Murder convict set free after 'victim' turns up
By Wang Jingqiong and Li Yuefeng | China Daily | Updated: 2010-05-10 07:51
SHANGQIU, Henan - A convicted murderer has been declared innocent and released after languishing for about 10 years in jail - because his alleged victim returned home.
Zhao Zuohai, a 57-year-old resident of Zhaolou village in Zhecheng county, was wrongfully convicted of the murder of a fellow villager in 1999, the Henan Provincial Higher People's Court said at a press conference on Sunday.
The suspended death sentence handed down in 2002 was rescinded; and the court also said Zhao Zuohai will be compensated.
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