Chiang Kuo-ching

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Charge:	Murder and Rape
Sentence:	Death and Executed
Years Imprisoned:	0.83
Year Crime:	1996
Year Convicted:	1997
Year Cleared:	2011
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Taiwan
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:	Taipei city
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Posthumously
Summary of Case:	"Chiang Kuo-ching was wrongly convicted in 1997 of the rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl in Taipei city, Taiwan in September 1996. Kuo-ching was one of three suspects arrested after the crime and he was the only who allegedly failed a polygraph test. The police then embarked on an intense interrogation of him that lasted for 37 straight hours and included physically beating him. Kuo-ching confessed and although he retracted it immediately as coerced and that he only did so to stop the interrogation and beatings, his confession was the key evidence relied on by the military court to convict him. Kuo-ching was sentenced to death and excuted in 1997. Kuo-ching was posthumously acquitted on September 13, 2011 after a three-month retrial by a panel of three military judges. It was announced on October 27, 2011 that his family would be paid compensation of US$4.39 million (NT$131 million). US$52,600 (NT$1.57 million) of the money is compensation for his 314 days he spent in detention, and the rest is compensation for his wrongful execution. Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou apologized to Kuo-ching's family in person. (All amounts at the exchange rate on October 28, 2011)"
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Innocence Proved By:	"Kuo-ching was acquitted on September 13, 2011 after a three-month retrial by a panel of three military judges."
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Compensation Awarded:	"NT$131 million (Taiwan, Oct. 2011 (Equiv. $4.39 million)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	23
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Asian
Information Source 1:	"Executed soldier found innocent in posthumous trial, NMA, September 15, 2011"
Information Location 1:	http://www.nma.tv/executed-soldier-innocent-posthumous-trial/
Information Source 2:	"Taiwan to pay $4.36 mln to executed soldier's kin, Taiwan News, October 27, 2011"
Information Location 2:	http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1743220
Information Source 3:	"Lie Detector Leads to Execution of Innocent Man in Taiwan, antipolygraph.org, September 30, 2011"
Information Location 3:	https://antipolygraph.org/blog/?p=620
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Chiang Kuo-ching

Charge:

Murder and Rape

Sentence:

Death and Executed

Years Imprisoned:

0.83

Year Crime:

1996

Year Convicted:

1997

Year Cleared:

2011

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Taiwan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Taipei city

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Posthumously

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Kuo-ching was acquitted on September 13, 2011 after a three-month retrial by a panel of three military judges."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"NT$131 million (Taiwan, Oct. 2011 (Equiv. $4.39 million)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

23

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Asian

Information Source 1:

"Executed soldier found innocent in posthumous trial, NMA, September 15, 2011"

Information Location 1:

http://www.nma.tv/executed-soldier-innocent-posthumous-trial/

Information Source 2:

"Taiwan to pay $4.36 mln to executed soldier's kin, Taiwan News, October 27, 2011"

Information Location 2:

http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1743220

Information Source 3:

"Lie Detector Leads to Execution of Innocent Man in Taiwan, antipolygraph.org, September 30, 2011"

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https://antipolygraph.org/blog/?p=620

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