virginia Vinton, 57, who was found entangled in a baggage conveyor belt at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, revealed as case takes shocking turn

If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or actions,…
The spotlight has been thrust on Vietnam's use of the death penalty after a real estate tycoon was on Thursday sentenced to be executed. Pictured: A death row inmate is seen being led  blindfolded into an execution chamber in Vietnam

Communist Vietnam's secret death penalty conveyor belt: How country trails only China and Iran for its 'astonishing' number of executions with prisoners dragged from cells at 4am without warning to be given a lethal injection

Vietnam’s use of the death penalty has been thrust into the spotlight…
Criminal law in the country is as severe as it is obfuscated, with many crimes punishable by death under Beijing 's draconian legislation. Pictured: Police parade a group of convicts at a sentencing rally in Wenzhou, 2004. People are often handed death sentences at such rally

Inside China's execution conveyor belt: How 'mobile injection vans and firing squads are used to put thousands to death a year' – outstripping capital punishment figures for the rest of the world combined

Mobile death vans, firing squads, lethal injections: These are all methods used…
Mobile death vans, firing squads, lethal injections: These are all methods used by China to carry out more state-sanctioned executions than all other nations combined. While the communist state does not release its official figures, rights groups believe many thousands of people are executed each year - more than the likes of Iran, Saudi Arabia and the US, even when tallied together. Criminal law in the country is as severe as it is obfuscated, with many crimes punishable by death under Beijing's draconian legislation.

Inside China's execution conveyor belt with lethal methods

Mobile death vans, firing squads, lethal injections: These are all methods used…