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Former college student who spent 11 years on death row compensated 1.27 million yuan
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A Chinese man condemned to death three times for murder and who spent 11 years on death row before being cleared was awarded 1.27 million yuan ($200,000) compensation, reports said Tuesday.
Zeng Aiyun, once a graduate student at Xiangtan University in the central province of Hunan, was convicted in 2004 of murdering a fellow student and sentenced to die.
The verdict was set aside three times on appeal and new trials ordered, but on the first two retrials in 2005 and 2010 Zeng was again condemned to death.
Finally the Xiangtan Intermediate People's Court exonerated him for lack of evidence at his fourth trial in July.
It awarded him 1.27 million yuan in compensation on Monday, the Xinhua news agency reported.
The court found another student to be the sole killer, it added. Chen Huazhang -- previously sentenced to life as Zeng's accomplice -- poisoned the victim out of jealousy, Xinhua said, and laid a false trail to implicate Zeng.
Zeng said he was not satisfied with the compensation and would go back to court once more to seek more, the Beijing Times reported Tuesday.
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