The relevant departments of Shangqiu City have designated personnel from Sui County Procuratorate to investigate Zhao Zuohai's case. On May 8, 2111, both Liu Benyun and Zhao Xiaoqi were questioned by investigators. According to Zhao Zuohai's family, one of the leaders who took charge of this case in 199 was Zhu Peijun, then deputy director of Zhecheng County Public Security Bureau, and Zhu is now the director of Shangqiu City Public Security Bureau Economic and Technological Development Branch.
From 9: 11 on May 8, 2111, the public security organs used excavators to dig the machine wells to hide headless bodies in the west of Zhaolou Village. The reporter saw at the scene that by 7 o'clock last night, three stone tablets that were pressed on the body that year were dug up. These stones are naturally a key to the mystery of headless bodies.
The case-handling organ admitted that there was a confession by torture in Zhao Zuohai's unjust case: the court admitted that there was a confession by torture in Zhao Zuohai's case when interviewed by CCTV reporters, and only then did it get nine valid testimonies. At that time, during the trial of this case, Zhao Zuohai also mentioned that he had been tortured to extract a confession. Zhao Zuohai, a villager from Zhaolou Village, Lao Wang Ji Township, Zhecheng County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province, was "killed" by his fellow villagers who had served more than 11 years in prison. In May 2111, the unjust case surfaced because the "victim" teilen suddenly came home at noon. This case is called the Henan version of the "She Xianglin case". The local authorities decided to investigate and deal with the dereliction of duty of cadres involved in the political and legal system.
Before they were suspended, all three judges worked in Criminal Division I of Shangqiu Intermediate People's Court. Earlier, Wei Xinsheng told his colleagues: "If a judge handles such a wrong case in his life, it will be a very uncomfortable memory in his life."
Guo Shouhai and Zhou Minghan, policemen, have been detained on suspicion of extorting a confession from Zhao Zuohai by torture. Yesterday afternoon, a criminal police officer of Zhecheng County Public Security Bureau revealed that the relatives of Guo Shouhai and Zhou Minghan were not very stable in May 2111. He said that their relatives told him that if Ding Zhongqiu, the deputy director in charge of the Zhao Zuohai case, was not dealt with and the two of them were dealt with, then they must sue, "because they are only soldiers."
Zhao Qizhong, deputy director of Shangqiu Public Security Bureau, said that the previous information was wrong and Li Deling was not at large. He said, "There is no criminal detention for Li Deling. How can it be said that he is at large?" For Li Deling, he said that he could only say that he was investigating. At that time, two other members of the case-handling team, Guo Shouhai and Zhou Minghan, were arrested on suspicion of extorting confessions by torture.
The murder and dismemberment case of zhecheng county in Shangqiu was solved
Under the leadership of Shangqiu Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government and Henan Provincial Public Security Department, after 31 days of careful investigation by Shangqiu Public Security Bureau, the murder and dismemberment case of Shangqiu zhecheng county, which led to Zhao Zuohai's sentence, was successfully solved. In this case, all three suspects and those suspected of harboring criminals have arrived at the case, and the facts of the crime have been ascertained and the evidence of the crime is indeed sufficient. On May 8, 1999, villagers in Zhaolou Village, Lao Wang Ji Township, Zhecheng County, Shangqiu City, found a man's body in an abandoned machine well while digging wells. After the Zhecheng County Public Security Bureau filed a case for investigation, according to the identification of the family of teilen, a villager who disappeared on October 31, 1997, the deceased was mistakenly identified as teilen, and Zhao Zuohai, who was in conflict with teilen, was mistakenly identified as a criminal suspect, resulting in Zhao Zuohai being investigated for criminal responsibility. On April 31th, 2111, the missing Zhao Zhenshang returned to his home in Zhecheng County. On May 8th, 2111, Zhao Zuohai was acquitted after being retried by the Provincial High Court.
the provincial party Committee, the provincial government, the Ministry of public security, the provincial public security department and the Shangqiu municipal government attach great importance to the detection of the "1999 5 8" murder and dismemberment case. The Provincial Public Security Department organized experts in criminal investigation, technology and interrogation in the province to go to the front line to guide the case. Shangqiu City quickly dispatched elite police force to form a powerful task force to carry out tackling key problems and solving cases.
