Beijing Chaoyang District Procuratorate Pilots Rules for the Exclusionary Rule

• Author: Liu Jiangzhao

The Chaoyang District Procuratorate, along with the China University of Political Science and Law, recently started a "Pilot Project for the Exclusionary Rule." During the period of examination before prosecution, it can, according to a process specified by the project, exclude evidence that it believes was illegally seized such as torture.

Chinese law stipulates that illegally seized evidence cannot be used against the criminal suspect when judging cases; yet it lacks a set of rules for exclude those evidence. Chen Guangzhong, a tenured professor at the China University...