23 years, how many 23 years are there in a person's life? In 23 years, everything has changed in a blink of an eye. The country gave him a compensation of 4.68 million, but some things can never come back. .

3 years, how many 23 years are there in a person’s life? When he was finally cleared of his grievances, saw the blue sky and white clouds outside the high wall again, and breathed in the fresh air, he couldn't help but lose control of his emotions and burst into tears.

htmlIn 123 years, everything has changed in the blink of an eye. The country gave him a compensation of up to 4.68 million , but some things can never come back.

His name is Jin Zhehong . Originally, he was not called this name, but Jin Zhehong. However, a disaster caused him to not only change the name given by his parents, but was also imprisoned for 23 years. Long.

In the past 23 years, Jin Zhehong's mother died of illness, his wife remarried, and his brothers and sisters went to other countries to make a living. The originally happy family was shattered in an instant. What happened to him?

Jin Zhehong was born in 1968 and is a Korean. Because his father participated in the Korean War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Jin Zhehong had a dream of joining the army since he was a child.

He is positive and optimistic, has a cheerful personality, and also likes to sing. Among the 6 children in the family, Jin Zhehong is the most active one.

Jin Zhehong is the fifth eldest child in his family. He has four older brothers and sisters and a twin brother.

Although the family is not rich, it is still difficult for the parents to support 6 brothers and sisters, but they support each other and live happily.

At that time, Jin Zhehong and his twin brother Jin Zhesong were called the "Big Red and Little Red" of the Jin family by their neighbors. In the eyes of his younger brother Jin Zhesong, he can sing and dance, and everyone in the town knows him.

As an adult, Jin Zhehong realized his childhood dream and successfully enlisted in the army. In the army, while completing his own training tasks, he was also responsible for the army's literary and artistic work.

In addition to the boring training, he organized many concerts for the soldiers. When his comrades in the army mentioned Jin Zhehong, their voices were full of nostalgia: "He was a good soldier and a good big brother."

After he retired, Jin Zhehong married a wife and had children, and then changed his job to work in a cotton and linen textile factory in Jilin City. Later, he and his wife opened a grocery store and a restaurant at the entrance of the village.

Because this restaurant is located at the crossroads of the village, Jin Zhehong named it "Lu Jishun" as a sign of peace and good fortune.

Later, as his son grew up day by day, and seeing the family's expenses increasing, Jin Zhehong and his wife discussed it and decided to start a side business. He bought a black motorcycle at a low price from an acquaintance and solicited customers near restaurants.

The peaceful life did not last long. In 1995, a female body was found near Jin Zhehong's home.

After listening to some one-sided remarks, the police arbitrarily believed that Jin Zhehong, who was driving a black motorcycle, had a close relationship with him, so he was taken back to the police station for questioning.

At that time, Jin Zhehong was cooking in the restaurant. His wife was a little worried when she saw her husband getting into the police car, but Jin Zhehong turned around and smiled at her and said, "I'll be back soon. I just want to ask a few questions. The police are always here recently." I will investigate the surroundings and come back after asking questions."

The wife was relieved a little, but she didn't know that this would become the last meeting between the two.

Before Jin Zhehong entered the police station, he really didn't take it seriously. He did know the deceased. The deceased wanted to take his car to meet a friend in a neighboring village that day. He and she argued over the fare for a long time, but in the end he couldn't. After that, the deceased left quickly.

As for why she died, it had nothing to do with him. Jin Zhehong believed that it was just an incident.

After the police questioned him, he would be able to go home soon. Jin Zhehong even planned to help his wife with cooking if he returned early. Who knew that as soon as Jin Zhehong entered the interrogation room, he would be tortured to extract a confession.

Recalling the horrific experience during the interrogation, Jin Zhehong lifted up his clothes and looked at the scars on his shoulders, chest and abdomen, still a little shocked:

"They asked me if I had pulled that person, if I had killed her, I said I was No, they didn’t listen. They thought I didn’t tell the truth, so they kept beating me with their shoes. I was really scared. What had I done wrong to do this to me?”

