Chen's sentence cut to 20 years

陳水扁夫婦二審獲減刑

Taiwan's high court Friday sentenced the island's former leader, Chen Shui-bian, to 20 years in jail for corruption, reducing the previous sentence of life imprisonment, Xinhua reported. His wife Wu Shu-chen's life conviction for graft was also reduced to 20 years by the high court. Chen and his wife were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Taipei District Court in September last year for corruption, money laundering, bribery and other abuses when he was in power from 2000 to 2008.

據新華社報道，臺灣高等法院11日就陳水扁家族貪腐案作出二審宣判，陳水扁的刑期由一審的無期徒刑改判為20年有期徒刑，其妻吳淑珍也被減刑至20年。2009年9月，臺北地方法院認定陳水扁在2000年至2008年擔任領導人期間犯下貪污、洗錢、受賄等罪名，一審判處陳水扁及吳淑珍無期徒刑。

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