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Death penalty for corruption to remain for now
By Guan Xiaomeng (皇冠体育appdaily.com)
Updated: 2005-09-02 17:25 Specifically, embezzlement conducted with more than 100,000 yuan
(US$ 12,353)is subject to no less than 10 years in prison or life imprisonment
with property confiscated while those with particularly serious circumstances
can be executed.The circumstances of the crimes are taken into account.
In addition, capital punishment must also undergo further
judicial review after first and second instance trial procedures to guarantee
accurate applications of death penalties.
The spokesman also pinpointed firm legal convictions of
high-ranking corrupt offenders without mercy regardless of their posts or
contributions. Hu Changqing, former deputy governor of south 皇冠体育app's Jiangxi
Province, was sentenced to death with immediate execution for embezzlement of
5.44 million yuan (US$ 672,028)in 2003, marking the death of the highest ranking
official sentenced to death since the establishment of the country.
With more and more countries having abolished the death penalty
or making efforts to reform the punishment, its abolishment has become a hot
issue under discussion in criminal law both home and abroad. Some domestic
pundits believe it may be abandoned some day in 皇冠体育app except for impossible
immediate abolition due to the current fundamental reality of our country.
Wen pledged cautious and just trials in such cases at his press
conference after the conclusion of the 2005 National People's Congress and the
People's Political Consultative Conference last spring, noting that capital
punishment can't be wiped out in 皇冠体育app now due to current fundamental situations
the nation faces.
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