Narcotics crime, An Indian was sentenced to Death sentence with a reprieve in China

[Europa]

If I read it correctly this guy was carrying 3 kg of heroine.. That could have destroyed a huge number of lives, so I believe he deserves no mercy. Be it death or life sentence, I am happy as long as such parasites (who can kill people for lust of money) stay away from the poor innocent victims.

you have made india proud.

i don't know why they needed to appease anyone by undermining the credibility of their justice system. the only foundation a justice system is based on is credibility, once it is gone, it is gone forever.

no matter how poor and chaotic india is as they claim, the only institution of india that one has to respect is india's justice system. and no, indians don't get appeased, nor do they approve a mockery of judiciary because it backfires. no indian will support undermining justice system, not in india, not in anywhere in the world.

law has to be equal for everyone. since, china's court has made a legal precedent, all the similar cases should be equally treated. because neither filipinos, nor british, nor canadians, nor australians, nor japanese or anyone else will tolerate the use of justice system as a tool to kill their citizens in the name of justice.

Westerners (mostly Americans and British) are sensitive. Making them cry results in sanctions and declarations of war.

the basic foundation of western civilization is 'reason' and i ask you to read durants age of reason, volume vii

Death with reprieve is within the range of punishment defined by Criminal Laws of People's Republic of China. The range is from 15 years sentence to death. Death with reprieve is somewhere in the middle of that. The court will decide the specific punishment depending on the circumstance of the case. I don't believe this should be a foreign concept to you since vast majority of the courts around the world handle cases this way. If you are unsatisfied with this outcome, you may partition higher courts in China to see if they will change their decision to make you happy.

you are confused, you did't comprehend my posts

 

[livingdead]

I agree with jbond... law should be same for all...
having said that.. death seems too harsh for such crime.. life imprisonment may be..

 

[sms]

新快报讯 记者 陈婕 通讯员 谭炜杰 行李箱夹层藏毒近3公斤入境被查,近日印度人辛格(印度名:M O R AN GTH EM IN AO TO N SIN G H)走私毒品案在珠海市中级法院一审宣判。

　　辛格被以走私毒品罪判处死刑,缓期两年执行。（Singh was sentenced to death for drug smuggling, suspended for two years，This means that the death penalty don't be performed the probability is 95%）

The British Prime minister flew over to China several times to delay the execution of a British National for drug charges, but it didn't make the slightest difference.

It's not their jurisdiction.

Maybe go to jail for at least 15 years， he will not die，he is lucky

Any thing i hate after terrorism is Drug peddling. It must be dealt with severe punishments. No mercy to people destroying future generations.

 

[Hiptullha]

the basic foundation of western civilization is 'reason' and i ask you to read durants age of reason, volume vii

Why.

 

[Europa]

Why.

because my argument was not to do advocacy for west or east, in my first post i said law cannot discriminate on the basis on anything. law should be same for all as hinduguy said.

i don't know why some posters failed to get my point. my point was not death sentence or life sentence. my point was simple, when you give a certain kind of punishment to someone for a certain crime, you have give others the same punishment for the same crime. you cannot be selective in giving verdicts. this will make undermine the credibility of justice system.

for example, if smoking is a crime punishable by death in a country, then no matter whoever smokes, he or she should be given death, even if the country's president commits the crime, he should face the same punishment. now, whether, death for smoking is right or wrong is a different issue.

now, once china's court has given this convicted guy a "death with reprieve", the same verdict should be given to all other convicts for the same crime. you can't give one "death with reprieve" because he belongs to the country you are gonna make business with and give only "death" to others who belong to a country you are politically opposed to.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

you can't give one "death with reprieve" because he belongs to the country you are gonna make business with and give only "death" to others who belong to a country you are politically opposed to.

Then why is there any flexibility in sentencing at all? Why are there "minimum" and "maximum" sentences for different crimes?

 

[Europa]

Then why is there any flexibility in sentencing at all? Why are there "minimum" and "maximum" sentences for different crimes?

the bold part answers your question.