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Article: China to open court for death sentence cases in second instance
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- December 8, 2005
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China to open court for death sentence cases in second instance
BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Supreme People's Court of China on
Wednesday issued a notice, requiring local courts to open court
session when hearing cases of death sentence in second instance as
from 2006, in a bid to ensure the justice and openness of trial of
death sentence cases.
Beginning from Jan. 1, 2006, the notice said, the second instance
of cases of death sentence with major controversy should be heard in
public, and from July 1, 2006, all death sentence cases in second
instance should be heard in open court.
It is another important step taken by the Supreme People's Court
(SPC) to reform its trial of death ...