At 4 pm on August 4, 2020, Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's Court re-judgment on " Zhang Yuhuan Case ".
After a long discussion, the Jiangxi Provincial High Court finally reached a conclusion and determined that the Zhang Yuhuan case was "the facts of the original judgment were unclear and the evidence was insufficient" , and the defendant Zhang Yuhuan was not accused and was released in court.
When the judgment was issued, Zhang Yuhuan's relatives who were waiting outside the court cheered excitedly.
This unsolved case, which spans 27 years, was finally concluded on this day. And their relatives, Zhang Yuhuan, a farmer from Jiangxi Province who lost his freedom for 9778 days, also ushered in a new life at this moment...
The "Zhang Yuhuan case" was re-verified, which caused an uproar on the Internet. People are curious about what happened to Zhang Yuhuan?
How should his future life continue? And what kind of compensation should the state and the government make?
"Zhang Yuhuan Murder Case" all the time
On October 24, 1993, a bizarre disappearance case occurred in Zhangjia Village, Neihuangling Township, Jiangxi Province: two boys in village mysteriously disappeared.
The two missing were Zhang Lei, who was only 6 years old and Zhang Xiang, who was 4 years old. At that time, their parents searched for him for a whole night but found nothing. It was not until the next day that people found the two in the reservoir near the village, and they had drowned in the water.
At first, almost everyone thought that the two children drowned because of playing.
In the past, drowning was not uncommon. Almost every village had been circulating in which men drowned after drinking, or children drowned with playfulness.
But just as the child's relatives were preparing to arrange their funeral, Zhang Youling, a village doctor in Zhangjia Village, stood up and stopped the child's parents.
As a doctor, Zhang Youling keenly discovered something wrong. actually had some strange scars on the two children. Will there be other hidden information behind the drowning of the two children?
So he persuaded the child's parents to call the police for handling.
The police who received the message quickly arrived at the scene. After the police investigated the bodies of the two, it was initially determined that the cause of death of both of them was homicide.
From the corpse identification letter of the Nanchang Municipal Public Security Bureau at that time, we can see that at that time, the police believed that the two deceased were thrown into the reservoir after death, and the cause of death was suspected to be rope suffocation and neck choking.
After hearing this news, the whole village was shocked. Could it be that a murderer appeared among the villagers who were with him day and night?
Careful readers may have discovered it. This village is called Zhangjia Village. Whether it is the two victims, Zhang Xiang and Zhang Lei, to the village doctor Zhang Youling, and Zhang Yuhuan, they are mainly based on , Zhang's surname, .
In such a village in the 1990s, the relationship between people was far closer, just like today's communities. The emergence of the news of made the whole village panic.
Through further autopsy, the police extracted some sweet potato peel debris from the stomach of the deceased Zhang Xiang. According to the degree of digestion of the food residue, it can be identified that Zhang Xiang's death time was roughly 11:30 am on October 24.
So why does all this have something to do with Zhang Yuhuan?
After the incident, the police conducted a thorough investigation of the villagers and recorded all their whereabouts at the time of the incident.
. Coincidentally, on the day of the incident, Zhang Yuhuan worked in arable land 500 meters away from his home. During this period, he went home three times, with the time being 10:50, 11:30 and 1:00 pm respectively.
From the perspective of the crime time, it is completely consistent with the death time of the two children, and Zhang Yuhuan has sufficient crime time. What's even more strange is that on the night of the 24th, because the weather was gloomy that day and it seemed to be raining, everyone in Zhangjia Village took away the grains that were sunken in the square.
, but Zhang Yuhuan was abnormal. Not only did he not collect the valley, he guarded the valley alone in the square, guarding the whole night.
Did it rain that night? The answer is yes, but not at night, but in the early morning of the next day. According to records from the Jiangxi Provincial Meteorological Center, it was not until 4 a.m. on the 25th that light rain started in Zhangjia Village.
And it was also at this moment that Zhang Yuhuan, who was sitting on the valley farm, felt the coolness and finally dragged the cart and sack to take the corn home at night.
