Rapist pleads to be found guilty of 4th offense
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July 11, 2013, Thursday
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THE trial of Wang Shujin, who confessed to a crime for which another man had already been executed, re-opened yesterday morning.
It ended just after noon with a verdict yet to be announced.
Nie Shubin, 21, was executed in 1995 for the 1994 rape and murder of a woman in the northern city of Shijiazhuang. After Wang, 46, was apprehended by police in 2005 over three separate rape and murder charges, he confessed to having raped and murdered the woman in Shijiazhuang.
He thought his confession was a "great contribution" to the police investigation and that it should earn him a lighter sentence. But prosecutors dismissed it.
Yesterday, the prosecutor and defense attorney at Handan Intermediate People's Court debated whether Wang was, in fact, the perpetrator in the 1994 case.
Wang confessed to the crime in court yesterday, as he had done during a hearing on June 25. He said he had pushed the woman off a bicycle, raped her and stamped on her chest until she died. He said he then took the woman's dress as a gift for his wife and left her lying naked in a cornfield.
"I hope I can clarify some facts, but I know it's impossible to verify them," Wang said.
However, the prosecutor said the woman was found in a white undershirt and nylon socks, with a colored shirt wrapped around her neck. She had no bone fractures and had died of suffocation.
The two sides also disagreed on the time the crime was committed and the height of the victim.
Wang's attorney, Zhu Aimin, said the prosecutor could not demand precise accuracy in all the details 19 years after the murder, as memories fade as time goes by.
Wang's description of the scene coincided with the crime scene investigation report, Zhu said.
But the prosecutor said Wang was working at a construction site near where the murder took place and would have had many opportunities to visit the crime scene.
Zhu also pointed out flaws in other evidence provided by the prosecutor. Only one signature was found on the autopsy report instead of two and a shirt was presented in the form of a photo instead of in reality. But the prosecutor dismissed these as minor flaws.
Some local residents who attended yesterday's trial expressed the hope that Wang's verdict would bring out the truth.
Nie's mother, 68-year-old Zhang Huanzhi, said she did not care if Wang is the murderer or not. She was convinced her son was not responsible.
It ended just after noon with a verdict yet to be announced.
Nie Shubin, 21, was executed in 1995 for the 1994 rape and murder of a woman in the northern city of Shijiazhuang. After Wang, 46, was apprehended by police in 2005 over three separate rape and murder charges, he confessed to having raped and murdered the woman in Shijiazhuang.
He thought his confession was a "great contribution" to the police investigation and that it should earn him a lighter sentence. But prosecutors dismissed it.
Yesterday, the prosecutor and defense attorney at Handan Intermediate People's Court debated whether Wang was, in fact, the perpetrator in the 1994 case.
Wang confessed to the crime in court yesterday, as he had done during a hearing on June 25. He said he had pushed the woman off a bicycle, raped her and stamped on her chest until she died. He said he then took the woman's dress as a gift for his wife and left her lying naked in a cornfield.
"I hope I can clarify some facts, but I know it's impossible to verify them," Wang said.
However, the prosecutor said the woman was found in a white undershirt and nylon socks, with a colored shirt wrapped around her neck. She had no bone fractures and had died of suffocation.
The two sides also disagreed on the time the crime was committed and the height of the victim.
Wang's attorney, Zhu Aimin, said the prosecutor could not demand precise accuracy in all the details 19 years after the murder, as memories fade as time goes by.
Wang's description of the scene coincided with the crime scene investigation report, Zhu said.
But the prosecutor said Wang was working at a construction site near where the murder took place and would have had many opportunities to visit the crime scene.
Zhu also pointed out flaws in other evidence provided by the prosecutor. Only one signature was found on the autopsy report instead of two and a shirt was presented in the form of a photo instead of in reality. But the prosecutor dismissed these as minor flaws.
Some local residents who attended yesterday's trial expressed the hope that Wang's verdict would bring out the truth.
Nie's mother, 68-year-old Zhang Huanzhi, said she did not care if Wang is the murderer or not. She was convinced her son was not responsible.
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