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The penal system in the People's Republic of China is composed of an administrative detention system and a judicial incarceration system. As of 2020, it is estimated that 1.7 million people had been incarcerated in the People's Republic of China, which is the second-highest prison population after the United States.
The court system is paralleled by a hierarchy of prosecuting offices called people's procuratorates, the highest being the Supreme People's Procuratorate. [citation needed] Local departments of justice can revoke the license of lawyers. This power is used to target lawyers who challenge the authority of the state, particularly human rights ...
China's first comprehensive antitrust law was the Anti-Monopoly Law which was passed in 2007 and became effective in 2008. [26]: 89 In 2009, China amended its Criminal Law to set a low threshold for the prosecution of malicious cybercrimes and illegal data sales. [26]: 131
Since 2006, under global pressures, China has embarked on significant reforms on the death penalty system. [59] In 2011, China abolished the death penalty for 13 crimes in Amendment VIII to the Criminal Law of PRC, [15] which was the most important amendment passed since 1997.
[1] [2] The illegal drug trade in China is a significant driver of violent crime, including murder. According to the Global Organized Crime Index (2023), China is grappling with deep-seated criminal activities across diverse markets, while its resilience is limited by corruption and the centralized control of governance and information. [3]
Two years later, the the age of criminal responsibility was lowered to 12, but the government mandated that prosecution only take place if approved by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, China's ...
Laogai (Chinese: 劳改), short for laodong gaizao (劳动改造), which means reform through labor, is a criminal justice system involving the use of penal labor and prison farms in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Friday threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for "diehard" Taiwan independence separatists, a ratcheting up of pressure even though Chinese courts ...