Open AccessDebunking the Confusing Standards for Application of LWOPC in China
Author(s) -
Hafiz Abdul Rehman Saleem,
Hamid Mukhtar,
Muhammad Ahsan Iqbal Hashmi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of law and social studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-6270
pISSN - 2709-2283
DOI - 10.52279/jlss.04.01.149160
Subject(s) - punishment (psychology) , imprisonment , ninth , life imprisonment , law , criminology , criminal law , economic justice , criminal justice , penology , prison , political science , sociology , psychology , social psychology , physics , acoustics
Life imprisonment without parole and commutation is a new punishment brought in Ninth Amendment in the 1997 Criminal Law. The sentencing criteria of the given punishment present a confusing matrix that cause dogmatic understanding of the application of the punishment. The article explores the analogies to debunk the puzzle of practical application of life imprisonment with parole and commutation in Chinese criminal justice system and critical address the deficiencies it contains to streamline it for better application and to meet the ends of justice.