They tied my shoulders from behind and hung me up. , both feet off the ground, this is punishing me! Jin Zhehong couldn't stand the torture and was forced to "confess". Since then, his life has been completely destroyed.

Now, when he talks about the details at that time, his memory is very blurry. He doesn’t even know what he said. All he can think about is ending this pain quickly, “Death is not scary, pain is scary. I don’t know what I said. , In short, I accepted everything they said."

So, "pull" and "kill" were Jin Zhehong's final answers. In the eyes of people who don't know why, Jin Zhehong is a criminal.

According to the police verdict, Jin Zhehong raped the deceased first and then killed him out of lust. The nature of the case was extremely bad.

At that time, Jin Zhehong had regained his senses. He knew that he had not killed anyone and he could never admit it. However, the deal was already done. Who would care whether the "real murderer" was beaten to death?

Seeing that the redress of grievances was fruitless, Jin Zhehong simply signed his name on the confession as "Jin Kou". He said that changed "folded words to slapped words, and changed macros to injustice", which not only makes it difficult to be discovered, but also allows people to discover abnormalities in confessions.

From then on, Jin Zhehong signed this name on all materials that required his signature. It was also from this time that Jin Zhehong officially became Jin Zhehong, and the versatile "big red" in the past no longer existed.

When Jin Zhehong’s family heard the news, they felt as if they had been struck by lightning.

At first, my wife was the one who was least willing to believe it. She cried and said, "He told me that he was just asking questions! He also reminded me that a table of guests did not pay and asked me to remember to collect the money..."

The husband who was still cooking vegetables in the front has become a murderer in the back, and the wife is unwilling to accept this fact.

The same is true for Jin Zhehong's brothers and sisters. They don't believe that Jin Zhehong, who has always been cheerful and even served as a soldier, would do such a thing.

Because they knew in their hearts that the day of the incident happened to fall on the 16th day of the eighth lunar month. It was a very special day for everyone in the Jin family.

According to the custom of the Korean people, tributes must be laid out before 12 o'clock in the evening on the day before the deceased's memorial day. People believe that this can allow deceased relatives to receive the warmth from the world as soon as possible.

On that day, it happened to be the day before Jin Zhehong’s father’s memorial day. Jin Zhehong and his wife went back to his mother’s house to prepare an offering for his father. did not return to his home until one o’clock in the morning. It was impossible to say what kind of woman was on Jin Zhehong’s motorcycle. It's my wife.

All family members and neighbors could testify for Jin Zhehong. However, at that time, people only believed in the verdict written in black and white. No one cared about the weak defense of a criminal and his family.

Jin Zhehong felt that he could not give in. His son was still so young and could not live without his father. His mother was old and needed her children to serve her.

If he pleads guilty and goes to jail, the mother will lose a son, the wife will lose a husband, and the son will lose a father.

As a result, when the trial began, Jin Zhehong reversed his confession in court and denied the murder. The support from his family and friends made him emboldened.

Jin Zhehong claimed that because the price had not been negotiated and he was in a hurry to go home to present a confession to his father, the deceased was not on his motorcycle, so how could he kill anyone? However, this kind of justification did not have any effect.

As a result of the trial, Jin Zhehong was sentenced to suspended death . Jin Zhehong felt fear, and the shadow of death hung over his head, but he was innocent! How can he make the judge believe him?

It was at this time that something happened to the Jin family.

Jin’s mother, who was already old and frail, rolled her eyes and fainted when she heard the result of her son’s trial. From then on, Jin Mu was depressed all day long and refused to eat or drink. She contracted acute leukemia and died within half a year.

The sons and daughters of the Jin family took turns taking care of their mother, but failed to snatch her back from death. In the end, they scattered their mother's ashes into the Yalu River, which was the old man's last wish.

The Jin family was also criticized and talked about behind their backs by neighbors who did not know the truth. It was said that the son who had served as a soldier was a murderer because he knew people but not his heart.

In their view, Jin Zhehong, who was sentenced to suspended death, was definitely a serious criminal.

