Miscarriages of Justice in Chinese Capital Cases

In recent years, the media exposure and judicial exoneration of wrongfully convicted defendants in a number of high-profile capital cases in China have attracted the attention of reformers, the general public, and policy makers—both domestic and international. Yet, until now, there has been merely a...

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1. VerfasserIn: Miao, Michelle (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Xiong, Moulin
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2018
In:Jahr: 2018
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