China’s Top Court Suspends Death Sentence for ‘Rich Sister’ Wu
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China’s Supreme Court suspended the death sentence for Wu Ying, a woman whose conviction for defrauding investors of $55.7 million highlighted the country’s shadow-banking system and sparked a debate on the use of capital punishment for nonviolent criminals.
The Supreme Court referred her case yesterday back to the court that imposed the sentence and recommended she get the death penalty “with reprieve” because she confessed her crimes, according to a statement on the high court’s website. That means that she can avoid execution with good behavior.