In this case, Zhang Yuhuan's actions were very abnormal. Why did the whole village collect the millet, but you didn't?
Through Zhang Yuhuan's various abnormalities and coincidences in the time of the crime, the police determined that Zhang Yuhuan is a major suspect.
Zhang Yuhuan also has his own reason for this, that is, if it doesn’t rain, wouldn’t it be a waste of time?
However, when there were no other clues in the case at that time, the police still detained him. On October 27, the Jinxian County Public Security Bureau arrested him for and reviewed .
When I first saw this news, many people thought it was a false and wrong case that was forced to be blamed and defeated . However, after reading the case, it is not difficult to see that from the perspective of the police at that time, Zhang Yuhuan was indeed the most suspected person.
subsequent trial, Zhang Yuhuan was imprisoned and was arrested
, Zhang Yuhuan firmly denied that he killed someone, but the police could not be omniscient and omnipotent. Seeing Zhang Yuhuan doing this, he mistakenly thought that he would rather die than obey.
So at that time, was there any evidence that was beneficial to Zhang Yuhuan? There is a answer.
In the relevant files, there is also an oral material of the girl Yang, a girl from the village. Yang claimed that she had seen Zhang Lei and Zhang Xiang walking towards the reservoir at around 12 noon on October 24.
The two children made an appointment to go to the reservoir, and most of them were going to play in the water, which means that the two children might have drowned accidentally.
But unfortunately, this evidence did not attract attention at the time. From the police to the court later, everyone agreed with Zhang Yuhuan's view of killing.
on the one hand points to various evidences of Zhang Yuhuan, and on the other hand, Zhang Yuhuan, who has almost no legal knowledge and only cares about complaining about justice, which also destined Zhang Yuhuan's misfortune.
Finally, on December 29, the local police still announced the arrest of Zhang Yuhuan, and on January 5 of the following year, the Nanchang Municipal Procuratorate filed a public prosecution for Zhang Yuhuan for intentional homicide.
On January 26 of the same year, the Nanchang Municipal Procuratorate determined that Zhang Yuhuan was guilty of murder in the first instance judgment.
When he returned home at 11:30 on the day of the incident on October 24, he was very angry and slapped the six-year-old Zhang Lei twice in the face when he saw Zhang Lei and Zhang Xiang playing under his eaves.
During this period, Zhang Lei grabbed his hand and had the idea of murder. After brutally killing Zhang Lei, he chose to silence Zhang Xiang, who was only 4 years old, on the side.
Killed two people in Zhangjia Village by hand, rope, and stick, and threw the two people into the reservoir on the rainy night that night. sentenced him to death with a two-year reprieve.
After being imprisoned, Zhang Yuhuan almost collapsed. At this time, he was discouraged and wanted to commit suicide many times in prison, but he was rescued by his prisoners every time he committed suicide.
But luckily, even so, his family still chose to believe him.
Just when he was in despair, he was encouraged by his elder brother Zhang Minqiang. Faced with his brother who was imprisoned, Zhang Minqiang said that he believed in him. After receiving encouragement, Zhang Yuhuan reorganized his confidence and was determined to appeal.
Due to limited cultural level, Zhang Yuhuan searched the dictionary in prison and tried to recall relevant details. wrote letters of help to National People's Congress and judicial organs at all levels. In the next twenty-six years, Zhang Yuhuan wrote a total of thousands of letters.
During this period, Zhang Yuhuan's wife Song Xiaonu While working to earn money to raise two children, she actively cooperated with her husband's appeal.
Song Xiaonu only has the first grade of elementary school education, but she still has not given up in recent years and has traveled all the judicial organs in Jiangxi Province to strive to give her husband justice.
Finally, on March 30, 1995, more than a year later, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's Court revoked the original judgment of this case and sent it back to retrial on the grounds that the facts were unclear and the evidence was insufficient.
But at this moment, Song Xiaonu was diagnosed with a uterine tumor.
