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The claim by the CCP that Bo Xilai's trial is an example of judicial openness or rule of law is laugable. Everyone inside & outside China knows that the conviction is a foregone conclusion, the court has already made its decision (under orders from the Party), and is probably already drafting the decision. Only the sentence remains a mystery. Nearly all criminal trials in China result in convictions and very few are acquitted. Few defendants even get a trial as most are tortured by police into confessing. There can be no genuine rule of law as long as the judiciary are not independent and subservient to the Party.
Aug 23, 2013 09:47 AM
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