Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Rape |
Sentence: |
Death and Executed |
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Year Crime: |
1984 |
Year Convicted: |
1984 |
Year Cleared: |
1987 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
China |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Posthumously after Execution |
Summary of Case: |
"Wei Qing'an was wrongly convicted in 1984 in China of raping Kun Liu, a woman who had disappeared. After his conviction by the Intermediate People's Court, The 23-year-old Qing'an was sentenced to death. He was executed on May 3, 1984. A month later, in June 1984, Tian Yuxiu was arrested for a different crime and confessed to raping Kun Liu. Based on the confession by the actual perpetrator, Wei Qing'an was officially declared innocent and posthumously acquitted in 1987." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Based on the confession by the actual perpetrator, Wei Qing'an was officially declared innocent and posthumously acquitted in 1987." |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
Yes |
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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Chinese |
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"Wrongful Execution, www.revolvy.com" |
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https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Wrongful%20execution |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org