What is rare is that the Jin family, which has always valued family ties, never thought of giving up on Jin Zhehong. The brothers and sisters ran around for Jin Zhehong and asked for help. When

was finally desperate, even rented a van and knelt down in front of the court, blocking the entrance and exit.

They faced the strange looks coming and going with firm eyes. To them, as long as they could rescue Jin Zhehong, it was nothing at all.

The person in charge of Jin Zhehong's case came out to receive them: "We all know your situation, so go back first. It doesn't look good if you are blocked at the door, right?"

The simple Jin family believed it to be true, but after a long time, the case still had no improvement. , Only then did they realize that they had just been sent away.

In 1997, the Jilin Provincial High Court revoked the first-instance judgment of Jin Zhehong case and sent it back to the Intermediate Court for retrial. After the retrial, Jilin Provincial High Court still found Jin Zhehong guilty and upheld the original verdict.

Jin Zhehong pessimistically realized that he might not be able to get out of this high-walled power grid from now on, but when he thought of his young son, who was still waiting for his wife at home, he felt that he could not give up like this.

In this way, Jin Zhehong appealed several times, repeatedly mentioning the doubtful points of his "commitment", such as time and place, etc. His case was sent back for retrial twice and he was sentenced to four suspended death sentences.

He exhausted all channels he could find in prison, looking for comrades, lawyers, and the media. He refused to reduce his sentence because he insisted that he was innocent: "If you are guilty, you must plead guilty. What can you ask a good person to reform?"

Except In addition to working on his own case, Jin Zhehong also wrote many songs in prison.

The song "Every Time" was written stroke by stroke by Jin Zhehong standing in front of the window with tears in his eyes, looking at the snowy sky outside on the day of the first sentencing.

"Every time I look forward to my father and mother; every time I think hard about my wife and children; every time I hold the steamed bun in my hand and drink the vegetable soup, tears hang on my face. Pan. I kept looking forward to it, but I was in the cell. I looked up and saw the high fence. I prayed and hoped for a long time to be back with my relatives. "

, this song only has the first verse. Especially after his brother brought the news that his mother had died of illness, Jin Zhehong was in pain and could not write the next tune.

Many death row inmates found this song particularly pleasant after listening to it. Many of the death row inmates even requested that Jin Zhehong be temporarily transferred to their cell and bring a guitar to sing it to them before execution.

It was precisely because of them that Jin Zhehong slowly wrote the second lyrics.

Year after year, time passed slowly. Jin Zhehong went from being unwilling at the beginning to being numb later, and countless years passed in between.

When he entered prison, he was still a young man of 26 or 27, , young and energetic. Slowly, the years left indelible traces on his face, and he changed from a boy to a man.

Under his persuasion, his wife also remarried. Over the years, her wife took care of her son alone, and she received countless cold looks. Even with the help of Jin Zhehong's brothers and sisters, the life of an orphan and a widowed mother was quite miserable.

When Jin Zhehong's wife came to visit the prison with their much older son, Jin Zhehong looked at his wife , who was much older than his actual age, and was silent for a long time.

In the end, Jin Zhehong persuaded her to remarry . Such a good woman should not be dragged down because of herself. They ended their marriage, but they are relatives forever.

In 2014, Jin Zhehong ushered in a turning point in prison.

One of Jin Zhehong's classmates contacted a lawyer and they went to the prison to see Jin Zhehong. Jin Zhehong seemed very cold at first, but as they chatted about the case, Jin Zhehong suddenly burst into tears.

"It has been twenty years. I have been a murderer for twenty years. Why does it feel like a dream?"

At this time, Jin Zhehong's physical condition was so bad that he was serving his sentence in the "Old Disabled Ward" of Changchun Prison. His physical condition was extremely bad.

Not only is he disabled and uses crutches, he also suffers from diabetes , kidney stones and heart disease, and has almost lost the ability to take care of himself.

Even the simple signing process was not smooth for Jin Zhehong. His hands were shaking slightly, and he was extremely clumsy whether turning pages or pressing fingerprints.

After they were released from prison, both of them were deeply moved. The lawyer decided to "race against time" and collect the information of the year as quickly as possible to help Jin Zhehong rehabilitate him, because he was worried that Jin Zhehong might not be able to hold on for too long.

