Wu Chunhong was convicted of poisoning and killing 15 years ago: finally came out innocently

Wu Chunhong was convicted of poisoning and killing 15 years ago: finally came out innocently

Wu Lili was interviewed by reporters.

Wu Chunhong and his family old photos.

A photo of the father and son in the car.

After being detained for 15 years and 4 months (5611 days) on April 1, Wu Chunhong, a man from Shangqiu, Henan, was acquitted in Zhejiang Jinhua Prison.

Before 2004, Wu Chunhong originally had a happy family, but his life track was reversed in a drug poisoning case: the police determined that he had killed the drug and was sentenced to life in prison. Yesterday, the Wu Chunhong case was re-trial and sentenced, and the Henan High Court reversed Wu Chunhong's innocence. Yangzi Evening News reporter Zi Niu contacted Wu Chunhong and said, "I finally came out innocently!"

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yesterday

Wu Chunhong was released from prison, his son met him and cried with headache

When Wu Chunhong had an accident, his son Wu Yunlei was just 9 years old. At 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Wu Yunlei told reporters that he and his father were sitting in an ambulance to rush to their home, and they are still 500 kilometers away from home. At this moment Wu Chunhong was lying in the car with a stomachache and headache.

Wu Yunlei introduced that around 10:30 in the morning, he received his father at the entrance of the expressway. "The handover with the prison side at the high-speed entrance. After seeing my dad, he held me crying. He didn't talk for a long time. He cried and I also cried." After getting in the car, Wu Yunlei helped his father change his clothes. Group photo.

Wu Chunhong dialed a video phone to her mother and daughter Wu Lili in her hometown. Relatives at both ends of the phone burst into tears and choked. "Daughter, I'm here!" "I know, waiting for you at home! Don't be emotional, take care of your body!" Wu Lili comforted his father: "Daddy don't cry, you cry, grandma cry, grandma cry me too Cry, you have to adjust your emotions and take care of your body! "

For a long time, Wu Chunhong only sighed, "I finally came out innocently." Wu Yunlei felt that his father was not relaxed after his release of innocence, but more of helplessness, and then a long silence. At noon, the father and son talked a few words. Wu Chunhong told his son that he is currently cured first, and others have to consult a lawyer before he considers it.

year 2004

A bizarre poisoning case killed one child

According to the Henan Ruling Court (2009) Yufa Xingzizi Zongzi No. 00019 criminal ruling, Wu Chunhong once operated a wood processing business in Zhougang Village, Minquan County, and contradicted the victory of the electrician king in the village due to issues such as the installation of electricity meters and electricity.

On the morning of November 14, 2004, Wang Zhansheng urged Wu Chunhong to pay the electricity bill with a loudspeaker in the village. Wu Chunhong believed that Wang Shengsheng's tone was tough and he thought of the contradiction with Wang's victory in the past, and he had the evil intention of revenge against Wang's victory. Take out the stored poisonous rat medicine and bring it to Wang Zhansheng's house to pay the electricity bill.

After paying the electricity bill, Wu Chunhong slipped into Wang Zengsheng's kitchen and dropped the rat poison into the flour in the scoop. The next morning, Wang Zhansheng fried the pasta with the flour. His son Wang Moulong (3 years old) and Wang Moufeng (6 years old) had poisoned one after another. The younger son Wang Moulong died after rescue.

The criminal ruling showed that there were three witnesses at the scene. Wu Chunhong's confession during the investigation stage of the public security confirmed that after paying the electricity bill, he and Wang Moxuan of the village walked out of the door of Wang Zhansheng Jiatang, and while Wang Moxuan stepped out of the door, there was no one in the courtyard, and he slipped into Wang Zhansheng's kitchen. Within, carry out poisoning.

As a result, Henan High Court rejected Wu Chunhong's appeal and upheld the verdict that “the defendant Wu Chunhong committed the crime of intentional homicide, sentenced to life imprisonment, and deprived him of political rights for life”.

2005-2016

4 sentences and 3 retrials

Just when everyone thought the "poisoning case" had ended, in June 2016, Wu Chunhong submitted a complaint to the Henan High Court and asked the Henan High Court to withdraw his ruling and acquit him.

Previously, the "poison case" has gone through the process of 4 judgments and 3 revocations.

Li Changqing, an attorney representing Wu Chunhong, told reporters that Henan High Court and Shangqiu Intermediate Court had been "pulled" for 5 years in this case.

On June 23, 2005, the Shangqiu Intermediate People's Court sentenced Wu Chunhong to death with intentional homicide, and Wu Chunhong appealed. On December 9, the same year, the Henan Higher Court ruled that the facts were unclear, the original verdict was revoked, and a retrial was sent back.

On June 24, 2006, Shangqiu Intermediate People's Court sentenced Wu Chunhong to death with intentional homicide, and Wu Chunhong appealed again. On December 22 of the same year, the Henan High Court ruled that the original verdict was revoked due to unclear facts and sent back for retrial.

