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She Xianglin (Zaiyu)

Years Imprisoned:	11
Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death, later commutted to 15 years in prison
Year Convicted:	1994
Year Cleared:	2005
Location of Trial:	China
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	Wrongly convicted of murdering his wife in 1994, and sentenced to death. She Xianglin (aka She Zaiyu) On appeal his sentence was later commutted to 15 years. 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:	$55,500 (450,000 Yuan)
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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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Ethnicity/Skin:	Asian
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She Xianglin (Zaiyu)

Years Imprisoned:

11

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death, later commutted to 15 years in prison

Year Convicted:

1994

Year Cleared:

2005

Location of Trial:

China

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:

$55,500 (450,000 Yuan)

Was Perpetrator Found?

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Age When Released:

Information Source 1:

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

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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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Asian

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