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China high court ex-vice president sentenced to life on corruption conviction

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] Former vice president of China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) Huang Songyou was convicted on bribery and embezzlement charges on Tuesday and sentenced to life imprisonment. Huang is the highest-ranking judge to be charged with corruption since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Between 2005 and 2008, Huang allegedly embezzled 3.9 million yuan (about $574,000 USD) while serving as vice president of the SPC, and he allegedly embezzled 1.2 million yuan (about $175,000 USD) while serving as president of the Intermediate People's Court of Zhanjiang in 1997. In August, the Communist Party of China (CPC) revoked Huang's membership, following the corruption investigation. Huang was removed from his position as vice president of the SPC in October 2008 by a vote of the legislators. In March, the SPC pledged to take steps to eliminate judicial corruption with improved ethics education.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on January 19, 2010 (boomark / email).