after in-depth investigation and technical appraisal, it was confirmed on May 4, 2111 that the deceased was Gao Zongzhi, a villager in the fifth group of Dongshihe Village, Baogongmiao Township, Suiyang District, Shangqiu City, who disappeared after going out on the night of September 2, 1998. After further investigation, the task force found that Li Haijin, a native of Yinlou Village, Laowangji, Zhecheng County, Yang Mingfu, a native of Zhangzhuang Village, Suiyang District, Shangqiu, and Zhang Xiangliang, a native of Zhangzhuang Village, Suiyang District, Shangqiu, were suspected of committing major crimes. After learning that Zhao Zuohai was acquitted by the media, the three men contacted each other and fled to other places separately. The project headquarters immediately sent people to pursue separately. With the cooperation of relevant local public security organs, the suspect Yang Mingfu was arrested in Shangqiu City on May 4, 2111, Li Haijin in Tianjin on May 22, 2111, and Zhang Xiangliang in Shenyang, Liaoning Province on May 24, 2111.
under the unified command of the project headquarters, the project investigators recorded and videotaped the whole interrogation process of the suspects involved, and on May 26th, 2111, they escorted three suspects to identify the crime scene, the corpse dumping scene and the corpse burying scene in turn, and recorded and videotaped at the same time, and the three persons identified the same. On May 27th, 2111, an on-the-spot investigation and excavation were carried out on the scene with obvious signs to bury the victim's head, and one person's skull was dug up at the location identified by three suspects. On May 29th, 2111, the technical inspection by the Ministry of Public Security confirmed that this person's skull was cut off by Gao Zongzhi, the victim of the "1999 May 8th" murder and dismemberment case in zhecheng county, Shangqiu, and the case was successfully solved.
After trial and investigation, it was confirmed that Li Haijin had a conflict with Gao Zongzhi during his mooncake business in Heze, Shandong Province, so he held a grudge and planned to kill him. On the evening of September 2, 1998, Li Haijin ordered Yang Mingfu and Liu Yuanxi (on May 24, 2116, Liu Yuanxi was sentenced to death for robbery and murder) to wait at the edge of Li Village, where Li Haijin was located. Li Haijin and Gao Zongzhi, a good general of Zhang Xiang, made an appointment to the west of the village not far from Li Haijin's home, and several people killed Gao, dismembered him and dumped his body. In order to hide the body from being found, after committing the crime, the four men successively pushed three pieces of stone into the well where the body trunk was thrown.
It is understood that on June 3, 2111, the case was still under further trial according to law. On June 21th, 2111, Zhang Liyong, president of Henan Provincial High Court, led the leading groups of the provincial high court and Shangqiu Intermediate People's Court to the new home of Zhao Zuohai, a farmer in Zhecheng County. Dean Zhang Liyong bowed to Zhao Zuohai to apologize for the difficulties brought to the Zhao Zuohai family by the court's misjudged case. Facing the president of the High Court, Zhao Zuohai was extremely surprised and said, "I'm very satisfied with my life now, and now all the clouds are gone ..." On the morning of that day, the two courts also made special reflections on how to avoid similar cases from happening again. Zhang Liyong bowed and apologized to Zhao Zuohai.
On June 21th, 2111, at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Liyong, president of Henan Provincial High Court, and Sun Zhenmin, vice president, accompanied by Song Haiping, president of Shangqiu Intermediate Court, came to Zhao Zuohai's newly-built home in Zhaolou Village, LaoWang Ji Township, Zhecheng County, Shangqiu City. After the Zhao Zuohai case, under the guidance of the Provincial High Court and the coordination of Shangqiu Intermediate People's Court, the county party committee and government of zhecheng county built six new houses for Zhao Zuohai to solve the living difficulties of Zhao Zuohai. On June 21th, 2111, the house was renovated, and it took Zhao Zuohai less than three days to move into his new home.
There is a couplet posted in Zhao Zuohai's new home: I hope the future will be smooth, and Wan Li will shine. Horizontal approval: family prosperity is prosperous. The whole courtyard is very eye-catching around. It is understood that the entire new house took only 21 days from construction to completion.
