China tackles 206,394 serious criminal cases in first 11 months
( 2003-12-16 15:19) (Xinhua)
Courts across China adjudicated 206,394 serious criminal cases during the
first 11 months this year, which involved manslaughter, robbery, bombing and
kidnapping,China's top judge said Monday.
Addressing a national conference attended by the heads of province-level
courts, Xiao Yang, president of China's Supreme People's Court, said 45.38
percent of the convicted criminals involved in the cases had been given
sentences of at least five years in prison, life imprisonment, and death.
He said Chinese courts settled a total of 681,074 criminal cases during the
11 months, up 2.47 percent year-on-year.
Social law and order had improved a lot thanks to the country's campaign to
crack down hard on crimes, said the president.
But he said the incidence of serious crimes endangering law andorder remained
high, and the crimes of bombing, empoisoning, arson,manslaughter, robbery,
kidnapping and other violence remained outstanding in some areas.
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