Germany protested the death sentence given to four...

Germany protested the death sentence given to four Chinese men for the murder of Jurgen Pfrang, a German executive with Daimler-Benz AG, his wife and their two children at their villa in Nanjing in April 2000. "The government does not want to see the death sentences carried out," a German foreign affairs spokeswoman said after the sentences were announced. "This is also the wish of the family of those murdered." Despite the protests lodged by Germany and several other European governments, the Chinese government said their would be no leniency.