Thanks to their efforts, some media made a special report on Jin Zhehong. The report stated that there was no direct physical evidence or eyewitnesses in the case. The basis for conviction was almost only Jin Zhehong’s oral confession. He had been tortured for many times. Force a confession. On the day the

report was published, the Jilin High Court’s official Weibo immediately responded that it would immediately retrieve all the files on the case, carefully investigate the situation, and deal with it in a timely manner and in accordance with the law.

Four years later, the Jilin High Court decided to retry the case. After review, it was concluded that there were many doubts in Jin Zhehong's case and insufficient evidence to constitute Jin Zhehong's criminal facts.

On November 30, 2018, Jin Zhehong, who had been imprisoned for 23 years, staggered out of the prison and cried together with his family and friends. The media gathered around the entrance of the High Court, wanting to know Jin Zhehong's arrangements after he was released from prison and his mood at the moment.

Jin Zhehong leaned on crutches and faced the dark "long guns and short cannons". He choked and said: "Going back to pay homage to my parents' graves is what I want to do most right now."

Jin Zhehong's father is buried in Shuanghe, Jilin Province. In the Martyrs Cemetery, the mountain road was difficult to walk. Jin Zhehong used crutches and had to stop every few steps. 's grown-up son forcibly carried him on his back.

There were also some comrades of Jin Zhehong who came to worship together, and they had to take turns carrying it with his son. Jin Zhehong shook his head and kept saying "no".

When he arrived at his father's grave, Jin Zhehong sat down on the ground with tears streaming down his face. He asked his son to take out his verdict and asked his eldest brother to read it loudly in front of the grave as a way to comfort his father.

Finally, Jin Zhehong returned to his mother's old house. After his mother passed away, the place was abandoned. After working for him for several years, his brothers and sisters were forced to make a living and entrusted the case to a lawyer, so they went to South Korea to work. .

This old house, which carries countless memories of Jin Zhehong, is uninhabited and has been left desolate. Weeds are as tall as a person and it is dilapidated.

Jin Zhehong’s comrades arranged lunch for him. In the past, Jin Zhehong could drink a thousand glasses and was a famous wine bag, but now he can only hold boiled water and clink glasses with his comrades.

Until this time, Jin Zhehong had some real feelings: "It's like going back to the time when he was in the army more than 20 years ago."

After Jin Zhehong was released from prison, his family took him to major hospitals in Jilin.

The son who works in Beijing also took a long leave and traveled between Jilin City and Shuanghe Town. helped Jin Zhehong take care of things after he was released from prison. There was basically no time for the two father and son to sit down and talk.

Jin Zhehong sometimes doesn't see his son for half a day or even a day. Jin Zhehong firmly believes in the power of father and son's blood, but the guilt caused by 23 years of absence is unavoidable.

Now Jin Zhehong is working hard to adapt to this society. Today in the 21st century, there are many novel things that Jin Zhehong has never been exposed to.

Looking at the high-rise buildings and neon lights, Jin Zhehong may even feel scared. All of this is too strange to him.

"I need time to plan the rest of my life." Jin Zhehong decided to integrate himself into society as soon as possible. He has loved music since he was a child and hopes to have the opportunity to engage in music-related work in the future.

In the end, Jin Zhehong received 4.68 million yuan in compensation, which was also the highest compensation in similar cases. However, Jin Zhehong knew that the money could not be exchanged for anything. At most, it would make his later life less painful. That’s all.

For a person who has lost his freedom for 23 years, no amount of compensation is exaggerated. That is not a meager number, it is the real minutes and seconds of life!

Jin Zhehong’s WeChat avatar is a soaring eagle. He said, I hope that in my later years I will no longer be restrained and can fly freely like an eagle.

sincerely wishes that Jin Zhehong, who has gone through ups and downs, can step out of the shadows and start a new life.

Reference:

, Baidu Encyclopedia: Jin Zhehong

, Southern Weekend "After being wronged for 23 years, Jin Zhehong received a record high of 4.68 million yuan in state compensation"