“It is unlikely that the number of new death sentences and executions will go down significantly in the near future.”Īnd the lack lack of public outcry on the death penalty in China may not even be due to state secrecy. Location: 139 MacDougal Street, Wilf Hall 5th Floor, Room 512 New York, NY, 10012 RSVP Here About the Presentation: From 2013 to 2016, Chinese People’s court has announced 3718 defendants non-guilty and accepted 16889 state compensation cases. “The Chinese authorities continue to impose death sentences and carry out executions for a wide range of offences, including drug-related offences, that do not meet the threshold of the ‘most serious crimes’, to which the death penalty must be restricted under international human rights law.
The case drew intense attention in China, where the legal system has been criticized for failing. 103 The death penalty itself continues to be favored by Chinese citizens. The court says it has overturned about 15 percent of cases, although there's no way to verify this. The expert added: “Although the Chinese government follows the policy of killing fewer, killing cautiously, it also sees the use of the death penalty as an effective deterrent to serious crimes, especially drug-related crimes. A Chinese court gave the death penalty to a man who murdered his ex-wife while she was livestreaming. the Supreme Peoples Court jurisdiction over all appeals in death penalty cases. In 2007, the Chinese Supreme People's Court was granted the power to review death penalty cases.
It did not say how Lai was executed, but said he was allowed to meet with close relatives before his death. "The amount of bribes received by Lai Xiaomin was extremely large, the crime’s circumstances were particularly serious and the social impact was particularly severe," China's Supreme People's Court said. The banker confessed of state television as he reportedly stockpiled luxury cars and gold bars through his role at China's state banking regulator.īeijing is taking an increasingly tough stance on corporate wrongdoing as the Communist Party endorsed the use of the death penalty for Lai. Lai was convicted for bigamy and corruption.ĭeath sentences for white collar crime are part and parcel of the Chinese justice system.
He was also accused of starting a secret family while married to his "loyal wife" - allegations which made it onto his execution charge sheet. The 58-year-old former Chinese state asset manager was killed for soliciting $300million in bribes from between 2008 to 2018.
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