China: Two men wrongly jailed get justice after 13 years

Two men wrongfully imprisoned finally got justice after a court in central China has corrected his mistake 13 years ago.

the night of November 21, 1995, 8 200 yuan in cash (1 170 dollars) were stolen from the post office of a village district Biyang of Henan province (central). Three weeks later, local police arrested Zou Shujun, used the post office, and his friend Yuan Haiqiang, a mechanic in a local garage for agricultural machinery.

After a year of detention and interrogation, the district court still lacked sufficient evidence. Nevertheless, Zou and Yuan were sentenced to six and five and a half years in prison, December 12, 1996. The Intermediate Court of the city of Zhumadian, which depends on the district Biyang, confirmed the verdict.

The real thieves, Zhang and Zhang Hongxi Fujun, were arrested in late 2002, two years after the release of Zou and Yuan. But neither the district court nor the city had proposed to remedy injustice.

For 13 years, Zou and Yuan have pleaded innocent and requested a new trial. In their repeated petitions to the courts and media, they said they had been beaten and forced to confess to the crime they never committed.

The district court Biyang again hearing the case December 30, 2008, and said both men were innocent.

Zou and Yuan should receive full compensation of 360 000 yuan, according to a compensation agreement with the State District Court.

中国:两个人错误地监禁13年后获得正义

两名男子非法拘留,终于在中国中部的一个法庭法官已纠正自己的错误,13年前。

年11月21日,1995年夜晚,现金(1 170美元)8 200万元,被盗的村区河南省泌阳(中央邮政局)。三个星期后,当地警方逮捕鲰书军,使用的邮局,和他的朋友圆海强,在当地一家车库农业机械技工。

经过拘留和审讯期间,区法院仍然缺乏足够的证据。然而,邹和袁分别被判处6个和5个和在监狱中,12月12日,1996年1年半。在驻马店,其中的区泌阳市中级人民法院依赖,确认了判决。

真正的小偷,张和领事张宏喜付军,涉嫌2002年底,两年后,邹和袁释放。但是,无论是地区法院,也不是城市曾提出纠正不公正。

在13年前,邹,袁有自己无罪,并要求重新审判。在法院和媒体的反复申诉,他们说他们遭到了殴打,被迫承认的,他们从来没有犯下的罪行。

地区法院泌再次审理此案12月30日,2008年,并说两人是无辜的。

邹家华,袁应得到360万元的全额赔偿,根据与国家地方法院补偿协议。12.01.09

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