Stay of Execution Granted to Beijing Xicheng Court Head Judge Who Accepted Eight Million RMB in Bribes

• Author: Deng Yihui

On October 30, the First Beijing Intermediate Court ordered a reprieve of the death penalty for the former president of the Xicheng Court, Guo Shenggui, convicted of bribery and graft. The court ruled that Guo had illegally acquired 8 million RMB between February 1999 and May 2007.

One of the main ways that Guo acquired money was by introducing cases to lawyers and sharing their fees. Legal circles call this phenomenon judges and lawyers "hooking up.”...