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China court sentences 2 to death over tainted milk scandal

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced two people to death and several to life imprisonment for their involvement in the melamine-tainted milk scandal that sickened almost 300,000 children and killed at least six. Chairwoman of the now-bankrupt Sanlu Group Tian Wenhua pleaded guilty in December and received a life sentence Thursday. The Shijiazhuang court ordered the death penalty for Zhang Yujun for producing the supposed protein additive that contained melamine. Geng Jinping, a Sanlu employee, was also ordered to receive the death penalty for his involvement in the scandal. Despite the sentences, the victims of the scandal are not appeased. Some victims feel that sentences should be more severe and that the scandal is larger than just the dairy companies. In December, a court ordered at-fault dairy companies to pay $160 million in compensation to the victims' families although some have been advised to wait for a larger settlement. On Friday, lawyers for the families of 213 Chinese children sickened or killed by the contaminated milk petitioned the Supreme People's Court, China's highest court, to hear a class action lawsuit against 22 dairy companies involved in the contamination, seeking more than $5 million in damages.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on January 22, 2009 (boomark / email).