BEIJING – China's top legislature on Monday moved to reduce the number of death sentences in the country by reviewing the latest amendment to the law which would see 13 crimes have execution removed as a punishment.
The revision, if passed, will cut the existing 68 death charges in Criminal Law by one fifth to 55. And it will be the first major modification of the law since its previous major revision in 1997.
Among the 13 death charges, most are seldom applied in recent years, including the crime of smuggling relics, and the crime of falsely making out specialized value-added-tax receipts.
A draft law or amendment usually receives three reviews at the top legislature - the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) – as required by law.
Wang Zhenmin, a professor on Criminal Law with Tsinghua University, said the reduction of capital punishment is an inevitable trend and a reflection of the country's social development based on the protection of human rights.
The amendment also suggests tightening the practice of probation and abatement, to optimize the structure of China's criminal punishment.
The country's longest jail term is proposed to be expanded from the current 20 years to 25 years, and probation will be more strictly controlled than before, especially for repeat offenders, and arch and violent criminals. Beside, community-based corrections are proposed to replace the former surveillance punishment.
Apart from the death penalty abolition, the amendment also emphasizes the protection of people's livelihood. Driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), malicious default of wages and illegal organ trade are listed as independent charges in the amendment.
Rightardia likes the Chinese approach to white collar crime. A man like Bernie Madoff would have been executed in China. If an entire crime family is executed, junior won't be left to run the family business.
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The revision, if passed, will cut the existing 68 death charges in Criminal Law by one fifth to 55. And it will be the first major modification of the law since its previous major revision in 1997.
Among the 13 death charges, most are seldom applied in recent years, including the crime of smuggling relics, and the crime of falsely making out specialized value-added-tax receipts.
A draft law or amendment usually receives three reviews at the top legislature - the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) – as required by law.
Wang Zhenmin, a professor on Criminal Law with Tsinghua University, said the reduction of capital punishment is an inevitable trend and a reflection of the country's social development based on the protection of human rights.
In this file photo, several of a group of 41 members of an organized crime syndicate in the Yunnan provincial capital of Kunming get the death penalty in the Intermediate People's Court yesterday. [China Daily]
The amendment also suggests tightening the practice of probation and abatement, to optimize the structure of China's criminal punishment.
The country's longest jail term is proposed to be expanded from the current 20 years to 25 years, and probation will be more strictly controlled than before, especially for repeat offenders, and arch and violent criminals. Beside, community-based corrections are proposed to replace the former surveillance punishment.
Apart from the death penalty abolition, the amendment also emphasizes the protection of people's livelihood. Driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), malicious default of wages and illegal organ trade are listed as independent charges in the amendment.
Rightardia likes the Chinese approach to white collar crime. A man like Bernie Madoff would have been executed in China. If an entire crime family is executed, junior won't be left to run the family business.
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