Chinese father convicted of murder, rape, prostitution sentenced to death (PHOTO)

Li Hao, a Chinese man who held six women in
an underground sex dungeon was sentenced to
death Friday, according to CNN. He was
convicted on charges of murder, rape, organized
prostitution, illegal detention and selling
pornography. Li, who is 35, married and has a young son,
worked for the city in Henan province while also
carrying out his twisted fantasies. For two years, starting in 2009, Li repeatedly
raped the women, forced them into prostitution
and made them perform in pornographic shows
for the Web, according to the BBC. The women, who had worked at nightclubs,
karaoke bars and salons in the nearby area,
were held for periods between two and 21
months. According to Reuters, Li’s crimes were revealed
when a 23-year-old woman escaped and told
police about the homemade dungeon. Two of
the six women were later found dead. In 2011, a Chinese police official apologized for
his handling of the case and begged the public
to give his department another chance, CNN
reports. Three of the women from the secret lair were
also found guilty of murder over the killings of
two of their fellow prisoners, according the news
outlet. Their sentences were far lighter,
however, due to the extenuating circumstances;
in at least one case, for example, Li may have forced a woman to kill. One woman was
sentenced to three years in prison and the other
two were given probation. Although China keeps its figures on death
penalty cases secret, Amnesty International
claims that more people were executed in the
nation than in the rest of the world combined.