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Members of United States Congress will petition the Chinese government to grant parole to Kennedy School of Government graduate and pro-democracy activist Yang Jianli, who has been jailed in China on espionage charges since April 2002. Yang becomes eligible for parole next month...
...believe a decision to grant Yang Jianli parole would not only show a commitment to justice within your country’s legal system, but it would also help strengthen the bilateral ties between our two countries,” the unreleased letter states...
...Yang was sentenced to five years in prison, including time already served, for spying for Taiwan and illegally crossing into China. Yang refused to appeal his sentence, citing illegal misconduct by China’s judicial system...
Parole becomes a possibility for Yang after he serves half of his prison term, according to the rules of his sentence...
...said that Jerome A. Cohen, a law professor at New York University who is currently teaching in China, will be filing a formal parole petition on behalf of the family. Yang becomes eligible for parole...