Chinese practice of Nine Familial Exterminations

[Luigi]

In traditional China and places influenced by them such as Korea and Vietnam the punishment for treason was the Nine Familial Exterminations.

The basic idea is that if someone betray their country it they bring about the execution of themselves and their entire immediate family including cousins.

These included:

The criminal's living parents
The criminal's living grandparents
Any children the criminal may have, over a certain age (varying over different eras, children below that age becoming slaves) and—if married—their spouses.
Any grandchildren the criminal may have, over a certain age (again with enslavement for the underaged) and—if married—their spouses.
Siblings and siblings-in-law (the siblings of the criminal and that of his or her spouse, in the case where he or she is married)
Uncles and aunts of the criminal, as well as their spouses
The criminal's cousins (in the case of China, this included up to second and third cousins)
The criminal's spouse
The criminal's spouse's parents
The criminal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_fami ... rminations

I think the Chinese had it right and this is an excellent way to handle treason. I hope the successors of the current world order will consider it when dealing with the criminals of our times.

[Edge Guerrero]

- This is very extreme and evil. Looks like something from a dystopian movie:(