There are some differences between speedy trial and policy on giving heavier and quicker punishment.
The assailant, Zheng Minsheng, said during his speedy trialthat he was enraged after being spurned by a woman he was pursuingromantically.
After a speedy trial, Mr. Zheng was executed on April 28, the same day that 15 children and their teacher were wounded in an attack at a primary school in the southern province of Guangdong.
