Legal Handbook for Capital Punishment Cases

Author: Luo Shuping
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: This book is mainly composed of the following five parts: Part I, the Application of Punishments for Capital Crimes. It elaborates on the application of punishments for 68 crimes that can be sentenced to death under the current Criminal Law, one by one. Each entry for capital punishment is divided into the following four sections: Legal Basis, Definition and Constituent Elements of the Crime, Several Issues in Legal Application, and Specific Issues in the Application of Capital Punishment. Part II, Legal Norms and Their Application in Capital Cases. This part explains specific issues in the trial process of capital cases from a macro perspective, mainly including an overview of capital punishment, substantive legal provisions for capital cases, and procedural legal provisions for capital cases. Part III, Laws and Regulatory Documents. This part comprehensively includes all legal and judicial regulatory documents related to substantive and procedural issues, including document preparation, in the handling of capital cases by judicial organs. Part IV, Main Legal Documents in Capital Cases. Based on the legal document formats already formulated by the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Supreme People's Court, this book supplements and improves the relevant document formats according to the procedures of investigation, prosecution, first instance, second instance, review, and execution in criminal proceedings for capital cases. The appendix of this book includes the "List of Criminal Law Offenses," "List of Capital Offenses," "List of Newly Added Offenses in the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the Criminal Law," and the "Second Five-Year Reform Plan of the People's Courts."