China’s Vow of ‘Leniency’ in Plea Deals Erodes Rights to Fair Trial
China has embraced a plea deal system, but lawyers and scholars fear that it is being abused to further erode individual rights — and for shakedowns. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments
Topics: shakedowns, rights, individual, erode, further, abused, being, scholars, lawyers, system, embraced, China, Trial, Rights, Erodes, Deals, ‘Leniency’, China’s
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/world/asia/china-leniency-justice.html