13 Quotes by Xiao Yang

Chinese courts at various levels strictly followed the principle of meting out penalty to the guilty in accordance with the law, and setting the innocent free in time, and pronounced 2, 162 criminal defendants innocent in year 2005.

China's current policy regarding death penalty is to preserve it but use it cautiously.

To date, China's criminal, civil and administrative procedure laws have combined to form a relatively comprehensive system.

We must continue to follow the policy of being both strict and lenient according to the actual situation of the cases, and show leniency to the convicts who only committed minor offences or merited milder punishment and even exemption of punishment.

We hope that the reform of the recruitment system for judges and the introduction of assistants will help establish a stricter system for entering the profession and that a better training system will improve the proficiency of judges.

The problem of overwhelming caseloads in many courts is in dire need of improvement.

The problem of many cases and few people ... has become especially apparent. The problem of overwhelming caseloads in many courts is in dire need of improvement.

There is no stipulation on doing away with death penalty in China's existing laws, and there has been no decision on whether death penalty will no longer be applicable to certain kinds of crimes.

Courts have often been taken as branches of the government and judges viewed as civil servants who have to follow orders from superiors.