Experts laud apology to 19 wrongfully sentenced

A court's apology to 19 people sentenced for fraud but later found to be innocent has won widespread approval among judicial specialists.

The Anhui provincial High People's Court posted the announcement in Bozhou Evening News on Monday, saying that it apologized sincerely to 19 litigants involved in a case of allegedly fraudulent fundraising in 2012.

The 19 were sentenced, in accordance with a verdict reached by the court in July 2012, to a range of prison terms for illegally raising funds from the public.