The head of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) vowed to continue to boost judicial openness and subject courts to the supervision of media and the public on Feb 9.
Mo Huanjing, a nanny accused of setting a fire that caused the deaths of her female employer and the employer's three children, has received a death sentence from Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court, Zhejiang province.
Duty counsel can provide legal support for undefended criminal cases, Deputy Minister of Justice Xiong Xuanguo said at a press conference of the State Council Information Office on Feb 8.
Micro blog operators have been ordered to take responsibility for information security on their platforms and were urged to build and improve work systems, under a a new regulation.
Government departments should send representatives to attend case hearings when the authorities are taken to court, according to a judicial interpretation released on Feb 7 by China's top court.
China has established the smart court system based on advanced technologies to help modernize trials and improve judicial capacity, according to a blue paper on courts' information application released on Feb 7.
China's top security chief Guo Shengkun met with Lucien Wong, attorney-general of Singapore, on Feb 6 in Beijing to deepen cooperation in security and law enforcement.
Over 610,000 legal case hearings have been broadcasted through an official website over the past two years, which is regarded as a key move by China's top court to improve transparency and better receive public supervision.