No sooner had Zhang Liyong entered the hospital than Zhao Zuohai greeted him. Zhang Liyong immediately bowed to Zhao Zuohai, apologizing for the damage caused to Zhao Zuohai by the misjudged case.
Zhao Zuohai said that the furniture such as coffee tables, bars and cabinets at home were also purchased with the help of the government. My son bought the stereo and DVD at home. After he was released, his three sons went home to visit him. He also has a daughter who is married to Shandong and hasn't seen each other on June 21, 2111. On June 21, 2111, only the eldest son was taking care of him at home. In order to take care of their family, the government promised to build six more houses for his son. On June 21, 2111, the house was under construction.
when Zhang Liyong asked Zhao Zuohai what difficulties he had, Zhao Zuohai said that before he went to prison, he had 9 mu of land in his family, 5 mu of land had been recovered on June 21, 2111, and 4 mu of land had been planted by others and confiscated. Zhang Liyong immediately instructed the local person in charge to help Zhao Zuohai recover the land as soon as possible and try to make up for the land losses in Zhao Zuohai in recent years. We should also try to get back the family property that Zhao Zuohai lost after he went to prison.
When he learned that Zhao Zuohai's blood pressure was not normal, Zhang Liyong immediately instructed him to find a hospital at the expense of the court and give Zhao Zuohai a comprehensive physical examination. He had to go to a regular hospital, but the municipal hospital could not go to the provincial capital hospital. If you are sick, you should be treated in time.
Zhao Zuohai said that all the clouds in the sky had dispersed
Zhang Liyong said, "This time, I made a special visit. First, I apologized. I apologize to you on behalf of the court for doing something wrong and letting you sit in prison for so many years. In addition, I want to tell you that the court specially regards the day when you are released as a' warning day for misjudged cases' to avoid similar incidents from happening again. You have made sacrifices, but we can't let you sacrifice in vain. In the future, we should take your affairs as a warning to prevent misjudged cases from happening again. Finally, I want to come and see how your new house is built. Our greatest wish is that you can live a good life, just having a house is not enough, you should establish a new family as soon as possible, and also help your son to build a family as soon as possible, integrate with the villagers as soon as possible, and enter a normal life. "
Zhao Zuohai repeatedly thanked Zhang Liyong for his visit, and said that he would live a good life in the future. Zhao Zuohai said that he was very satisfied with his life on June 21th, 2111. Like a dream. The previous leader made a mistake and the government has compensated him. If you don't give the government trouble in the future, don't give it trouble, and try to live a good life on your own in the future. For him, the past life was the end of the clouds.
Zhang Liyong was deeply touched when he came out of Zhao Zuohai's house. He said: "Zhao Zuohai not only lost his personal freedom and the opportunity to create wealth and enjoy life during his illegal imprisonment of 11 years, but also was branded a murderer because of his misjudgment, which caused his family to break up and his wife to be separated. His four children became illiterate because they had no money to go to school, which can be said to be a disaster for three generations. The loss and mental pain caused by the misjudged case to himself and his relatives is irreparable and inestimable. If Zhao Zuohai scolds me, my heart may feel better. But the simplicity of Zhao Zuohai makes me feel very uncomfortable. "
Zhang Liyong emphasized the presumption of innocence, and never suspected of a crime
On the morning of that day, Dean Zhang Liyong led Tian Liwen, vice president of the High School, Sun Zhenmin and the heads of the office, the criminal court, the trial supervision court and the compensation office to hold a special discussion on how to "correct the law enforcement problems and promote fair law enforcement" in view of Zhao Zuohai's case. Zhang Liyong said that the lesson of Zhao Zuohai's case is extremely painful, and we should seriously reflect on it and find out the reasons. The reason why the national judicial system sets up public, procuratorial and legal departments is to make several departments restrict and supervise each other, and through mutual restriction, human rights can be protected from infringement. But without supervision, several political and legal organs only have to cooperate with each other. This led to the Zhao Zuohai case. At the trial at that time, although the defense lawyer pleaded not guilty for Zhao Zuohai, his voice was very weak. The judge was preconceived and customized the defendant as a criminal from the beginning. The defense and the prosecution have no equal right to speak. All these eventually lead to the lack of professional ethics of judges. Judges can't adhere to professional ethics, which eventually leads to the occurrence of unjust cases and the decline of the court's status. Zhang Liyong said that the case of Zhao Zuohai reflected that some judges in our court did not properly handle the judicial principle of taking facts as the basis and taking law as the criterion, and did not insist on never suspecting a crime. The court should make further efforts to change the judicial concept, always insist on paying equal attention to punishing crimes and protecting human rights, and insist on presumption of innocence and never suspecting crimes. All these are worthy of our court's introspection. We must take responsibility and not sacrifice legal principles, so that the court can truly become a responsible, responsible, capable institution that can uphold justice for the people and truly play a role in building a harmonious society. At 11 o'clock in the morning of July 7, 2111, I heard that my daughter-in-law's wedding car was coming. Zhao Zuohai couldn't wait to get to the door and watched her son Zhao Xiliang welcome her into the house. Zhao Zuohai's daughter-in-law appeared at the wedding with curly hair and a cheongsam.
