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Heilongjiang

2 prison escapees get death penalty

Two inmates who killed a guard during a jailbreak in Yanshou county in September last year received death sentences from the Intermediate People's Court in Harbin on Friday. Gao Yulun, 50, was sentenced to death for intentional homicide and breaking out of jail using violence, while Wang Damin, 35, was sentenced to death for breaking out of jail using violence, larceny, causing intentional injury and intentional destruction of property. A third man, Li Haiwei, 29, was sentenced to life in prison for intentional homicide and breaking out of jail using violence.