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Death sentence for man who murdered 8 people

A MAN convicted of killing eight people in 15 hours in central China was sentenced to death yesterday. The Suizhou Intermediate People's Court in Hubei Province found Xiong Zhenlin guilty of a capital crime and... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Mon, Feb 09 2009

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