Dai Yuzhong, a member of the inspection committee under the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said in the new draft amendment that the modifications of evidence, defense, enforcement measures, investigation, as well as trial systems, all, to some extent, embody the protection of human rights.
Dai acknowledged that sometimes the police use torture to force suspects to make confessions.
The draft amendment has made clear that confessions extorted through illegal means, such as torture, should be excluded from evidence during trial.
Zhao Zuohai, a farmer from Central China's Henan province, was released after serving 10 years in prison in 2010 when the "victim" he was found guilty of murdering was found to be alive.
Zhao told the media he confessed due to torture during interrogation. He later received about 650,000 yuan ($102,960) in compensation, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The latest draft amendment requires police and judicial authorities to improve law enforcement and protect the legal and other legitimate rights of involved parties, Dai said.
The amendment also clarifies detailed procedures for the review of death penalties. All death sentences must get final approval from the top court before being carried out.
"The draft stipulates that if the top court rejects the death penalty, the case will be sent back to the local high court for retrial, which helps protect the suspect's legal rights and also reduces litigation costs," he said.
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