Xu Guoli will be sentenced to death. What happened in this case?
In the early morning of July 5, 2020, criminal suspect Xu Guoli killed his sleeping wife due to conflicts in family life. On July 30, the Hangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau applied for approval to arrest criminal suspect Xu Guoli on suspicion of intentional homicide. During the trial, the Hangzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate believed that the criminal suspect Xu Guoli's criminal methods were cruel, the nature of the crime was egregious, and he was suspected of intentional homicide, and made a decision to approve the arrest on August 6. How was Xu Guoli convicted?
After Xu Guoli committed the crime, the suspect showed no subjective remorse. Not only did he not surrender, but he also told lies to interfere with the police's judgment during the preliminary investigation by the police, and brutally disposed of the body, which was very abominable. This incident had a great social impact on his children, the entire society, and even China. On August 6, the Hangzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate approved the arrest of suspect Xu Guoli on suspicion of intentional homicide and sentenced him to death in the first instance. Xu Guoli was dissatisfied with the first-instance judgment and appealed.
I think this stems from his survival instinct. Of course, appeal is also a right given to him by the law, and no one has the right to deprive him of it. Although he knew in his heart that the possibility of changing his sentence was very small, it also showed that he had no real remorse and remorse in his heart. Even if Xu Guoli, the defendant in the Hangzhou wife-murder case, appeals, the possibility of the second instance changing his sentence is very small. It can be said to be completely impossible. Such a premeditated crime, such cruel means of committing the crime, such a calm behavior after the crime, and such a bad social impact, Xu Guoli's death is not enough to make the people angry. Even if he appeals, the second instance will definitely uphold the original verdict. The defendant's lawyer said that he would no longer defend himself in the second trial.
Xu Guoli made it clear to his lawyer: "Do you want to appeal if you don't accept the first-instance verdict? A dead horse is treated like a living horse. It is struggling to its death and only hopes to live a few more days." Xu Guoli asked the lawyer to appeal in the second trial. China continued to defend him, but the lawyer made it clear that due to various factors, he would not participate in the second trial.