A 14-year-old boy in China has been sentenced to life for the rape and murder of his female classmate. The student surnamed Jiang, hailing from Majie town, Luoping county in Qujing confined his 15-year-old classmate for a night in July last year, and resorted to violence in an attempt to rape. Fearing that his crime would be exposed afterwards, he strangled her to death. The court held that given heinous crime and severe consequences inflicted, the offender shall be severely punished in accordance with the law. As Jiang was under the age of 18 when committing the crimes, the death penalty is not applicable to him, the court said.

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