For this broken family, this is undoubtedly a disaster. Faced with his hardship, Zhang Yuhuan fell into deep self-blame. He was struggling to sit here, and his wife was weak and sick, but she had to support the entire family. Treating illness requires money, and the growth of two children also requires money.
, I can no longer stick to this home.
"It's okay, it's okay, the case is being retried, I can go out soon." , Zhang Yuhuan, who was imprisoned, secretly comforted himself in his heart almost every day.
Unexpectedly, on November 7, 2001, when the Nanchang Intermediate People's Court retried the judgment, it again determined that of the case "is clear basic facts and sufficient basic evidence" and "based on the specific circumstances of this case" , a judgment with the same result as the original first-instance judgment was made.
Zhang Yuhuan's previous efforts failed.
persisted for 27 years and finally got free
But even at this time, Zhang Yuhuan still refused to accept his fate. He continued to appeal, but on November 28, 2001, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's Court rejected the appeal and upheld the original judgment.
failed several appeals. At this time, Zhang Yuhuan completely lost his fighting spirit and no longer had any extravagance for his future.
The only hope is that your children and your wife can live a happy life. At this time, Zhang Yuhuan made an amazing decision - divorce .
In his opinion, he is already like this, and there is no need to let his child bear the reputation of "the father is a murderer" when he is born. It is better to let divorce, and give his wife and children a chance to live a new life.
After hearing her husband's choice, Song Xiaonu, who had been silently supporting him, burst into tears, but life always has to continue.
In the end, Song Xiaonu compromised with fate and chose to remarry. But even after remarrying, Song Xiaonu was still running around for Zhang Yuhuan's appeal for many years.
As the saying goes, "There is no way out" , the Zhang Yuhuan case has actually always been a turning point, that is the public prosecution at that time.
Whether in the trial that year or in the subsequent complaints, Zhang Yuhuan always insisted that he was innocent. He knew that as long as he persisted, there would be a glimmer of hope.
If you give up, you will be completely doomed to . Zhang Yuhuan always grabbed this last straw, and it was precisely because of this persistence that Zhang Yuhuan could overturn the case.
2018, the incident finally ushered in a turning point. The lawyer representing the Zhang Yuhuan case Wang Fei Monk Man Qing and the other two found many suspicious points after checking the case files of the Zhang Yuhuan case. First of all, there was a lack of appraisal of physical evidence, and it was impossible to directly prove that Zhang Yuhuan committed the crime, and it was impossible to rule out the possibility of accidents in the two boys.
Secondly, the details of the two guilty confessions are difficult to match, and the credibility is not high. In the final defense, no lawyer defended Zhang Yuhuan, which was suspected of being illegal in the procedural.
Two lawyers appealed again with their own legal knowledge. finally, at 4 pm on August 4, 2020, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's Court declared Zhang Yuhuan innocent on the grounds that "the facts of the original judgment were unclear and the evidence was insufficient" .
After 27 years, Zhang Yuhuan finally regained his freedom.
After Zhang Yuhuan was released from prison, the local government compensated him.
According to the provisions of the State Compensation Law, infringement of citizens' personal freedom should be compensated according to the number of days. The compensation standard in 2020 is RMB 346.75 per day, and the number of days Zhang Yuhuan was detained calculated by the media is 9778 days.
From this calculation, Zhang Yuhuan can receive at least nearly 3.3 million yuan in compensation due to personal freedom.
But in fact, Zhang Yuhuan received much more than 3.3 million yuan in compensation. Perhaps the local government department apologized for Zhang Yuhuan. In addition to the specific compensation, also added additional compensation. He actually received 4.96 million yuan in compensation, which exceeded the previous estimate of the reporter.
When he saw this huge sum of money, Zhang Yuhuan was very surprised. Over the years, the best result he thought of was to be able to be released from prison, return to the countryside to plant two acres of land, and spend his old age in peace. He never thought that he would get such a large amount of money in his old age.
When Zhang Yuhuan was released from prison, his relatives and friends came to greet him. Looking at Zhang Yuhuan who had been imprisoned over the years, relatives and friends burst into tears. , he has suffered too many grievances over the years.
