In a meeting on Tuesday in Beijing, the Supreme People's Court created new guidelines concerning criminal cases. It's new policies focus on "justice tempered with mercy" in an effort to limit the use of the death penalty. The guidelines state that the death penalty can be used, but only for a small minority and in cases that have overwhelming evidence. The policy of "justice tempered with mercy" was first introduced into a document dealing with capitol punishment in 2006. The document was approved by the Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. This new policy requires courts to issue severe or lenient sentences depending on the severity of the case being reviewed, according to guidelines the Court has issued. Although the death penalty is still legal, this is a big step in restricting the use of capitol punishment.
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ReplyDeletei think that in a way its funny that the chinese want to limit the death penalty, but they dont want to get rid of it. it goes to show that they are reluctant to change.
ReplyDeleteFor China this is interesting move, they have so many other human rights issues that this just seems like a band-aid for a bullet wound. Like the are trying to appease the human rights activists when they have much bigger problems.
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