Report: China court sentences 1 to death, 24 to prison in kidnapping cases
By APFriday, February 5, 2010
Report: China sentences kidnapper to death
BEIJING — Chinese state media say one person has been sentenced to death and 24 sentenced to prison in nine kidnapping cases.
The state-run Xinhua News Agency says two courts in the capital of the southern province of Guangdong handed down the sentences Thursday.
Xinhua at first reported that all 25 people were sentenced to death, but corrected that report on Friday to say just one faces the death penalty.
China executes more people than any other country.
In one of the kidnapping for ransom cases, Xinhua says the victim died from violent treatment.
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