She Xianglin (Zaiyu)

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	"Death, later commutted to 15 years in prison"
Years Imprisoned:	11
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	1994
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	China
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"She Xianglin (aka She Zaiyu) was wrongly convicted of murdering his wife in 1994, and sentenced to death. On appeal his sentence was later commutted to 15 years. Xianglin was released from prison on April 13, 2005 after a retrial based on the new evidence that his wife turned up alive. She had run away from her marriage, and she had married another man. She Xianglin was wrongly imprisoned for 11 years. She and several family members were awarded compensation of $55,500 (450,000 Yuan) for wrongs committed against She and those family members by authorities (Several family authorities were jailed for advocating She's innocence.)"
Conviction Caused By:	Tortured into a false confession after 10 days of interrogation
Innocence Proved By:	"Acquitted after a retrial and released on April 13, 2005. The alleged "victim," his wife, turned up alive after he had been imprisoned for 11 years."
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Compensation Awarded:	"450,000 Yuan (China) (Approx. $55,500)"
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Chinese
Information Source 1:	"False Conviction Highlights Legal Flaws in China, Ching-Ching Ni (LA Times), Seattle Times, April 9, 2005, p. A6"
Information Location 1:	http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=chinarights09&date=20050409&query=ching-ching
Information Source 2:	"Wrongly Jailed Man Freed After 11 Years, Liu Li (Staff), The China Daily, April 13, 2005"
Information Location 2:	http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/14/content_434020.htm
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She Xianglin (Zaiyu)

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

"Death, later commutted to 15 years in prison"

Years Imprisoned:

11

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1994

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:

Tortured into a false confession after 10 days of interrogation

Innocence Proved By:

"Acquitted after a retrial and released on April 13, 2005. The alleged "victim," his wife, turned up alive after he had been imprisoned for 11 years."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"450,000 Yuan (China) (Approx. $55,500)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Chinese

Information Source 1:

"False Conviction Highlights Legal Flaws in China, Ching-Ching Ni (LA Times), Seattle Times, April 9, 2005, p. A6"

Information Location 1:

http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=chinarights09&date=20050409&query=ching-ching

Information Source 2:

"Wrongly Jailed Man Freed After 11 Years, Liu Li (Staff), The China Daily, April 13, 2005"

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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/14/content_434020.htm

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