"Prudent" Chinese courts cut back on executions
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China has executed fewer people since the country's highest court was given authority to review death sentences at the start of this year, state media reported on Friday.
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China is to crack down on "blindly" using foreign architects to design major public buildings as part of a drive to stifle costly architectural extravanganzas, state media reported on Saturday.
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SHANGHAI, China  -- Chinese makers and distributors of pornographic materials sent through the Internet, mobile phones and other communication devices will face penalties as severe as life in prison under new rules that take effect Monday.    The regulations were issued Sunday in a legal interpretation by the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate, or top prosecutors office, the official Xinhua News Agency reported...
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BEIJING -- China has ordered judges to use the death penalty more sparingly by showing leniency for murderers who cooperate with authorities and white-collar criminals who help recoup their ill-gotten gains, the government said Friday.
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An Afghan court has sentenced to death three Afghans convicted of killing 11 Chinese road engineers in the northeastern province of Kunduz last June, a Supreme Court Judge said on Friday.
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The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take a hard look at the method of lethal injection most states use to put inmates to death in a case that could further slow the pace of executions.
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After the Supreme Court granted two stays of execution and refused to vacate a third, some say that a de facto moratorium on the death penalty is in place.
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China will restrict filming  and artistic performances in nature preserves and scenic spots,  the government said this week.
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Chinese leaders imposed a ban on reports about the death of Zhao Ziyang, who opposed the 1989 crackdown on protesters.
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The unusually harsh sentence comes at a time of concerns for the quality and safety of Chinaâs food and drug system.
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A quarter-century has elapsed since the U.S. experienced as long a pause in executions as the one the Supreme Court has occasioned with its current examination of lethal injections.
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China prosecuted nearly one million people last year and sent more people to jail than in 2005, officials said on Tuesday, and they vowed to keep up the fight on crime while promising to limit executions.
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China sets out '10 taboos' for public officials to prevent corruption ahead of a provincial reshuffle.
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China will tighten its organ transplant rules to prevent unqualified doctors and profit-hungry hospitals from abusing patients, state media said Monday, amid concerns that executed prisoners have had their organs harvested without consent.
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China will expand the use of lethal injections to replace execution by gunshot, state media said on Thursday of a country which kills more convicts than anywhere else.
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China's security chief has warned judicial departments to stand firm in face of what he described as "hostile forces" of reform, but also urged the judiciary to improve its handling of social unrest.
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Canada and other countries should discourage or prevent their citizens from going to China to get human organs whose "donors" may have been killed so that the organs could be harvested, a team of human rights lawyers said on Wednesday.