During the retrial of this case, Guangxi Higher People's Court formed a collegial panel according to law, appointed a defense lawyer for Yang Guangyi according to law, and investigated and verified the new evidence clues submitted by the complainant according to law. 65438+February 65438+March organized prosecutors, defenders and agents ad litem to hold pre-trial meetings. On June 5438+05 of the same month, the trial of this case was held in private according to law. The whole retrial process fully guarantees the litigation rights of all parties.
20 18, 10 On April 4, Yang Guangyi raped the victim Yang, who was only ten years old, by cruel and violent means, causing the victim to die. The Intermediate People's Court of Qinzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region sentenced Yang Guangyi to death for rape and deprived him of his political rights for life. The second instance of Guangxi Higher People's Court commuted the death penalty to probation and restricted the commutation. After the case came into effect, the Supreme People's Court transferred it for review. In the meantime, the victim's mother filed a complaint with the Supreme People's Court. The Supreme People's Court ordered the Guangxi Higher People's Court to retry on June 3, 2020.
After retrial, Guangxi Higher People's Court held that Yang Guangyi's criminal methods were extremely cruel, the circumstances were extremely bad, the social impact was great, and the crime was extremely serious. Although Yang Guangyi had surrendered himself, he was not given a lighter punishment according to law in combination with the facts, nature and circumstances of his crime and the degree of harm to society, and the case was revised as mentioned above.
Prosecutors of the People's Procuratorate of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, relatives and agents ad litem of the victims, defendants in the original trial and their defenders attended the sentencing. Some media reporters, NPC deputies, CPPCC members and representatives of relevant parties attended the verdict.