Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Gu Kailai, wife of powerful China politician Bo Xilai avoids execution, hardly anyone surprised...

Gu Kailai, the wife of a man who had been one of the Chinese Communist Party's rising stars, stood in court Monday and declared her suspended death sentence for the murder of a British businessman, "fair," suggesting that it "reflects the court's special respect toward the law, reality and life."

Her remarks were almost certainly scripted by court authorities - or at least pre-approved by some government official - and her gratitude at seeing her life spared by the court may have been very real. But it came as little surprise.

Contrary to her remarks, many Chinese see her sentence as a blatant example of power continuing to trump justice in the country.

"I could have told you before the trial there would be no death penalty," Zhang Ming, a political science professor at Beijing's Renmin University tells CBS News. "It is not custom for the rich and powerful in China to get the death penalty. The family's connections go way back, generations." Full story...

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