Beijing News (reporter Wang Wei), who was sentenced to be a murderer in a campus sexual assault murder case, was later sentenced to Shandong man Zhang Zhichao. He entrusted a lawyer to file a state compensation of more than 7.889 million yuan to the Shandong Provincial High Court and was accepted on the 8th. Previously, Zhang Zhichao was freed after being detained for 5449 days.
Today (8th), Shandong Linyi Intermediate People's Court issued a notice to file, officially accepting Zhang Zhichao's national compensation case. Photo courtesy of interviewees
Before he was sentenced to adulthood, he applied for 6 million mental injury relief
According to the referee document, Zhang Zhichao was detained from February 12, 2005, and was acquitted by the Shandong High Court on January 13, 2020. He was detained for 5449 days. In addition to the personal compensation of more than 1.889 million yuan in accordance with the "National Compensation Law", the 6 million yuan for mental damages is a relatively high amount in similar wrongful cases.
Regarding the proposal of 6 million mental injury relief funds, lawyer Yuan Feng said that at the time of the case, Zhang Zhichao was under the age of 16, and should have been studying in school and going to college for higher education, but was wrongly arrested, wrongly arrested and even wrongly sentenced later. Identified as a rapist. His father also died a year after Zhang Zhichao was detained. In its view, considering the special case where the applicant in this case is a minor, and his family has suffered a devastating blow, the amount of mental damages and comfort payments in this case should be increased.
On the afternoon of June 1, a reporter from the Beijing News contacted Zhang Zhichao’s mother, Ms. Ma, and said that Zhang Zhichao had been adjusting and recovering since returning home, and is now gradually adapting to life. After the state compensates, prepare to find opportunities to do some small business.
The Beijing News reporter learned on the 1st from Zhang Zhichao’s attorney that the court has received Zhang Zhichao’s application materials and will decide whether to file a case within 7 days.
Today (8th), Shandong Linyi Intermediate People's Court issued a notice to file, officially accepting Zhang Zhichao's national compensation case.
15 years ago, the murder case was changed, and Zhang Zhichao now offered more than 7.889 million yuan in state compensation
The Beijing News previously reported that on January 10, 2005, a case in which a middle school girl Gao was murdered after being sexually assaulted in Linyi City, Shandong Province, was found in a male toilet in Linshu County Second Middle School Branch, Shandong Province on the same day. Female corpse, the deceased was the girl Gao who disappeared a month ago.
The police investigation determined that Zhang Zhichao, a 16-year-old middle school student, was suspected of committing the crime and arrested him. In March 2006, the Linyi Intermediate People's Court decided in the first instance that Zhang Zhichao was found guilty of rape and sentenced him to life imprisonment. At the same time, Zhang Zhichao’s classmate Wang Guangchao was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and three years’ probation for asylum.
Since then, Zhang Zhichao's mother continued to complain. On January 13 this year, the Shandong Provincial High Court remanded the verdict and declared Zhang Zhichao innocent, and Wang Guangchao was also acquitted in the same case. The court's retrial decision determined that the original trial decision was "unclear facts and insufficient evidence", that there was no objective evidence pointing to Zhang Zhichao's crime, and that Zhang Zhichao's confession and witness testimony were in conflict. In the same case, Wang Guangchao was also acquitted.
On the afternoon of June 1, Zhang Zhichao's agent, Yuan Feng, went to Shandong High Court to submit Zhang Zhichao's application for state compensation. According to the application, Zhang Zhichao submitted a total of 788,944.75 yuan in state compensation, including compensation of 188,944.75 yuan for infringement of personal liberty, and 6 million yuan for mental damage relief. At the same time, Zhang Zhichao requested the Shandong case-handling agency to apologize and restore its reputation in the media.