According to the provisions of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC):
Article 17 A person who has reached the age of 16 shall bear criminal responsibility for committing a crime.
A person who has reached the age of 14 but under the age of 16 commits the crime of intentional homicide, intentional injury, serious injury or death, rape, robbery, drug trafficking, arson, explosion and poisoning, and shall bear criminal responsibility.
If a person who has reached the age of 14 and is under the age of 18 commits a crime, he shall be given a lighter or mitigated punishment.
If a person is not given criminal punishment because he is under the age of sixteen, his parents or guardians shall be ordered to discipline him; When necessary, it can also be taken in for reeducation by the government.
Article 56 Criminals who endanger national security shall be additionally deprived of political rights; Criminals who intentionally kill, rape, set fire, explode, poison, rob and other criminals who seriously disrupt social order may be additionally deprived of political rights.
Deprivation of political rights shall be applied independently in accordance with the provisions of this law.
Article 232 Whoever intentionally kills shall be sentenced to death, life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years; If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.
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Case:
On the afternoon of July 20 12 10, He Jun and Bai Zhongjie were driving a "black taxi" to find the target of the crime in Guiyang city.
In the evening, a 17-year-old girl Zou got on the bus. After the garage went to a remote place, He and Bai threatened Zou with a simulation gun and a sharp knife respectively. After learning that Zou had no money, they forced Zou to call his rich friend Liao (18 years old). After Liao got on the bus, he and Bai were taken to a remote place.
Since then, He Jun's gang has continuously committed bloody cases such as robbery and murder in Guiyang, Anshun and Bijie in the same way. * * * Nine people were killed and the total value of the robbed property was about 200,000 yuan. A week after the crazy crime, the gang members were arrested one after another under the wanted of the police.
After trial, He Jun, Zeng and others confessed their criminal facts. He Jun and Zeng were sentenced to death according to law, and Bai Zhongjie was sentenced to life imprisonment and deprived of political rights for life because he was under the age of 18 at the time of committing the crime.
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