Criminal may face immediate death for being “incorrigible”

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A young man who stabbed his wife to death in east China back in 2013 is now facing expedited execution for committing multiple misdemeanors while in prison.

The high-profile case in Nanjing city gained enormous attention online after Ji Xingpeng, considered a “second-generation rich” (born with a silver spoon), killed his 22-year-old wife under the influence of alcohol for believing she had an affair. Their baby was only a hundred days old when the tragedy took place.

Report on the case on Yangzi Evening News./ Photo from the Paper

Ji was sentenced to death with two years reprieve for intentional homicide in April 2014. If he were to commit any crimes during the period, the Supreme People’s Court would call for immediate execution.

According to Shanghai-based The Paper, Ji assaulted fellow inmates multiple times from April 2015 to May 2016.

Afterward, experts evaluated Ji’s mental health, concluding that he was fully responsible for his actions with no mental afflictions.

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Ji was subsequently sued for disrupting the order, and prosecuted again for pouring hot water on an inmate’s face and resorting to violence in July this year.

The Nanjing Intermediate People's Court sentenced Ji to three years in prison and believed the man to be “incorrigible” last month.

The decision has not yet entered into force as Ji has appealed the case.

The case made front-page headlines on Yangzi Evening News. / Photo from the Paper

If convicted, Ji’s case will be reported to the Supreme People's Court, with the death sentence suspension expected to be repealed, and the execution to be carried out immediately.

Earlier this year, the Supreme People's Court said that capital punishment had been strictly controlled and prudently applied since 2007, when the court reserved the right to review all death penalty decisions handed out by lower courts.