Court overturns ruling in robbery, murder cases
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July 3, 2013, Wednesday
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A COURT in east China's Zhejiang Province yesterday overturned sentences for five men who had been convicted of robbing and killing two taxi drivers 18 years ago.
The provincial higher court acquitted Wang Jianping and Zhu Youping of the criminal charges but still jailed Chen Jianyang, Tian Weidong and Tian Xiaoping for one to three years for larceny and robbery, respectively.
The court said the July 1997 rulings by the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court, which sentenced four of them to death with a two-year reprieve and the other to life imprisonment in connection with two robbery cases and the deaths of two taxi drivers, were based on false evidence.
The retrial was granted in May, as police found new evidence indicating that one of the victims may have been killed by a different man.
Chen, Zhu, Tian Weidong and Tian Xiaoping were convicted of robbing and killing taxi driver Xu Caixia on March 20, 1995, in the Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, the court said.
Police did not discover the real killer, Xiang Shengyuan, until July 2011, when they found that Xiang's fingerprints matched those found at the crime scene of the first taxi driver's death and restarted the investigation.
Xiang was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for intentional homicide by the Jiaxing Intermediate People's Court on May 30.
The provincial higher court upheld the ruling on June 27.
The provincial higher court acquitted Wang Jianping and Zhu Youping of the criminal charges but still jailed Chen Jianyang, Tian Weidong and Tian Xiaoping for one to three years for larceny and robbery, respectively.
The court said the July 1997 rulings by the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court, which sentenced four of them to death with a two-year reprieve and the other to life imprisonment in connection with two robbery cases and the deaths of two taxi drivers, were based on false evidence.
The retrial was granted in May, as police found new evidence indicating that one of the victims may have been killed by a different man.
Chen, Zhu, Tian Weidong and Tian Xiaoping were convicted of robbing and killing taxi driver Xu Caixia on March 20, 1995, in the Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, the court said.
Police did not discover the real killer, Xiang Shengyuan, until July 2011, when they found that Xiang's fingerprints matched those found at the crime scene of the first taxi driver's death and restarted the investigation.
Xiang was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for intentional homicide by the Jiaxing Intermediate People's Court on May 30.
The provincial higher court upheld the ruling on June 27.
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