Liu Cuizhen

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	2.17
Year Crime:	2003
Year Convicted:	2004
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	China
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Liu Cuizhen was wrongly convicted in 2004 of the 2003 death of her ex-husband. She was sentenced to death, but it was suspended, and after two years of good behavior in prison it would be commutted to life in prison. After her conviction was overturned on appeal based on insufficient evidence, she was again convicted in October 2004 and given an unconditional death sentence. In July 2005 the appeals court again overturned her conviction on the basis of insufficient evidence, but also barred her retrial, and ordered her release. She was wrongly imprisoned for 796 days. In January 2008 she was awarded compensation of $9,200 (66,593.36 yuan converts to US$9,200), based on the average wage in China of $11.56 per day. The prosecutor then refiled the murder charge against her and she was taken into custody. On December 12, 2009 she was released after the prosecutor made the decision of "no prosecution" -- which meant she would not be retried. "
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Innocence Proved By:	"In July 2005 the appeals court overturned her conviction on the basis of insufficient evidence, barred her retrial, and ordered her release."
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Compensation Awarded:	"66,593.36 yuan (China) (Equiv. of US$9,200)"
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"China pays $11.56 a day to woman wrongly jailed, Reuters (Beijing), January 16, 2008"
Information Location 1:	http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-31425220080116
Information Source 2:	"Email by Hong to Hans Sherrer, December 12, 2009"
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Liu Cuizhen

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

2.17

Year Crime:

2003

Year Convicted:

2004

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

China

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"In July 2005 the appeals court overturned her conviction on the basis of insufficient evidence, barred her retrial, and ordered her release."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"66,593.36 yuan (China) (Equiv. of US$9,200)"

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"China pays $11.56 a day to woman wrongly jailed, Reuters (Beijing), January 16, 2008"

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http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-31425220080116

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"Email by Hong to Hans Sherrer, December 12, 2009"

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