Re: China to review death sentences


charles_liu@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> torresD wrote:
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4285674.stm
>
> Oh please, you people don't know what you are talking about. In China
> death sentences are not always carried out immediately, that's really
> the exception rather than the norm that violates the letter of the law
> in China.
>
> Death sentences in China are subject to appeal as well. Case in point
> the Xiamen depty mayor that was sentences to death for curruption.
> Guess what, he's still alive because there was a two-year delay
> allowing him to appeal. Lan's death sentence was commuted to life upon
> appeal. I guess justice, or good lawyer, can be bought in China too -
> not that different.

There is another explanation. CCP has not recovered the money yet.
There was a report of a note smuggled into Lu in prison in a toothpaste
tube. It said (paraphrasing), "We are safe. Do not talk."

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