elderly Chinese farmer escapes execution after killing his neighbor and dismembering victims body.
The judge of the First Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing defended the verdict, saying the court is now more reserved thanElderly Chinese farmer escapes execution after killing his neighbour and dismembering corpse
An old farmer was sentenced to death by a court on Friday for killing his neighbour and dismembering the victim’s body, the Beijing Times reports.
But the court suspended the sentence for two years, which meant he would be spared from execution as the penalty is usually downgraded to a life sentence automatically at the end of the suspension period.
Such clemency for a serious crime is unusual in China. The judge of the First Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing defended the verdict, saying the court is now more reserved than ever to sentencing people to death.
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