Court upholds sentences to Xinjiang riot convicts
By IANSFriday, October 30, 2009
URUMQI - The Higher People’s Court of Xinjiang upheld Friday sentences for 21 people convicted of murder and other crimes in the deadly July 5 riot here, a Xinhua report said.
It also upheld the death penalty for nine of these convicts.
The death sentences will take effect after the approval by the Supreme People’s Court, the higher people’s court said.
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