Wrongly imprisoned man seeks payment
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="served">served</span> 12 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="prison">prison</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="wrongly">wrongly</span> <span word="convicted">convicted</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rape">rape</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="murder">murder</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Henan">Henan</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="demanded">demanded</span> 3.79 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($618,000) <span word="in">in</span> <span word="compensation">compensation</span>.</p><p><span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Huailiang">Huailiang</span>, 47, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="convicted">convicted</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="raping">raping</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="killing">killing</span> 13-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="Guo">Guo</span> <span word="Ruina">Ruina</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2001, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="April">April</span> 25 <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="innocence">innocence</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="afternoon">afternoon</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Pingdingshan">Pingdingshan</span> <span word="Intermediate">Intermediate</span> <span word="People">People</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Court">Court</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="applied">applied</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="compensation">compensation</span>.</p><p><span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="Yongjie">Yongjie</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="attorney">attorney</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="Yijia">Yijia</span> <span word="Law">Law</span> <span word="Firm">Firm</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="commensurate">commensurate</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Li">Li</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="suffering">suffering</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="detention">detention</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="heart">heart</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="long">long</span>-<span word="term">term</span> <span word="imprisonment">imprisonment</span>," <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="said">said</span>. "<span word="He">He</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2006 <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="heart">heart</span> <span word="attack">attack</span>."</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="sentenced">sentenced</span> <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="to">to</span> 15 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="prison">prison</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="September">September</span> 2003, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="refuted">refuted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Pingdingshan">Pingdingshan</span> <span word="Intermediate">Intermediate</span> <span word="People">People</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Court">Court</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="December">December</span> 2003 <span word="for">for</span> <span word="lack">lack</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span>.</p><p><span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="victim">victim</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="appealed">appealed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span>. <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="claimed">claimed</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="innocent">innocent</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="confessed">confessed</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="tortured">tortured</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="interrogation">interrogation</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="Guo">Guo</span> <span word="Songzhang">Songzhang</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="victim">victim</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="father">father</span>, <span word="claimed">claimed</span> <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="receive">receive</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span>, <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="Times">Times</span> <span word="reported">reported</span>.</p><p><span word="Guo">Guo</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="wife">wife</span> <span word="dedicatedly">dedicatedly</span> <span word="petitioned">petitioned</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="stronger">stronger</span> <span word="punishment">punishment</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span>. <span word="On">On</span> <span word="May">May</span>17, 2004, <span word="Guo">Guo</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="promise">promise</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Pingdingshan">Pingdingshan</span> <span word="court">court</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stop">stop</span> <span word="petitioning">petitioning</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="return">return</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span> <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="imprisonment">imprisonment</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="penalty">penalty</span>.</p>
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