Xinhua News, 2009-04-10
The presiding judge of the Henan Supreme Court's First Criminal Court, Pan Jialing, welcomed the presence of eight “National People's Congress deputies, CPPCC members, cadres and representatives of the masses” for the court's second hearing and review of a death penalty. He explained that as People's Assessors (jurors) they were “well versed in local circumstances and had the right to speak about whether the criminal should be sentenced to death. Their advice . . . will guarantee that death sentences have the optimal legal and social impacts.” Pan also said he believes “assessors” [the same Chinese term is used to translate “jury”] should instead be called “reviewers” to more accurately reflect their dual functions of “supervising judge's words, deeds, demeanor and sentencing work-style, in addition to reflecting public sentiment.”
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