1993 Two boys, Zhang He, disappeared in Zhangjia Village, Jinxian County, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province.
101On October 24th, their bodies were found in a nearby reservoir. The police confirmed that both of them were thrown into the reservoir after death, and the case was homicide.
Subsequently, Zhang Yuhuan, a villager in the same village, was locked as a suspect by the local police. Three days later, Zhang Yuhuan was taken into custody for examination on suspicion of intentional homicide.
12 On February 29th, Zhang Yuhuan was formally arrested by the public security organs and charged with intentional homicide.
Zhang Yuhuan was convicted of murder and sentenced to death with a two-year suspension.
It is worth mentioning that in this trial, Zhang Yuhuan didn't even have a defense lawyer, which was a major procedural violation.
After the verdict was pronounced in the first instance, Zhang Yuhuan refused to accept it and appealed?
On March 30th, 1995, Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's Court announced the cancellation of the original judgment on the grounds of unclear facts and insufficient evidence, and sent the case back for retrial.
However, the retrial results of 200 1,1.7 are consistent with those of the first trial.
Zhang Yuhuan still refuses to accept the verdict and files a retrial again. 200111On October 28th, the appeal was rejected by Jiangxi High Court.
On August 20 17, Zhang Yuhuan submitted a criminal application to Jiangxi High Court again, requesting a retrial.
On March 25th, 20 19, Jiangxi Higher People's Court passed the request for retrial, and it will be retried on July 9th, 2020. On August 4th, the verdict was that Zhang Yuhuan was acquitted.
During the trial, Zhang Yuhuan insisted that he had been wronged. His previous confession was because the police tortured him and showed the scars on his hands and legs in class.
His brother Zhang Minqiang said that over the years, his brother has written thousands of letters to his family in prison, repeatedly stressing that he did not kill anyone.
After the file investigation, Zhang Yuhuan's defense lawyer said that there were many doubts and contradictions in his two confessions. The two confessions are only one day apart, but they are almost two completely different accidents, and the authenticity is in doubt.
In addition, this case accused Zhang Yuhuan of murder, basically relying entirely on Zhang Yuhuan's confession, while Zhang Yuhuan's confession contains guilty confession and innocent confession, and there are only two guilty confessions, but they are contradictory and cannot form a closed loop of evidence.
It was illegal to take detention review measures against Zhang Yuhuan in those years. Zhang Yuhuan, the final judge of Jiangxi High Court, did not have a defense lawyer, which was a major procedural violation.
So! Zhang Yuhuan was acquitted of murder and was finally acquitted.
After 26 years in prison, this time, Zhang Yuhuan was finally proved innocent. The family took him home that day and reunited with his 80-year-old mother.
At present, Zhang Yuhuan's lawyer said that he would propose 7 million yuan of state compensation.
However, for the Zhang Yuhuan family, I think this is not enough. A person has been accused of murder for 26 years for no reason, and13 has spent his whole life in prison. Even if you give him 70 million yuan, it won't make up for his lost youth.
This family, in these 26 years, has suffered countless cold eyes and accusations, and endured countless rumors. The spiritual loss of a family cannot be compensated by money.
Families that have lost their pillars are unable to move amid accusations and abuse. How did they spend these years?
The old mother is 80 years old, 80 years old, and finally looks forward to her son coming home?
7 million can't buy back what is lost. State-owned national laws, shouldn't local police who extort confessions by torture be responsible for this?
This matter must be investigated clearly. If, as Zhang Yuhuan said, he was extorted by torture, then the relevant personnel of the relevant departments should bear the corresponding criminal responsibility.
Where did the real killer go?
Killing a family for 26 years, can you let him get away with it? Even after 26 years, the real killer may be dead, but is it still necessary to investigate?
Justice for Zhang Yuhuan, justice for two dead boys?