Wednesday, May 4, 2011

China laws limiting death penalty take effect

Amendments to Chinese criminal law which reduce by thirteen the number of capital offenses have taken effect. Actual impact is expected to be minor because the offenses are rarely tried as capital cases. Offenses include include non-violent and economic crimes such as tax fraud; financial fraud; smuggling of precious metals, cultural relics and rare animals; teaching of crime-committing methods and robbing ancient cultural ruins.
JURIST - Paper Chase: China laws limiting death penalty take effect

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