Does anyone know where this image is from

I am glad that you asked about this. Anticommunists like sharing these photographs without giving any context.

I don’t speak Chinese, but judging from this (crudely translated) article, Luc Kim Phung (sometimes translated as Liu Jinfeng) suffered the death penalty for committing mariticide. Her husband was very abusive and infanticidal. ‘At the police station, Luc Kim Phung admitted all of [her] actions. In March 1995, Luc Kim Phung was sentenced to death, although the court considered all relevant circumstances, […] because she had a criminal record, there could be no other sentence.’

because she had a criminal record, there could be no other sentence

That's one of the worst parts, as her prior criminal record was due to her being pretty much forced into prostitution after being kicked out of home by her abusive family.
- I hope that the PRC’s law is at least more rational now. Did any officials comment on the ruling?

It might be this woman:

Supposedly executed for murder in the 90s. If anyone can confirm the sign around her neck?

Yep it's the same person

The sign says "murderer Lu Jinfeng"

Tragically according to the article, she was abused by her father as a child and was eventually kicked out of her home. This resulted in her being on the streets, being abused by anyone who took her in, eventually working at certain 'establishments' (you know the type). After serving a year behind bars, she returned home where she was sold numerous times and ended up being sold to the village thug.

She not only suffered years of physical and sexual abuse by her drunk husband, but also his piece of shit cousins who assaulted her numerous times, resulting in a pregnancy. As a result she gave birth to a son, but the straw that broke the camel's back was when her husband tied her to a tree and attacked her with weapons, demanding to know who the child's dad was. After she woke up and saw that the child had been murdered by her husband, she lost it and killed the husband with a sickle.

She was sentenced to death and it was carried out in 1995.
- Okay that was a very bad decision. So they knew all about her but still executed her? Was there any public outcry? I hope cases like hers now end up being very less or no prison time at all because that's seriously so disheartening i literally wanna cry.
- This is so fucked up to read, honestly. There are a lot of layers of trauma here.

i wish china would abolish the death penalty already.

people downvoted this? disgusting.

Honestly curious, why? I live in a country that doesn’t have it but I don’t see downsides if the crimes committed are way too bad. For example, why keeping alive (with contributors money) a serial killer?
- So you think the state should have the power to decide who gets to live or die? Really? Also not to mention Justice is many times wrong and its not uncommon for people to be wrongly convicted.

It's in China, but as all "shocking" news go, the original story depends on where you look, because anti-China sources (like Falungong) will tell a different story. There's a question on Zhihu discussing what the actual case behind this photo was: https://www.zhihu.com/question/35185664. Also, this was during a period of "严打"(crackdown on crimes, severe punishment etc.) in the 90s.

Not sure how rampant fake news is in other non-English speaking countries, but the Chinese Internet is riddled with sensational stories that are hard for individuals to verify, but easily forwarded to friends and family.

Now with ChatGPT/Deepfake and the like more readily available, the situation will be even worse. To combat this kind of disinformation, an actual "Ministry of Truth" will be required, based on a database of verified information and using logic to verify new stories and claims. Things like Wikipedia or Baidu百科 won't cut it.
- Not sure how rampant fake news is in other non-English speaking countries
  
  WhatsApp exists in India and Brazil solely to propagate sensational fake news and shitty memes.