Saturday, February 26, 2011

CHINA - organ traffickers could face the death penalty

The official daily said that the criminals prosecuted for trafficking in organs could in future be sentenced to death. A text to that effect, presented in Parliament on February 23, is under consideration until 25 February. Organ trafficking is so far prosecuted only as a commercial activity illegal.

Persons convicted of trafficking could now be imposed sentences ranging from ten years' imprisonment to death because their crime is treated as a homicide.

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