Here is an article that is obviously written from the opposite view that I took it from.
Guy smuggles 9 lbs. of heroin and gets the death sentence. Maybe if we did that here it would put a dent in the drug trade.
They don't claim he is innocent, just that he was lured by a chance for a music career. I don't give a hoot about his motivations, he was dealing death to people by transporting that stuff.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091228/ap_on_re_as/as_china_britain_death_sentence