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URGENT: Special amnesty will be given to some prisoners

Xinhua, August 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

Special amnesty will be given to some prisoners, according to a draft decision submitted to China's top legislature to deliberate on Monday.

In order to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the World War II, four categories of prisoners who will not pose threat to society will be given special amnesty, Li Shishi, director of the National People's Congress Standing Committee's legislative affairs commission, told a bimonthly legislative session that started on Monday.