Legal experts in China are pushing to reform a long-standing practice that can cause law-abiding citizens to lose their shot at joining the civil service or getting into certain university programs or the military if they happen to be related to a convicted criminal.
The reform push has the potential to curtail the practice, known as collective punishment, which has been criticized for violating basic legal norms and putting a vast share of China's population at risk of being punished for the actions of another.
