SipahSalar
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I can't imagine the pain for his parents. Such a young life taken at such an early age. His dreams, his ambitions and his memories...all gone. I read somewhere that its ok to acquit 1000 guilty people but its not ok to put in jail 1 innocent person, thats the definition of a good justice system.
BERNAMA - Mongolian Executed For Rape, Murder Found Not Guilty - After 18 Years
By Niam Seet Wei
BEIJING, Dec 15 (Bernama) -- Eighteen years after a man was sentenced to death and executed for the rape and murder of a woman at a public toilet in 1996, a Chinese court today declared him not guilty.
The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Higher People's Court overturned the wrong conviction and its deputy chief judge, Zhao Jianping bowed low and apologised to the man's parents.
Xinhua news agency reported that Huugjilt, who was 18 then, was found guilty of committing the crimes in Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia on April 9, 1996.
He was sentenced to death and executed in June in the same year.
The court gave 30,000 yuan (US$4,500) in compensation to the deceased's parents at their home in Hohhot on Monday morning. The court also pledged further compensastion.
Xinhua quoted the lawyer representing Huugjilt as saying a process would be initiated to ask for state compensation since his client was exonerated.
On Nov 20, the court ordered Huugjilt's retrial in absentia after another alleged serial rapist and killer, Zhao Zhihong was arrested in 2005 and confessed to the murder.
BERNAMA - Mongolian Executed For Rape, Murder Found Not Guilty - After 18 Years
By Niam Seet Wei
BEIJING, Dec 15 (Bernama) -- Eighteen years after a man was sentenced to death and executed for the rape and murder of a woman at a public toilet in 1996, a Chinese court today declared him not guilty.
The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Higher People's Court overturned the wrong conviction and its deputy chief judge, Zhao Jianping bowed low and apologised to the man's parents.
Xinhua news agency reported that Huugjilt, who was 18 then, was found guilty of committing the crimes in Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia on April 9, 1996.
He was sentenced to death and executed in June in the same year.
The court gave 30,000 yuan (US$4,500) in compensation to the deceased's parents at their home in Hohhot on Monday morning. The court also pledged further compensastion.
Xinhua quoted the lawyer representing Huugjilt as saying a process would be initiated to ask for state compensation since his client was exonerated.
On Nov 20, the court ordered Huugjilt's retrial in absentia after another alleged serial rapist and killer, Zhao Zhihong was arrested in 2005 and confessed to the murder.