Death penalty for Canadian based on sufficient evidence, experts say

The death sentence given to Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, who was convicted of drug smuggling in China, was based on sufficient evidence and strict criminal law procedures, the court and judicial experts said on Tuesday.

Schellenberg received the death sentence on Monday for trafficking more than 222 kilograms of methamphetamine in 2014 in a retrial at the Dalian Intermediate People's Court, in Liaoning province.

In his initial trial, by the same court on Nov 20, Schellenberg was convicted and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. He appealed and the case went to the Liaoning High People's Court, which sent it back to the Dalian court for retrial.