Repentant convicts get sentence reductions

Xinjiang's High People's Court plans to continue to reduce the sentences of those convicted of terror-related crimes and of jeopardizing national security where such reductions are in line with the law and those convicted demonstrate repentance and a determination to change, the president of the court said.

Mutalif Wubili, who is also a National People's Congress deputy, commented from the sidelines of the annual session of the NPC.

His remarks followed the decision in February by the court in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to reduce the sentences of 11 offenders who had been convicted of jeopardizing national security and terrorist-related crimes.