• Juvenile offenders sent home to get help

    2015-09-01

    Juveniles from Jiangsu province who commit crimes in Shanghai can be brought to their hometown for redemption and supervision thanks to the country's first intra-provincial cooperation in juvenile prosecutions.

  • Pollution lawsuit rejected by court

    2015-08-24

    An environmental group on Sunday vowed to appeal to a higher court after its lawsuit against eight chemical plants over pollution in the Tengger Desert was rejected.

  • Bomb hoax gets Chinese man 1 year in prison

    2015-08-07

    A man in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang was sentenced on Friday to one year in prison for a bomb hoax in a hospital after a dispute with doctor.

  • Father appeals death sentence

    2015-08-04

    The father of a former medical student convicted of fatally poisoning his Fudan University roommate has made a personal appeal to the nation's highest court urging it to reject the death penalty imposed in the case.

  • Letters 'could affect' death penalty review

    2015-07-23

    Two letters written by Lin Senhao, a former medical student who was convicted of killing his roommate Huang Yang with poison, might influence public opinion in his favor, said experts.

  • Chinese man acquitted of murder after 11 years in prison

    2015-07-21

    A Chinese court on Tuesday acquitted a man who spent more than 11 years behind bars for the murder of a graduate school classmate.