Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm - Shenzhen Criminal Defense & Civil Litigation

Mainland China is the most stringent region in the world regarding drug-related crimes, without exception. This stringency is not only reflected in the application of the death penalty for drug crimes, the extremely low standards for applying the death penalty, the frequent use of the death penalty in practice, and the specific provision for indefinite heavier punishment for repeat offenders (Article 356 of the Criminal Law), but more importantly, through a series of judicial interpretations and practical operations, extensive use has been made of expansive interpretation and presumption of guilt (or aggravated guilt), which to some extent negates the principles of "consistency of subjective and objective elements," "possibility of awareness of illegality," and "sufficient and reliable evidence."