http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-III).02
10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-III).02
Published : Sep 2021
Life Imprisonment without Parole in China: Substituting Death for Economic Crime..
Life imprisonment without parole and commutation (LWOP) came under Ninth Amendment to the 1997 Criminal Law of Peoples Republic of China as a proviso to the suspended death penalty for corruption crimes. The legislative intent given for the arrival of new punishment depicts LWOP as a solution for the disparity in a suspended death sentence, controlling judicial discretion and proportional punishment for corruption which is debated as not an exhaustive and compelling justification. The manuscript addresses a substantive question; if LWOP is suitable for the criminal justice system in China? And is answered under three normative claims, namely necessity, effectiveness, and humanness.The examination of the topic contends LWOP is more of an effective tool in broader anti-corruption strategy than a need for domestic utilization.LWOP in China gives no hope of release and stands inconsistent with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights
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Death Penalty, LWOP, Strike Hard, Corruption, Balance Leniency, and Severity
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(1) Hafiz Abdul Rehman Saleem
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Sahiwal, Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
(2) Imtiaz Ahmad Khan
Associate Professor of Law, University of Sahiwal, Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
(3) Hamid Mukhtar
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Okara, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Saleem, H. A. R., Khan, I. A., & Mukhtar, H. (2021). Life Imprisonment without Parole in China: Substituting Death for Economic Crime... Global Political Review, VI(III), 13-26. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-III).02
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CHICAGO : Saleem, Hafiz Abdul Rehman, Imtiaz Ahmad Khan, and Hamid Mukhtar. 2021. "Life Imprisonment without Parole in China: Substituting Death for Economic Crime..." Global Political Review, VI (III): 13-26 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-III).02
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HARVARD : SALEEM, H. A. R., KHAN, I. A. & MUKHTAR, H. 2021. Life Imprisonment without Parole in China: Substituting Death for Economic Crime... Global Political Review, VI, 13-26.
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MHRA : Saleem, Hafiz Abdul Rehman, Imtiaz Ahmad Khan, and Hamid Mukhtar. 2021. "Life Imprisonment without Parole in China: Substituting Death for Economic Crime..." Global Political Review, VI: 13-26
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MLA : Saleem, Hafiz Abdul Rehman, Imtiaz Ahmad Khan, and Hamid Mukhtar. "Life Imprisonment without Parole in China: Substituting Death for Economic Crime..." Global Political Review, VI.III (2021): 13-26 Print.
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OXFORD : Saleem, Hafiz Abdul Rehman, Khan, Imtiaz Ahmad, and Mukhtar, Hamid (2021), "Life Imprisonment without Parole in China: Substituting Death for Economic Crime..", Global Political Review, VI (III), 13-26
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TURABIAN : Saleem, Hafiz Abdul Rehman, Imtiaz Ahmad Khan, and Hamid Mukhtar. "Life Imprisonment without Parole in China: Substituting Death for Economic Crime..." Global Political Review VI, no. III (2021): 13-26. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-III).02