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​The Death Penalty in Việt Nam: Systemic Failures and Wrongful Convictions

By Thúc Kháng5 min read
Graphic: Thương Lê/Luật Khoa Magazine.

A wrongful prison sentence can still be corrected. A wrongful execution cannot.

​While the Ministry of Public Security’s (MPS) draft amendments to the Penal Code—which reduce the number of capital crimes and expand the possibility of commutation to life imprisonment—are a positive step aligning with long-standing United Nations recommendations to Việt Nam, the debate extends beyond international trends. [1]

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