A 10-year-old boy in Jiangsu was killed. Will he be sentenced to death?
According to Article 232 of the "Criminal Law": Anyone who intentionally kills shall be sentenced to death, life imprisonment, or fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years; if the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years. ; Those who meet the conditions for legitimate defense shall be exempted from punishment.
Whether the plot is serious or not, we must consider the motives, causes, consequences and other aspects. Therefore, it is uncertain whether the man will be sentenced to death.
The incident occurred on the morning of August 27. The police reported that a criminal case occurred in a room in Sanmaogong New Village, Runzhou District, and the deceased was Li (male, 10 years old); on August 28 In the afternoon, with the strong cooperation of the local police, the task force arrested Meng in Linyi. Currently, the case is under further investigation;
The police report was very concise and did not reveal any more information. Judging from the content of the current report, Meng’s motive for the murder is unclear, and the details of the murder are also unclear.
The specific motive for Meng’s murder is unknown. But some nearby residents also reported some situations during interviews.
Many nearby residents said that the perpetrator was the child's uncle. Because the man suspected that the child's father had an improper relationship with his aunt, when the man learned about it, he went to seek revenge on the child's father, but the child's father was not at home. In anger, he killed his nephew to vent his anger. This claim has not been confirmed by police.
According to the memories of community residents, on the day of the incident, there was a scuffle upstairs, like the sound of adults beating children. At first, everyone could still hear the child crying. After a while, the child stopped crying. Everyone thought it was the parents educating the child and didn't think much about it.
Until noon, the child’s father came home. Since the child's parents run a business at a nearby agricultural product wholesale market, they usually go out at two or three in the morning and come back to rest for a while at noon. When he opened the door and took a look, he found his son lying in the room, lifeless. So he quickly called the police.
This case is not without the possibility of imposing the death penalty. First of all, Meng committed murder intentionally, and the target of the murder was a boy of about 10 years old (it is not clear whether there were more serious circumstances during the murder) , the circumstances are more serious. After the incident, Meng did not surrender, but fled. So far, the police have not reported other details, which means that Meng is likely not to cooperate with the police.
Globally, China has a relatively high death penalty rate. People like Meng Wanzhou who kill boys, escape and fail to cooperate with case investigations are very likely to be sentenced to death or with a suspended death sentence.
If the reason for Meng’s murder is indeed that his wife had an affair with the boy’s father, then a lighter punishment may be considered.