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The Legal Aid Law passed by China’s legislature in August 2021 requires justice departments at the county-level or higher to establish legal aid agencies. Photo: VCG

The Legal Aid Law passed by China’s legislature in August 2021 requires justice departments at the county-level or higher to establish legal aid agencies. Photo: VCG

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In Depth: Giving China’s death row inmates a second chance

Death row convict Wang Xiangxiang was given a second chance to plead his innocence at the highest court in China after finding a lawyer who would defend him pro bono. The Supreme People’s Court disapproved his sentence after reviewing the case and sent it back to the provincial high court for a retrial due to “unclear facts and insufficient evidence.”

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