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Morning Clicks | Gravity of new Gu Kailai criminal accusations clarified
Suspension of death penalty unlikely to be revoked, says law scholar.
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Accusations made through Xinhua this past Friday which link Gu Kailai to several alleged crimes involving her husband, Bo Xilai, led prominent Chinese legal scholar He Weifang to speculate that punishment in a new conviction for economic crimes could raise Gu's current suspended death sentence for murder to an order for execution.
Joshua Rosenzweig, another scholar of Chinese law, shared his view over the weekend of how serious Gu's situation could become if she is convicted for these new alleged crimes:
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