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Criminal law amendment
A draft amendment to the Criminal Law will reduce the number of crimes eligible for the death penalty. The draft amendment was submitted Monday to the
Updated: 12/20/2010 08:53P
China mulls harsher penalties for food safety crimes
China's top legislature Monday started the second reading of an amendment to the Criminal Law to increase penalties for food safety crimes.
Updated: 12/20/2010 08:50P
Crime gang heads face longer jail time
Organized crime chiefs will face longer jail terms of up to 15 years under a proposed change to China's Criminal Law. Anyone convicted of organizing and
Updated: 12/20/2010 08:50P
China's top legislature opens bimonthly session
During the six-day session, lawmakers are reading, for the second time, a draft amendment to the Criminal Law, a draft revision to the Law on Water and Soil
Updated: 12/20/2010 08:13P
Mercy may be shown to the elderly
The stipulation, included in the second draft of the eighth amendment to the Criminal Law, was submitted on Monday to the National People's Congress (NPC)
Updated: 12/20/2010 08:07P
China's top legislature opens bimonthly session, reads draft laws
During the six-day session, lawmakers are reading, for the second time, a draft amendment to the Criminal Law, a draft revision to the Law on Water and Soil
Updated: 12/20/2010 07:40P
China Criminal Law draft amendment unchanged in reducing number of crimes
A draft amendment to China's Criminal Law remained unchanged in reducing the number of crimes subject to the death penalty.
Updated: 12/20/2010 07:34P
China mulls harsher penalties for food safety crimes in Criminal Law
China's top legislature Monday started the second reading of an amendment to the Criminal Law to increase penalties for food safety crimes.
Updated: 12/20/2010 07:34P
China criminal law draft amendment shows lenity for old people
The amendment is the eighth to the country's 1997 version of the Criminal Law and is meant to further implement the policy of tempering justice with mercy.
Updated: 12/20/2010 07:28P
Scots law and the Moorov doctrine
By Staff reporter THE name Moorov is well-known in Scottish criminal law. Samuel Moorov's case in the High Court in Glasgow in 1930 gave rise to what has
Updated: 12/20/2010 07:05P