US EditionVietnam Abolishes Death Penalty for Eight Offenses Starting July
VIETNAM, JUN 26 – Vietnam's National Assembly unanimously approved abolishing the death penalty for eight crimes, affecting over 1,200 death row inmates, including a tycoon convicted of $27 billion fraud.
- On Wednesday, Vietnam eliminated capital punishment for eight offenses, such as espionage, corruption, and efforts to topple the government.
- The move followed concerns that the existing capital punishment structure was problematic and misaligned with socio-economic changes and crime prevention realities.
- Under Vietnamese law, individuals sentenced to death for these offenses prior to July 1 will have their death penalties changed to life terms by the chief justice of the Supreme People’s Court.
- Truong My Lan, a 68-year-old property tycoon convicted last year for fraud involving $27 billion, will no longer face execution and may receive further sentence reductions if she compensates three quarters of the losses, her lawyer said.
- The abolition aims to promote international cooperation and reflects the government's effort to halve the number of capital offenses from 18 to 10 starting in July.
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Vietnam has abolished the death penalty for eight crimes, including attempting to overthrow the government, damaging state infrastructure, producing and selling fake medicines, espionage, drug trafficking, embezzlement and accepting bribes, under legal reforms approved by Vietnamese lawmakers today, state media reported.
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