Li Tiantian, Lawyer: "It goes against the basic purpose of criminal law, which is that the death penalty cannot be used for non-atrocious crimes. Now the general public has found a problem with it... [because] very few officials face execution even though their corruption involves more than tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of Chinese yuan."
The case has sparked a flood of reactions from Chinese from all walks of life.
Scholars from various top universities and well-known lawyers have sent letters to the Supreme Court asking to spare Wu Ying's life.
The microblog "Public Opinions Summary of Wu Ying's Case" is getting frequent updated comments .... NTDTV
