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For the past 23 years, there have been cases of misjudgment in the use of death penalty, with full authority being granted to the provincial courts to pass judgment in 1983. On October 29, 2006, China's top legislature amended the Organic Law on Courts, requiring that all death penalties meted out by provincial authorities be ratified by the Supreme People's Court (SPC). The amendment came into effect on Jan. 1, 2007, with the SPC expanding the criminal tribunals and strengthening the death penalty review team to ensure justice.
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- Supreme People's Procuratorate
Man given death sentence for trafficking drugs
A gang of six people were given sentences ranging from death to 15 years in jail for trafficking drugs, according to a ruling handed down by a court in northeast China's Liaoning Province.
- Death sentence for man who burned pregnant girl
- Man sentenced to death for raping girls as young as 8
- Cop killers sentenced to death
- Death Sentence Rules Relaxed
- Ex-drug Chief's Execution Justified
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Opinion More
- Ex-drug Chief's Execution Justified
- Fewer Death Sentences
- Smooth Implementation of Death Penalty Reform Called
- Death Penalty: Justified Sentence or Harsh Punishment?
- Death Penalty Reform Boosts Human Rights
- Provincial Courts to Lose Death Sentence Rights
- Court Rules Improve Penalty Application
- Open Court Hearings for Capital Cases
Cases More
- Mentally Ill Man Given Suspended Death Sentence
- Killer of HK Tycoon Sentenced to Death
- Drug Lord Sentenced to Death in South China
- Teacher Gets Death for Raping 18 Primary School Girls
- Elderly Woman Sentenced to Death for Drug Smuggling
- Man Sentenced to Death for Murder, Robbery Plot
- Former Tobacco Official Sentenced to Death for Graft
- Death Penalty for Killers of Beijing Cop
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