China News Service, August 20. According to foreign media reports, one of the murderers of Chinese student Ji Xinran, Alberto Ochoa, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2019, and the defendant continued to appeal against the sentence. On the 18th local time, the California Court of Appeals made a ruling to uphold Ochua’s murder sentence, but sent the case back to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, asking him to consider the fact that the defendant was under 18 when he committed the crime. Ochua The sentence may be reduced.

On August 1, 2014 local time, in California, USA, USC students mourned Ji Xinran, a Chinese student who died in the attack.

  A three-judge ruling panel of the California Court of Appeals for the Second District found that the defendant Ochua was only 17 years old at the time of the crime and was still a minor. Therefore, it recommended that the Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge George G. Lomeli put "about "The factors of juvenile commutation" are taken into consideration before deciding whether to maintain his sentence of "life imprisonment."

  According to the report, the Court of Appeal confirmed that the Chinese student Ji Xinran, who was only 24 years old at the time, was "particularly cruel attack" on his way back to his dormitory from Southern California in the middle of the night.

  On July 24, 2014, Ji Xinran was robbed on the way back to the dormitory in the early morning. He suffered serious head injuries and died after struggling to return to the apartment.

  On August 16, 2017, the Los Angeles County Superior Court sentenced Andrew Garcia, who was 18 at the time of the case, to life imprisonment without parole for first-degree murder and other charges.

  On July 13, 2018, 16-year-old Alejandra Guerrero (female) was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for first-degree murder and other charges. Jonathan Del Carmen, 19 years old at the time of the crime and acting as the driver in the case, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and served at least 15 years in prison.

  On December 12, 2018, the last defendant, 17-year-old Ochua at the time of the crime, was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder and lethal weapon attack by a jury. On March 8, 2019, Ochua was sentenced to life imprisonment.