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China passes amendments to criminal law
Food security has also been addressed. From now on anyone who adds poisonous or harmful ingredients during the production or selling of food will be subjected to hefty fines and a prison sentence. Experts say the amendment will make violating the law
Updated: 02/26/2011 03:07A
Leroy Ogg, ex-state Appeals Court judge
Ogg also chaired a commission from 1977 to 1979 that rewrote and updated Arizona's criminal code. In 1997, he was recognized by the Arizona Bar Association with the James A. Walsh Outstanding Jurist Award. Ogg was born on an Oklahoma farm and moved to
Updated: 02/26/2011 01:21A
China reduces number of capital crimes
The newly revised Criminal Law goes into effect May 1. But an expert said the move was unlikely to significantly reduce executions, since people convicted of those crimes in the past have rarely received the maximum penalty and capital punishment can
Updated: 02/25/2011 11:21P
13 crimes removed from China's death penalty list
BEIJING - China's newly revised Criminal Law eliminated the death penalty for 13 economy-related crimes, as the country moved to restructure its penalty system and better protect human rights. Fifty-five crimes are now punishable by death
Updated: 02/25/2011 11:17P
China trims death penalty for 13 crimes
By Alex He | February 25, 2011 11:10 PM EST China removed the death penalty for 13 kind of economy-related crimes, according tothe newly revised Criminal Law released on Friday. A US and a Chinese flag flutter in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing
Updated: 02/25/2011 11:12P
China: 13 crimes removed from death penalty list
BEIJING - China's newly revised Criminal Law eliminated the death penalty for 13 economy-related crimes, as the country moved to restructure its penalty system and better protect human rights. Fifty-five crimes are now punishable by death, according to
Updated: 02/25/2011 10:30P
NPC backs effort to reform death penalty
By Zhao Ran China's top legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) approved a draft amendment of the Criminal Law that cancels the death penalty for 13 types of crimes and virtually eliminates the chance that people
Updated: 02/25/2011 09:53P
Corrections shake-up makes headway
BEIJING - Community corrections will become a means of punishing criminals in China starting May 1, following the program's inclusion in the latest Amendment to the Criminal Law. The amendment, passed by the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing
Updated: 02/25/2011 09:11P
13 crimes removed from death penalty list
BEIJING - China's newly revised Criminal Law eliminated the death penalty for 13 economy-related crimes, as the country moved to restructure its penalty system and better protect human rights. Fifty-five crimes are now punishable by death, according to
Updated: 02/25/2011 09:11P
China trims its list of death penalty crimes and exempts over-75s
The newly revised criminal law comes into effect on 1 May. However, experts said the move was unlikely to significantly reduce executions, since people convicted of those crimes in the past have rarely received the maximum penalty and capital
Updated: 02/25/2011 07:00P
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