On September 9th, 20021year, Nanchang Intermediate People's Court pronounced the case in the first instance, sentenced Rong Zhi Sr. to death, deprived of his political rights for life, and confiscated all his personal property. According to reports, Rong Zhi Sr was born in 1974, and was originally a primary school teacher in the children's school of Jiujiang Petrochemical Company in Jiangxi. 1999165438+1October 18, an old boyfriend, Fa Ying, was sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Hefei City, Anhui Province for kidnapping, robbery and intentional homicide, and was publicly executed on February 28th of that year. 2019165438+1On October 28th, Rong Zhi, an old fugitive for nearly 20 years, was arrested in Xiamen, Fujian. The first-instance judgment of Nanchang Intermediate People's Court found that during the period from 1996 to 1999, the defendants Lao and Fa Ying (who had been sentenced in another case) colluded with each other and cooperated with each other. Old Rong Zhi served as an escort in entertainment places, looking for the target of committing crimes, and Fa Ying carried out violence in Nanchang, Jiangxi, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Changzhou, Jiangsu and Hefei, Anhui. After the incident, old Rong Zhi absconded under the pseudonym of "Shirley" and was arrested and brought to justice by the public security organs on 2019165438+128. Nanchang Intermediate People's Court found the defendant guilty of intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping in the first instance, and decided to execute the death penalty, deprive him of his political rights for life and confiscate all his personal property. Old Rong Zhi refused to accept the criminal part of the first-instance judgment and appealed. From August 18 to August 20, 2022, Jiangxi Provincial High Court publicly heard the case of Rong Zhi's intentional homicide, robbery and kidnapping.
During the trial of the second instance, the appellant Rong Zhi Sr., the defender and the prosecutor expressed their opinions in court on whether Rong Zhi Sr. constituted the crime of intentional homicide, his position and role in the joint crime, whether the sentencing in the first instance was too heavy, and whether the procedure in the first instance was illegal. Old Rong Zhi made a final speech. She apologized to the injured party, but thought that she was "not guilty to death."
According to Weibo, the official news of Jiangxi Higher People's Court, the Jiangxi Higher People's Court held that the appellants Lao Rong Zhi and Fa Ying deliberately and illegally deprived others of their lives, which constituted the crime of intentional homicide; Whoever robs another person's property by violence or threat for the purpose of illegal possession constitutes robbery; Kidnapping others for the purpose of extorting property constitutes the crime of kidnapping. Old Rong Zhi's combined punishment for several crimes should be punished according to law. Old Rong Zhi and France and Britain deliberately killed five people; Robbery caused one death, and it was burglary, and the amount of robbery was huge; Kidnapping causes one person to die, the circumstances of the crime are particularly bad, the means are particularly cruel, the consequences and crimes are extremely serious, the subjective malignancy is deep, and the social harm is great, so it should be severely punished according to law. Lao and his defense lawyer mentioned that Lao does not constitute the crime of intentional homicide, but is an accessory and coerced accessory, which is inconsistent with the facts ascertained in the second instance and has no basis in the law and will not be adopted according to law. The facts ascertained in the judgment of first instance are clear, the evidence is true and sufficient, the conviction is accurate and the sentence is appropriate. The trial procedure is legal. The ruling dismissed the appeal and upheld the original judgment. The ruling on the death penalty of old Rong Zhi was submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval according to law.
In the trial of the second instance, the court guaranteed the litigation rights of the appellant Rong Zhi Sr and his defense lawyer according to law. Defense lawyers attended the verdict in court, and some relatives, some NPC deputies, CPPCC members, some media reporters and people from all walks of life attended the verdict online or offline.
legal ground
Article 48 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
The applicable objects and approval procedures of death penalty and death sentence with a reprieve are only applicable to criminals who have committed extremely serious crimes. For criminals who should be sentenced to death, if they do not have to be executed immediately, they can be sentenced to death with a two-year suspension. The death penalty shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval, except for those sentenced by the Supreme People's Court according to law. If the death penalty is suspended, it may be decided or approved by a higher people's court.