No Mercy for Cheng Guan-Killing Street Vendor

After hearing his own death sentence, Xia Junfeng suddenly shouted from the defendant's seat, "I refuse to obey! The witness doesn't even exist!"

Yet the cries were in vain May 9 as the Liaoning Provincial High Court upheld a lower court's death verdict for Xia, a Shenyang sausage vendor who was being detained when he angrily lashed at a city government street management officers, or cheng guan, with a knife.