This happened in Lianyungang. Zhang, a 60-year-old peasant woman, suspected that her in-laws had ruined her reputation, so the more she thought about it, the more angry she became. In order to vent her anger and get back at her in-laws, she even sneaked into her in-laws' kitchen when she was not at home and put the pesticides prepared in advance into her in-laws' thermos and rice cooker. When her in-laws came back, she was thirsty and poured water, and smelled the pesticide in thermos flask.
After receiving the alarm, the local police quickly rushed to the scene of the incident and conducted a detailed investigation, which quickly locked the peasant woman Zhang. After learning that his behavior was illegal, Zhang chose to take the initiative to go to the case and truthfully confessed his criminal facts. His in-laws He Mou expressed his understanding of Zhang's behavior and asked the court to give Zhang a lighter punishment. Zhang's defense lawyer suggested that Zhang had surrendered himself, attempted a crime, pleaded guilty and obtained the victim's understanding, and the punishment should be mitigated. When the Ganyu District Court of Lianyungang tried the case, Zhang was found guilty of intentional homicide in the first instance and sentenced to one year in prison and suspended for one year.
According to the accusation of the procuratorate, Zhang suspected that his in-laws He Mou had ruined his reputation and brought great trouble to Zhang. The more he thought about it at home, the more angry he became, so he thought about revenge on his parents, with the intention of poisoning his parents-in-law He with pesticides. After that, Zhang took advantage of the situation that there was no one at home, and entered the kitchen of the family without locking the door, and put the pesticides he carried with him into the thermos and rice cooker of the family. Fortunately, he finally found that the water in the thermos smelled of pesticides, thus avoiding a tragedy. Then he chose to call the police. After identification, pesticide components were detected in both thermos bottles and rice cookers.
After the trial, the Ganyu District Court held that Zhang's original intention was to illegally deprive others of their lives, and his behavior had violated citizens' right to life, which constituted the crime of intentional homicide. Therefore, Zhang should be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law. The public prosecutor accused Zhang of intentional homicide. The facts are clear, the evidence is true and sufficient, and the charges are established, and the court supports them. Because Zhang had committed a crime at that time, he failed only for reasons other than his will. If it is attempted intentional homicide, the punishment shall be mitigated according to law. Considering that Zhang voluntarily surrendered himself and truthfully confessed his criminal process, he surrendered himself and voluntarily pleaded guilty, and Zhang was given a lighter punishment according to law.
In addition, considering that Zhang obtained the understanding of the victim, Zhang was given a lighter punishment as appropriate. Considering the facts of the whole case, the cause of the crime, the relationship between the defendant and the victim, and the defendant's statutory and discretionary sentencing circumstances, the court finally decided to reduce the punishment and apply probation to Zhang. Zhang's defender's defense opinions with the plot of surrender, confession and repentance, attempted crime, understanding, etc. are also in line with the actual situation of the case and were adopted by the court. In the end, the court sentenced Zhang to one year in prison and suspended for one year for the crime of intentional homicide.
Obviously, the peasant woman Zhang belongs to complete legal illiteracy. If she knew that this behavior was intentional homicide, she might not dare to go to her in-laws' house to poison them. In addition, Zhang may just want to scare his mother, because the smell of pesticides is very strong, which Zhang will not know. Friends who have been to the countryside may have heard that the smell of pesticides is very pungent, and pesticides are sprayed in farmland every once in a while. In other words, Zhang knows that pesticides are pungent, but he still wants to poison them. Obviously, he knew that his mother would smell the pungent smell, too.
So her mother can't be mixed with the water in the thermos. Although it is not clear whether Zhang's in-laws He Mou have defiled his reputation, Zhang did bear a grudge at that time and was bent on revenge against his biological mother, but she did not know that this behavior constituted a crime of intentional homicide. What do you think of this? Welcome to express your opinion in the comment area, and let's discuss it together.