Hands Off Cain
NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·DECEMBER 3, 2003
China

Four gang leaders, Yao Zhihong, He Jianbiao, Li Zhibing...

Four gang leaders, Yao Zhihong, He Jianbiao, Li Zhibing and Zhou Limin, were given death sentences by the Shaoyang City Intermediate People's Court in Hunan province

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Four gang leaders, Yao Zhihong, He Jianbiao, Li Zhibing and Zhou Limin, were given death sentences by the Shaoyang City Intermediate People's Court in Hunan province.
The gang was accused of a range of crimes including robbery, organizing prostitution, gun-running, injuring people and fraud.
In all sixty members of the gang were put on trial in what was the longest trial in the City's history, lasting from October 2 to November 3.
Besides the death sentences, three of the gang members were sentenced to life in prison, 17 to prison terms of 10 years or more, and 33 others to less than 10 years' jail.
Three others were released on parole.
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  • (Sources: Agence France Presse, 03/12/2003)