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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aHe, Jiahong _eautore
245	1	0	_aBack from the Dead : _bWrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice in China / _cJiahong He.
264		1	_aHonolulu : _bUniversity of Hawaii Press, _c[2016]
264		4	_c©2016
300			_a1 online resource (264 p.)
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
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505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tForeword -- _tPreface -- _tPrincipal Cases of Wrongful Conviction in China -- _tIntroduction: Empirical Studies on Wrongful Convictions -- _tPart One: The Misleading Roads Illustrated in the Teng Xingshan Case (Back from the Dead I) -- _tPart Two: The Misleading Roads Illustrated in the She Xianglin Case (Back from the Dead II) -- _tPart Three: New Developments in the Criminal Justice System following the Zhao Zuohai Case (Back from the Dead III) -- _tNotes -- _tBibliography -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aChina's party-run courts have one of the highest conviction rates in the world, with forced confessions remaining a central feature. Despite recent prohibitions on evidence obtained through coercion or torture, forced confessions continue to undermine the Chinese judicial system. Recounting some harrowing cases of wrongful conviction, acclaimed legal scholar and novelist He Jiahong analyzes many problems in China's justice system. In one such case, Teng Xingshan was convicted in 1988 and later executed for murdering his mistress, but almost six years later it was discovered that the supposed victim, Shi Xiaorong, was still alive. In 2005, Teng's children submitted a complaint to the Hunan High People's Court, which then issued a revised judgment. In another case, She Xianglin was convicted of murdering his wife in 1994 and was sentenced to death, but this sentence was later commuted to fifteen years' imprisonment. In 2005, She's wife, presumed dead for over eleven years, "returned to life"; She was released from prison two weeks later, retried and found not guilty.With riveting examples, the author surveys the organization and procedure of criminal investigation, the lawyering system for criminal defense, the public prosecution system, trial proceedings, as well as criminal punishments and appeals. In doing so, He highlights the frequent causes of wrongful convictions: investigators working from forced confessions to evidence; improperly tight deadlines for solving criminal cases; prejudicial collection of evidence; misinterpretation of scientific evidence; continued use of torture to extract confessions; bowing to public opinion; nominal checks among the police, prosecutors and the courts; the dysfunction of courtroom trials; unlawfully extended custody with tunnel vision; and reduced sentencing in cases of doubt. The author also provides updated information about recent changes and reforms as well as the many continuing challenges of the criminal justice system in China.
530			_aIssued also in print.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)
650		0	_aCriminal justice, Administration of _zChina.
650		0	_aJudicial error _zChina.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Asia / China. _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780824856656
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824856656
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