The penalties were given under the “lifetime accountability mechanism” introduced in 2013.

In Communist China, prosecutors get punished for being evil assholes.

In democratic United States, they make VP :wholesome:

  • Shoegazer [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    What the fuck

    I can't even imagine the US doing even 1% of this

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      I'm always curious what triggers these reform efforts. It sounds like a wave of bad press

      In recent years, several high-profile cases involving wrongful convictions have made headlines in China. In 2020, 53-year-old Zhang Yuhuan was released from prison after he was wrongfully jailed for 27 years for murder, and in 2018, another man, 50-year-old Liu Zhonglin was acquitted after 28 years.

      that may have shifted public sentiment towards prosecutors and alerted ranking officials to impose retribution as a means of reestablishing public faith in the institutions.

      But that would imply (a) the generally free nature of the Chinese press, (b) ranking officials recognizing the risks associated with public backlash, and (c) retribution aimed at local prosecutors being seen as politically advantageous rather than at-risk of provoking a reactionary pro-cop backlash.

      Which paints a wildly different picture of Chinese domestic politics than what I've been raised to believe.

  • XKEYSCORE [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    this is a reminder that prosecutors and judges hold absolute immunity, a substantially higher level than other civil servants