China sentences 34 in Chongqing mob trial; two get death

A Chinese court Wednesday sentenced 34 gang members for violent crime, including murder, amid a large-scale crackdown on organized crime in the southwestern mega-city of Chongqing. The Chongqing Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced two to death. Six others received death with a two-year reprieve. Some 26 others received jail terms ranging from 10 months to life imprisonment ...