The jail terms of hundreds of prisoners in Sichuan province have been reduced because of the courage they showed in saving life and property after the May 12 earthquake. Eight of the prisoners, serving sentences in Guangyuan, Sichuan's northernmost city, were released on probation on Tuesday, the provincial prison administrative bureau said. Altogether, 436 prisoners' terms have been cut, 605 have received merit points and 1,189 have been praised for protecting State property and/or for rescuing survivors. Prison officials across the province have applied to courts, seeking permission to either release such prisoners on probation or reduce their sentences. The bureau announced recently that it would reward prisoners for their good work in quake rescue efforts. It said it could release on probation prisoners who had short...
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