Chief justice urges courts to avoid death penalty |
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| Chinese convicts are sentenced to death in Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court. China's top judge has urged the nation's courts to avoid passing death sentences. (File Photo) |
| Nov. 9 - China's top judge has urged the nation's courts to avoid passing death sentences, except in an "extremely small" number of cases, state media has reported.
"In cases where the judge has legal leeway to decide whether to order death, he should always choose not to do so," said Xiao Yang, president of China's highest court, in comments quoted by Xinhua news agency.
China has long officially urged judicious1 use of the death penalty in its courts, but the renewed call follows the national legislature's decision last week to require that all lower-court capital sentences be reviewed by Xiao's Supreme2 People's Court.
The change was aimed at cutting down miscarriages3 of justice and was applauded by legal experts overseas.
Foreign ministry4 spokeswoman Jiang Yu said the conditions were not yet right to abolish the death penalty.
"Half of the countries in the world still have the death penalty system, China is one of them. Judging the current situation in China, there are not yet the right conditions (to abolish it), but our policy is to carefully restrict the practice through legislation and the legal system," she said at a regular briefing.
The supreme court will begin reviewing death penalties on January 1, which could bring thousands of capital punishment cases before the court each year.
The court is preparing by expanding criminal tribunals and a death penalty review team, Xinhua said.
The death penalty is supposed to be reserved for crimes that "seriously endanger public security and social order", including homicide, rape5, robbery and bombings, Xinhua has said. |
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judicious
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| adj.明智的，明断的，能作出明智决定的 |
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- We should listen to the judicious opinion of that old man.我们应该听取那位老人明智的意见。
- A judicious parent encourages his children to make their own decisions.贤明的父亲鼓励儿女自作抉择。
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supreme
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| adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的 |
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- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
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miscarriages
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| 流产( miscarriage的名词复数 ) |
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- Miscarriages are usually caused by abnormal chromosome patterns in the fetus. 流产通常是因为胎儿的染色体异常造成的。
- Criminals go unpunishedareconvicted and are miscarriages of justice. 罪犯会逍遥法外，法律会伤及无辜，审判不公时有发生。
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ministry
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| n.(政府的)部；牧师 |
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- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
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rape
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| n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸 |
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- The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
- He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
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