It must also be pointed out that Jin many instances, kidnappers who re wealthy or have political connections find that they can make arrangements for long delays. A case that is often cited is that of two kidnappers who were caught ved-handed by the police in a tele-Phone booth telephoning for the ransom money. There was never any question of the ex the Kiangsu Prov ment returned the cages with a recommendation for commutation of sentence because they regarded the evidence as insufficient. It is under-
83 stood that persons affiliated with certain secret societies can never be sentenced to death with the ap-Proval of all the authorities.
The judges in the Provisional Court are required to prepare full, written decisions of all but sum maury cases, because their judgments. are subject to review. Although this entails a certain delay and keeps prisoners in the gaols, the opinion in the court is that remands have been brought down to a minimum since the beginning of this year, when a reorganization of the criminal section of the court took place. There are now four criminal sessions, which sit regularly. The police often request remands for the procuring of additional evidence and in kidnapping enses to upprehiend the whole of the This naturally produces A prominent official of the Pro~ visional Court told a "North-El Daily News" reporter on Thursday that he did not sce any possibility: of reducing the number of persons in the gaols as long us crime continued in Shanghai. He rather expected that there would be an increase in the numbers sent to and kept in the gaols. He said that yelie€ could only come by increasing the number of gaols, as the judges could not commute sentences because the gaols were filled.
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