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Legal Representation In The Chinese Criminal Court, Yudu Li, Hong Lu
Legal Representation In The Chinese Criminal Court, Yudu Li, Hong Lu
Graduate Research Symposium (GCUA) (2010 - 2017)
Abstract: Legal representation plays an important role in criminal sentencing decisions. China has recently stipulated a mandatory legal representation clause for all offenders facing capital charges in its Criminal Procedural Law (1996). This study uses data generated from criminal court case documents involving three serious violent crimes: murder, intentional assault, and robbery. All these crimes carry a maximum of sentence of death. The study examines whether and under what conditions legal representation has an effect on criminal sentencing decisions in China. While the overall multi-regression model did not find that having a legal representation significantly reduces the criminal sentence, a …