On July 13, 2007, Shangqiu Intermediate People's Court sentenced Wu Chunhong to reprieve for intentional homicide, and Wu Chunhong appealed again. On October 30 of the same year, the Henan High Court ruled that the original verdict was revoked based on unclear facts and sent back for retrial.

On November 15, 2008, Shangqiu Intermediate Court sentenced Wu Chunhong to life imprisonment for intentional homicide. Wu Chunhong still appealed. On July 6, the following year, the Henan High Court ruled that the appeal was rejected and the original sentence upheld.

During this period, Wu Chunhong declared innocence several times in court and made a detailed explanation of the reasons for her innocence. While serving her sentence, Wu Chunhong still pleaded not guilty and kept writing complaints. The court went to jail to reduce his sentence, but he was rejected. Wu Chunhong's daughter Wu Lili told reporters that her father once said: "If you agree to commute your sentence, you need to plead guilty and write a confession letter. I didn't do it. I can't write it.

Behind the case

Brothers and sisters drop out of school to work

Grandpa and sister relay appeal

After Wu Chunhong was detained, the sky at home suddenly collapsed.

Wu Lili was born in 1991. When her father was arrested, she was 12 years old and her brother was 9 years old. "The family's economic pillar suddenly fell down, and her mother had to work in Guangdong and other places to maintain a family life."

She and her brother dropped out of school early to work for a living. In the mind of Sister Wu Lili, his father is a dexterous, kind-hearted person. "It is impossible for a father to poison and harm others, and he and others are not too big. This is also his father's insistence on complaining. Grandpa ignores his age. Reasons for courts at all levels. "For 16 years, to help his father clear his grievances, his family sent six or seven hundred complaints.

Around 2015, she found Li Changqing, a lawyer at Beijing Jinggu Law Firm, and her father's case gradually turned around.

Wu Lili told reporters that she was notified on March 29 this year and her father's case was re-trialed on April 1. "At 9 o'clock that day, I received news that a sentence had been pronounced and my father was acquitted."

Wu Lili said that after his father returned, the family was going to take care of his body first so that he could adapt to the society as soon as possible and would apply for state compensation according to law.

Lawyer Li Changqing:

Three visits to the scene of the crime scene and investigation with drones

Li Changqing and Jin Hongwei are the attorneys in this case. Li Changqing was contacted in this case in 2015. Li Changqing told reporters the whole process of acting in the case.

The main conviction in Wu Chunhong's case was that he was charged with poisoning in the kitchen. "But when you enter the kitchen, you need to push the door. Pushing the door will leave fingerprints, and the floor will leave footprints or hair. In addition, the original transcript also said that Wu Chunhong intentionally made a motor wheel on the kitchen window sill, but looked closely. All the above-mentioned evidence was not seen in the site investigation photos taken on the day of the incident. "

Later, Li Changqing visited the scene of the crime scene three times. "After the Supreme Court ordered a retrial in 2018, I went to the scene and used aerial photography to fix the entire village, street, and Wu Chunhong's home and the location of each witness's house in the air." Li Changqing said that the advantage of doing this is that The screen is intuitive and can overturn the original illogical witness testimony. Li Changqing gave an example. "In the original evidence, a witness said that when he saw Wu Chunhong burning a note on the road, we asked where he went to see it, and he said that he went to his son's house for dinner. But the aerial footage showed, He shouldn't take that road when he goes to his son's house, because the picture shows that it is a C-shaped detour. It is completely unnecessary and logical, so his testimony is very unreliable and unreasonable. "

Henan High Court:

Will seriously reflect on the problems existing in the handling of the case

Why was the case convicted of Wu Chunhong? According to the presiding judge of the Henan High Court, after the trial, Wu Chunhong's guilty confessions of multiple crime details were inconsistent and inconsistent with the testimony of some witnesses. The motive and timing of the guilty confession were unreasonable. The confession has been withdrawn at the investigation stage, and the crime has been denied. This case lacks objective evidence to prove Wu Chunhong ’s crime and cannot exclude the possibility of others committing the crime.

In summary, the evidence based on the original verdict did not form a complete chain of evidence, and did not meet the standard of true and sufficient evidence. The original trial found that Wu Chunhong's facts of intentional homicide were unclear and the evidence was insufficient. After research by our court's trial committee, Wu Chunhong and her defenders considered Wu Chunhong's innocence, and Henan Provincial People's Procuratorate's suggestion that the indictment of Wu Chunhong should be changed was correct, which was in line with the criminal trial principle of suspicion of guilt.

What else will the court do next in this case? The presiding judge said that we will seriously reflect on the problems existing in the handling of the case, learn from each other, and draw lessons deeply to ensure that each case handled can withstand the test of history and law.

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