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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