Beijing, July 14 (ANI): China has further strengthened its prudent application of the death penalty, according to the State Council Information Office (SCIO) report.
The report titled 'Assessment Report on the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010)' said the National People's Congress' Standing Committee discussed and adopted the Eighth Amendment to China's Criminal Law in February 2011.
The amendment abolished death penalty for 13 types of economic and non-violent crimes, such as negotiable instruments fraud, the report added.he report said the amended Criminal Law also laid down restrictive stipulations on the application of death penalty to people aged 75 years and above.he related departments had earlier jointly issued 'Regulations on Some Issues Concerning the Examination and Judgment of Evidence in Death Penalty Cases,' which adopt more strict standards in the examination and judgment of evidence for death penalty cases.
According to the report, the people's courts stick to the principle of public trial for all death penalty cases of second instance to guarantee the defendants' right of appeal.
According to Xinhua, the report said China's people's courts reduced the penalties for over 1 million people, and released 68,000 others on parole in accordance with the law in 2009 and 2010.
The 56-page report also specified China's efforts on implementing the plan to safeguarding people's economic, social and cultural rights, people's civil and political rights, and promoting the cause of human rights in other spheres. (ANI)
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