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Death penalty in China to undergo stricter review

www.chinanews.cn 2005-03-09 13:30:45

(Source:Xinhuanet)

Xiao Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court, said in his annual
work report that his court will promote reform in the justice system to
safeguard justice in jurisdiction. (xinhua photo)

BEIJING, March 9 - China will further refine the death penalty review
process this year, Chief Justice Xiao Yang told the on-going annual
session of the National People's Congress(NPC), China's top legislature,
here Wednesday.
Xiao Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court, said in his annual
work report that his court will promote reform in the justice system to
safeguard justice in jurisdiction.
The president did not elaborate on the details of reforms, but said
earlier when answering questions of the Human Rights magazine last month
that China strictly controls the application for death sentence and
strictly follows the procedures of passing death sentence.
China has implemented the policy of "combining punishment with leniency"
and oppose advocacy of "heavy penalty" and "severe punishments", he told
the magazine.
"To those convicted guilty of serious crimes, we approved the capital
punishment according to law," he told the parliament in his report. "To
those convicted of felony crimes but there were circumstances for
leniency, we would change the capital punishmentto death penalty on
probation or life imprisonment according to law."
According to Xiao, China's courts at all levels sentenced a total of
767,951 convicted criminals last year, up 2.8 percent from a year ago.
Among the convicted criminals, 19.04 percent were sentenced to more than
five years imprisonment, life imprisonment and death penalty.
Some Chinese scholars have proposed abolishing capital punishment, but
many others did not agree. The issue has caused a heat debate.
Responding to the call to abolish all death penalty, the China Youth
Daily said in a recent report that China should reform its criminal
punishment system and set longer years behind bars than the maximum of 20
years imprisonment before death penalty is gradually reduced.

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