Supreme Court: drug-related crime has spread inland from the coastal border drug | | _ Supreme Court news

Xinhuanet, Beijing, June 25 (reporters Shi Yucen and and Bai Yang)-on the occasion of the 27th International Day against drug abuse, 25th, since the Supreme People's Court informed the 2013 anti-drug and drug-related criminal cases. Analyses the latest trends in drug-related crimes, Supreme People's Court said, in terms of geographical distribution, drug-related crime has gone from the border, coastal areas is gradually spreading to the neighboring, landlocked regions multi-channel, Omni-directional.

According to the Vice-President of the Supreme People's Court to sentence five Tribunal then go Mayan introduced, high incidence of drug-related crimes at the border in the past, Southwest, coastal zones, geographical features is quite obvious. In 2013, the disposition of national drug-related crimes, the number of ranks in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Chongqing. In particular, Guangdong, number of drug-related crimes, from 2007 to 2013 is still living in the country first. Yunnan, Guangxi, Chongqing, now the high incidence of drug-related crime, in Northeast China's Liaoning province, under the influence of various factors, number of cases of drug-related crime is growing very fast.

The Supreme People's Court said that, taking into account the actual situation of current drug-related crime a bigger difference, applicable standards the number of death penalty for drug crimes, has always adhered to take a combination of principle and flexibility practices. For different areas of drug characteristics, drug-related crime, relatively balanced in different situation, take appropriate death criterion, rather than nationwide "one size fits all". Also, by way of judicial review of death sentence cases, released typical cases, guide them step by step to form a certain range, relative harmonized standards the number of drug-related crimes the death penalty in order to maximize the sentencing of drug-related crimes.

According to statistics, in 2014 from 1 to May, Chinese courts 43,180 new drug-related crime cases, an increase of 30.19%; handled 37,186, rose 31.15%; criminals legally effective judgment 39762, rose 27.38%, sentenced to 5 years in prison or life imprisonment to death penalty 9168, rose 23.21%.

Supreme People's Court, along with 5 typical cases, of which 4 cases of drug-related crime, 1 Department of voluntary manslaughter of drug-induced crime. These 5 cases, human trafficking, drug offender Xiong Dong-ping, xiaowenzhong trafficking, transporting and manufacturing drugs criminals, drug trafficking criminals Yang Yongshu, Gong Xingfu intentional homicide offenders have been executed according to law.

(Edit: SN022)
18:22 on June 25, 2014 Xinhua NET