Chinese court upholds death verdicts over gangsters

A Chinese court Monday upheld death sentences against eight people convicted in a sweeping crackdown on organized crime in China's southwestern city of Chongqing. The Higher People's Court of Chongqing Municipality affirmed the first-instance death sentences handed down on Feb. 10 to Fan Qihang, leader of a 34-member gang, and principal gang member Wu Chuanjiang for the murder of a man in ...