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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Check Fraud |
Sentence: |
Life Imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
11.22 |
Year Crime: |
1999 |
Year Convicted: |
1999 |
Year Cleared: |
2010 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
China |
County or Region of Crime: |
Guangdong |
City of Crime: |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Huang Liyi was wrongly convicted in 1999 of check fraud in China. He was sentenced to life in prison. He was acquitted on July 19, 2010 after new evidence was discovered. On October 29, 2012 he received compensation from the Chinese government of $131,432 (825,000 yuan at exchange rate of 6.277 per $1) for loss of freedom, and emotional and psychological distress. It was reported to be the largest compensation awarded to date by the Chinese government for a wrongful conviction. $106,084 (665,889 yuan) of the award was for personal loss of freedom at the rate of 162.65 yuan ($26) for each of the 4,094 days he was imprisoned based on the average daily wage for urban workers in the non-private sector. The remaining award of $25,348 (159,111 yuan) was for emotional and psychological distress. It was reportedly the first time an exonerated person in China was awarded compensation for emotional and psychological distress." |
Conviction Caused By: |
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Innocence Proved By: |
Liyi was acquitted in 2010 after new evidence was discovered. |
Defendant Aided By: |
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Compensation Awarded: |
"825,000 yuan (China, Oct. 29, 2012) (US$131,432 at exchange rate of 6.277 per $1 on 10-29-2012)" |
Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
26 |
Age When Released: |
37 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Chinese |
Information Source 1: |
"Guangdong man gets record damages for wrongful imprisonment, By Mimi Lau (staff), South China Morning Post, November 2, 2012" |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1074447/innocent-mainlander-gets-record-damages-wrongful-imprisonment |
Information Source 2: |
"Chinese man receives payout for wrongful conviction, BBC News, November 2, 2012" |
Information Location 2: |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20177230 |
Information Source 3: |
"Innocent man gets record award, By Bai Tiantian (staff), Global Times, November 2, 2012" |
Information Location 3: |
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/741870.shtml |
Information Source 4: |
"China compensates man wrongly jailed for 11 years, Associated Press in Beijing, November 2, 2012" |
Information Location 4: |
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2012/11/01/china-compensates-man-wrongly-jailed-for-years/qeBCECUFyRs3mvrBgUXHeP/story.html |
Information Source 5: |
"Chinese man who served 11 years of life term for wrongful conviction gets record compensation, Associated Press, Beijing, November 2, 2012" |
Information Location 5: |
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/01/chinese-man-who-served-11-years-life-term-for-wrongful-conviction-gets-record/ |
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