Chinese Embassy response to legal enquiry on mental illness.

China fails to follow their own laws?

I set out to find what the law was in China with regard to diminished responsibility and mental illness. There is provision, but it seems not to have been followed. So much for the judical process.

Does China have legal provision for factoring in mental illness into judgements? Yes: it does.
Did China use it in the case of Akmal Shaikh? Who knows. This is the detail of as far as I got with it. The documents referenced can be found here:

http://www.china.org.cn/english/government/207319.htm

http://www.lehmanlaw.com/resource-centre/laws-and-regul....html

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/29/content_12...5.htm

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