Monday, August 23, 2010

China: Legislature mulls reduction of capital offenses

Wu Bangguo opens session of Standing Committee of National Peoples Congress

Indications are that the National Peoples congress will eliminate 13 capital offenses that rarely actually result in execution, such as smuggling relics and falsely making out specialized value-added-tax receipts. A major challenge will be whether official corruption remains a capital offense. According to recent reports there may be a dollar threshhold, like 10,000 RMB in bribes.

China Daily: China mulls to cut down executions

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