Plea Leniency System

Overview Commentary:

• Open to negotiation? A review of China’s Abridged Criminal Procedures (12/13/2016)
• Plea Leniency Pilot Overview [local rules] (4/25/2018)
• Midterm Report on Plea Leniency Pilots (1/6/2018)
• [On Expedited Procedures] A bargain at twice the speed： A long overdue overview of plea bargaining pilots in China pt 1 (12/21/2015)

【Translation Note：Throughout these translations we interchangeably use either the literal ‘admit guilt and accept punishment’ or ‘plea’ for the Chinese 认罪认罚从宽 is translated as leniency, so that the 认罪认罚从宽制度 is the ‘plea leniency system’ etc. This is solely to avoid excessively awkward language, as translations are awkward enough.]

National Provisions

• NPCSC Decision Authorizing the SPC and SPP to Carry Out Pilot Projects on the System of Leniency for Those who Admit Guilt and Accept Punishment
• Notice of the Supreme People's Court, Supreme People's Procuratorate, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of State Security, and Ministry of Justice on the release of "Measures for Pilot Project Work in Some Cities on the System of Leniency for Those Who Admit Guilt and Accept Punishment in Criminal Cases."
• Guiding Opinions on the Use of the Plea Leniency System
• People's Procuratorate Measures on the Oversight and Management of the Handling of Plea Leniency Cases

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Plea Leniency Pilot Region Implementation Measures