China's ousted politician Bo Xilai gets life in jail

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Source: Reuters

A Chinese court sentenced ousted senior politician Bo Xilai to life in prison on Sunday after finding him guilty of all the charges he faced of corruption, taking bribes and abuse of power.

The court in Jinan in eastern China, where Bo was tried, also ordered that all his personal assets be seized, according to a transcript carried on the court's official microblog.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/22/us-china-politics-bo-idUSBRE98K0BP20130922

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Also, per the South China Morning Post, he's banned from politics for life.

[hibbing]

1. Can we we send the idiot son there for some justice?

[jsr]

3. Heck, why not

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4. hehehehe, that is funny!

[BainsBane]

2. I thought for sure he'd get the death penalty

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6. Yeah, that surprised me too

Maybe he called in a favor.

[David__77]

7. There's an unwritten rule that no one gets death penality for political disputes.

And that's what this is. It has little to do with alleged corruption or that British guy.

[BainsBane]

8. Yeah, I was thinking that they didn't give it to him because

the party leaders don't want to end up with the DP if they get into trouble.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

5. His wife murdered a foreigner in Chongqing. . .this is stain on the CCP's power

Netizens here think it was a power grab.