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Former president of China Merchants Bank, was given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve for crimes including taking bribes, abuse of power, insider trading and leaking insider information. (www.chinadaily.com.cn)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Sounds a bit much, life sentence would have been fine but sure.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Apparently two-year reprieve means it gets lowered to a life-sebtence if he behaves well for the two years.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_sentence_with_reprieve

According to the criminal law […], it gives the death row inmate a two-year suspended sentence of the execution. The convicted person will be executed if found to have committed further crimes during the two years following the sentence; otherwise, the sentence is automatically reduced to life imprisonment or a fixed-term imprisonment if the person is found to have performed deeds of merit during the two years.
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This unique sentence is used to emphasize the seriousness of the crime and the mercy of the court, and has a centuries-old history in Chinese jurisprudence.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Wow 🥰

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