China News Agency, Zhengzhou, April 1st (Reporter Li Guigang) The "Wu Chunhong Poisoning Case", which received much attention from the public, was re-sentenced at the High Court of Henan Province on April 1. The original defendant Wu Chunhong was acquitted. In answering a reporter's question that day, the presiding judge said that Wu Chunhong had been released in court and could apply for state compensation in accordance with the law.
On November 15, 2004, two children in Rengang County, Henan Province, Minquan County, Henan Province were poisoned, resulting in one death and one injury. Police investigation identified Wu Chunhong as a suspect. The People's Procuratorate of Shangqiu City, Henan Province believes that his behavior has constituted indictment for homicide. The Shangqiu Intermediate People's Court sentenced Wu Chunhong to life imprisonment for intentional homicide, and the High Court of Henan Province upheld the judgment. Later, Wu Chunhong and her relatives filed a complaint with the High Court of Henan Province and the Supreme People's Court.
On October 24, 2019, according to the Supreme People's Court order, the Henan Provincial High Court opened a public trial of the case in accordance with law. During the period, the collegiate panel reviewed the case thoroughly after reviewing the papers, fully hearing the opinions of Wu Chunhong and his defenders, going to the place where the crime was committed, verifying the evidence, questioning some witnesses and the original investigators.
On April 1, after the case was pronounced, the presiding judge of the case responded to the reason why Wu Chunhong was acquitted, and after reexamination, it was found that on November 14, 2004, Wu Chunhong paid the electricity bill to Mr. Wang's family in Zhougang Village. The next day, Wang Mousheng fried the noodles with flour from the tempeh and flour scoops in the family. His son Wang Moulong and Wang Moufeng were poisoned successively. Wang Moulong died after rescue, and Wang Moufeng was rescued. It was identified that both were poisonous rats, and the flours were detected in the noodle holder and flour.
The retrial concluded that the main evidence for Wu Chunhong's intentional homicide was that Wu Chunhong had visited the victim's home the morning before the crime, and Wu Chunhong had made confession statements, witness testimony, on-site investigation transcripts, and criminal technical appraisal conclusions. . However, after trial, Wu Chunhong's guilty confession about multiple crime details was inconsistent, and contradicted with some witness testimony. The motives and timing of the guilt confession were unreasonable, and Wu Chunhong had withdrawn his confession during the investigation stage and denied the crime. . This case lacks objective evidence to prove Wu Chunhong's crime and cannot exclude the possibility of others committing the crime. To sum up, the evidence based on the original verdict did not form a complete chain, and did not meet the standard of true and sufficient proof. The original trial found that Wu Chunhong's facts of intentional homicide were unclear and the evidence was insufficient. After the Henan Provincial High Court Trial Committee's research, Wu Chunhong and his defenders considered Wu Chunhong's innocence, and Henan Prosecutor's Prosecutor's suggestion that Wu Chunhong was acquitted was correct, which was in line with the criminal trial principle of suspicion of guilt. The above judgment was made according to law.
The presiding judge of the case stated that Wu Chunhong had been released in court after the sentence was pronounced, and the collegiate panel had informed him that he could apply for national compensation to the High Court of Henan Province according to law, and the court would make a compensation decision in accordance with the law. (Finish)