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Lex Luthor
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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013 ... 121297.htm

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BEIJING - Using torture to extract confessions must be eliminated, China's Supreme People's Court said on Thursday.

"Inquisition by torture used to extract a confession, as well as the use of cold, hunger, drying, scorching, fatigue and other illegal methods to obtain confessions from the accused must be eliminated," the Supreme Court said in a statement posted on its official microblog account.

The Supreme People's Court also introduced more stringent rules for death penalty cases, saying adequate evidence must be furnished and that only experienced judges should handle capital punishment trials.

China's government said last week it would work to reduce the number of crimes subject to the death penalty.

The Supreme People's Court comments were part of a statement on weeding out false charges in legal cases and follows a landmark package of reforms last week, including abolishing forced labour camps.

The Supreme People's Court also emphasized that courts much not yield to pressure from the media or "unreasonable petitioning by litigants." Public outrage has sometimes swayed verdicts in high profile cases.

The court released a paper late last month calling for an end to corruption in courts and for officials to stop interfering in decisions.


It's nice to see their government continues to modernize, despite the lack of democracy.
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It's good to "call for an end" to such things and yet another to act it such a way as to actually discourage them.

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First step, though, has to be an official "we need to stop this". Short of that, you can't move forward on actually stopping it.

Good for the people of China.
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The longest journey begins with a single step. May this journey be prosperous and bring justice to the people of China.

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I've read this two or three times and up to now I have been able to prevent myself from asking this question, but what is drying?

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Hopwin wrote:
I've read this two or three times and up to now I have been able to prevent myself from asking this question, but what is drying?


Don't know, and I'm afraid to google it from work.
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Water deprivation

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Vindicarre wrote:
Water deprivation


I appreciate you not completing that sentence with any of the following:

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", what else would it be?"
"herp derp"

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I appreciate your appreciation.

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So not beef-jerkymofying?

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I suppose if you wait long enough:
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Is that teriyaki?

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I just came back from China 2 weeks ago, visiting my relos and such.

While not earth shattering changes, there have been very obvious changes creeping across China, their final effects seems to be positive. Some of these things included:

People working for the government is no longer allowed to charge food or food items as an expense of the department that they work for. This has reduced the cost of alcohol and luxuary food by almost 70% in some places and made it more affordable to the masses.

There is an extra tax on investment properties and rental income, resulting in a fall in housing prices across the board.

Travel agencies are no longer allowed to drag tourists to 'designated' shops during their tour (I've been on one where half the day involved visiting expensive shops). This has resulted in the overall rise of normal shops in touristy areas, rather than the benefit of a few who would afford the cut backs.
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