Rape trial after prior execution

Wang Shujin will stand trial for a crime another man was convicted and executed for, at a court in Handan, Hebei province, on Tuesday.

Nie Shubin, 19, was executed in 1995 for the rape and murder of a woman, identified as Kang, in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, in 1994. After Wang was caught by the police in 2005 for other crimes, he confessed that he raped and murdered the woman.