China News Service, Fuzhou, April 23 (Reporter Lin Chunyin) On the 22nd, a reporter from China News Service learned from defense lawyer Xu Xin of the "Wu Xieyu Mother Killing Case" that Wu Xieyu's intentional homicide was due to "resistable reasons". Suspend the trial.

　　The criminal ruling issued by the Higher People's Court of Fujian Province on March 21, 2022 stated that the Intermediate People's Court of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province heard that the Fuzhou City People's Procuratorate accused the defendant Wu Xieyu of intentional homicide, fraud, and the crime of buying and selling identity documents. In one case, a criminal judgment was made on August 24, 2021, and the defendant Wu Xieyu was found to be guilty of intentional homicide and sentenced to death; for fraud, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison; for the crime of buying and selling identity documents, he was sentenced to three years in prison, Decided to implement the death penalty, deprivation of political rights for life.

After the sentence was pronounced, the defendant Wu Xieyu refused to accept and appealed.

During the trial, the court ruled to suspend the trial in accordance with the provisions of Article 206, Paragraph 1, Item 4 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China due to irresistible reasons.

Criminal ruling issued by the Higher People's Court of Fujian Province on March 21, 2022.

Photo courtesy of the interviewee

　　Attorney Xu Xin told a reporter from Chinanews.com that the suspension of the trial shows the people's court's fair and prudent attitude towards Wu Xieyu's case, which is worthy of praise.

　　It is known that after Wu Xieyu's appeal, the defense lawyer filed some applications, especially the application for psychiatric identification, and submitted the "Retrieve Report on "Killing Relatives to Avoid Death".

　　It is understood that the suspension of trial refers to the system in which the trial of a criminal case cannot be continued for a long time due to the occurrence of certain statutory circumstances, and the trial is resumed after the reason for the suspension of the trial has disappeared.

　　The Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that the trial may be suspended if one of the following circumstances makes it impossible to continue the trial for a long time: the defendant suffers from a serious illness and cannot appear in court; the defendant escapes; the private prosecutor suffers from a serious illness Illness, unable to appear in court, without entrusting an agent ad litem to appear in court; due to irresistible reasons.

　　The "Criminal Ruling" issued by the Fujian Provincial High Court did not mention the "irresistible reason" for the suspension of the trial.

According to relevant regulations, after the reason for suspending the trial disappears, the trial shall be resumed.

The period during which the trial is suspended shall not be counted in the trial period.

　　In August 2021, the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court made a first-instance verdict: Wu Xieyu was guilty of intentional homicide, fraud, and buying and selling identity documents. He was punished for several crimes, and decided to execute the death penalty, deprive him of political rights for life, and be fined RMB 100,000. Three thousand yuan.

　　According to previous reports on this website, Wu Xieyu's uncle and uncle have expressed their forgiveness to Wu Xieyu and signed a letter of understanding, hoping that the judiciary will be lenient.

In August last year, Uncle Wu Xieyu told the media that he still hoped that Wu Xieyu would survive. If Wu Xieyu chose to appeal, he would fully support it.

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