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szdaily -> China
Halting false convictions a big task
     2014-August-29  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    CHINA’S top prosecutor Cao Jianming said preventing wrongful convictions is the biggest task facing China’s legal supervisory body.

    His comments came as high-profile cases in recent years show the country’s judicial system has become riddled with false charges.

    Taking strict precautions against such mistakes “is the fundamental requirement for the political and judicial bodies [such as procuratorate and courts],” said Cao, procurator general of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, according to a report in Caixin magazine.

    Cao said wrongful convictions in recent years could be blamed on the biased mindset of some judiciary officials.

    Problems included people’s presumption of guilt, excessive emphasis on testimonies, and more importance being placed on evidence to find someone guilty rather than to find someone innocent, Cao said.

    “Illegal evidence should be excluded by law and for uncertain cases we should stick with presumption of innocence,” he said.

    Only last week the Fuzhou High People’s Court declared shop owner Nian Bin, 38, innocent of the fatal poisoning of two children in 2006.

    The court reversed an earlier decision by the Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court, which had sentenced Nian to death in 2008 after he had confessed to the crime while being interrogated by police.

    Traces of rat poison had been found on the door handle of the apartment rented by Nian, which was next door to the children’s home.

    However, Nian’s family had mounted a high-profile social media campaign claiming that he had been tortured to confess to the crime he did not commit.

    Last year the Zhejiang Higher People’s Court declared Zhang Gaoping and his nephew, Zhang Hui, innocent. Zhang Gaoping was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve while Zhang Hui was given a 15-year prison term. They were tortured into confessing to the rape and murder of 17-year-old girl in 2003.

    They were released in March last year after new evidence, including DNA findings, identified another possible suspect.

    Authorities also admitted that the evidence presented during the men’s trials was not sufficient to warrant the convictions.

    The men, who are both truck drivers, and offered the victim a ride more than a decade ago, were also each awarded compensation of 1.16 million yuan (US$187,100). (SD-Agencies)

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