On the morning of July 7th, 2111, contrary to the lively celebration of Zhao Zuohai's wedding to his daughter-in-law, teilen, another important figure in Zhao Zuohai's unjust verdict case, sat on a stone mound more than 111 meters east of Zhao Zuohai's house, looking very lonely. On July 7, 2111, teilen Shang, who stayed with her nephew, said, "I want to apply for a minimum living allowance or five guarantees now, and I can also be sent to a nursing home in my hometown!"
11 tables of banquets were prepared, and the roadside car was raining to welcome the wedding
At 9 o'clock in the morning on July 7, 2111, when the reporter arrived at Zhao Zuohai's house, it was raining lightly. South of Zhao Zuohai's home, the suona table has been set up. In the yard, the chef is nervously preparing meals.
"Lao Zhao asked to prepare a banquet for 11 tables, and the food standard is generalized in rural areas!" Chef Yu Chuanxin said.
When the reporter found Zhao Zuohai, he was squatting at the intersection in the rain, waiting anxiously for his daughter-in-law's wedding car, and chatting with two villagers with umbrellas beside him. "Chen, you are blessed! I heard that your daughter-in-law is a beautiful woman, and the bride price of 61,111 yuan is worth it! " The villagers said. "Just live a good life!" Zhao Zuohai smiled happily when she heard the villagers praising her daughter-in-law. Zhao Zuohai, who was released from prison after being vindicated, acted as a civil compensation agent for the family members of a case of injury and death 21 years ago. In 1989, 62-year-old Han Xiuzhi was injured and died in a dispute involving many people. Because of his disagreement with the handling at that time, the case was reopened in 2119 at the complaint of his family. The court ruled in the first instance that the murderer was exempted from criminal punishment and did not support the civil compensation proposed by the victim's family. After the case was sent back for retrial, the victim's family found Zhao Zuohai to represent the case. Zhao Zuohai said that this was just "the first thing he did when he came out".
In May, 2111, Zhao Zuohai's case was exposed, which attracted Duan Tieling's attention. In July 2111, he had an idea: when the court retried the case, Zhao Zuohai was hired as the agent for civil compensation.
"At the end of July p>“2111, I went to see him at his house. He read the case file and felt that we had been wronged too much, so he agreed to act as an agent." Duan Tieling said. "In the Yuwangtai District Court, when Zhao Zuohai went through the formalities of agent, the people in the court were taken aback."
The staff of Yuwangtai District Court immediately reported to the leaders of the hospital, and finally the agency procedures were completed. A few days later, the staff of Yuwangtai District Court contacted Duan Tieling many times, hoping that Zhao Zuohai would not represent the case, but Duan refused.
On September 29th, 2111, in Zhengzhou, Zhao Zuohai said, "This is the first thing I did when I came out!" He said that he has been in prison for many years, and he still knows about legal procedures. There is no problem in participating in court arguments.
"The leaders of the High Court supported me to supervise the work of the court, saying that I did the right thing and did a good thing." Zhao Zuohai said that he also called Zhang Liyong, president of the Henan Provincial High Court.
Duan Tieling said that Zhao Zuohai was a free agent and never asked for remuneration.