The reason why Zhang Yuhuan can persist until now is not only because of his wife’s help, but more importantly, the support from relatives and friends.
Zhang Yuhuan's elder brother encouraged him in his darkest and desperate time and encouraged him to persist in living. If Without these help, Zhang Yuhuan is likely to sink to the bottom of the lake.
After Zhang Yuhuan was released from prison, his future life also attracted widespread attention from people. Who is the obligation to support him? Zhang Yuhuan and his ex-wife's son gave the answer to this question.
Although he has never lived with his father for a day, Zhang Yuhuan's son still made the decision to say that he would be responsible for the future support of his father. In Zhang Yuhuan's hometown, Zhang Jia Village, Neihuangling Township, Jiangxi Province, they built a three-story house for the old father to live in.
27 years after their separation, Zhang Yuhuan's son had already achieved success in his career and got married and got married. After Zhang Yuhuan was released from prison, his son and daughter-in-law immediately Zhang Luoqi built a new house for his old father.
Faced with a huge sum of millions, Zhang Yuhuan revealed a more specific plan in an interview with the media.
First of all, he said that he would buy a house for two sons, each of whom would buy 1 million yuan.
In their county town, you can buy a 100-square-meter house with a very good location for 600,000 yuan, and a very comfortable big house for 1 million yuan.
0-year-old Zhang Yuhuan said that after the distribution of the family, he would leave himself a pension money and then find another wife. It is best for a wife to be five or six years younger than him and have no children. It's not OK to be too small, so it won't match. For Song Xiaonu's hard work over the years, Zhang Yuhuan is preparing to make up for her 50,000 or 60,000 yuan. However, after hearing about giving money, Song Xiaonu immediately stated: "Not to mention 500,000 or 600,000, I won't want 500,000 or 600,000."
When he breathed the free air again, Zhang Yuhuan was very excited. Looking at the traffic on the road outside, he felt a lot of emotion. When he was in prison, he had never seen so many cars? What attracted him even more was the dazzling array of modern technology products. In order to make his old father keep up with the times, Zhang Yuhuan's daughter-in-law also took the initiative to buy him a smartphone and teach him how to use it.
Zhang Yuhuan was 53 years old at this time. He was not seriously injured in his body and had a huge sum of 4.96 million yuan. In his later years, he could be said to have no worries about food and clothing.
His only task is to live a good life, which may be a comfort to his 27-year imprisonment.
But time is priceless. From that young man to the middle-aged and elderly man at the age of 53, it just corresponds to the saying that morning is like black hair and snow in the evening.
After being released from prison, Zhang Yuhuan naturally no longer has to make a living, but he lost the most important thing in his life, his family and youth.
In August 2021, Zhang Yuhuan was interviewed by reporters again. At this time, he had been released from prison for a year. We can see from the video that Zhang Yuhuan at has improved greatly compared to when he was just released from prison.
But he still said that he still has a "disconnection" with the entire society and even dared not go out alone. 27 years ago, his world was still burning firewood and riding a bicycle, which was completely different from now on.
What Zhang Yuhuan loves to do is stay at home to take care of his little granddaughter . In prison, the only thing Zhang Yuhuan has not lost is his cultural ability.
After years of writing letters, his cultural level has been greatly improved. It is a great comfort for him to teach his granddaughter to recognize words in his spare time.
In order to better integrate into this society, Zhang Yuhuan's family also opened his own account on Douyin for him, and he even learned the most popular live streaming to sell goods. The reason why
wants to do live broadcast is not because Zhang Yuhuan is short of money, or wants more money. The things Zhang Yuhuan sells are nothing more than toilet paper and local fruit specialties. The number of clicks is not large, let alone making a lot of money.
is not so much that he wants to make a fortune by relying on this reputation, but rather that he is looking for some jobs to do. For Zhang Yuhuan, the best reward for him to integrate into this society.
Here we wish Zhang Yuhuan can find his own happiness in the days ahead. After all, life is long and the road ahead is still long. I hope he can integrate into society as soon as possible. I also hope that those who are still deeply trapped in a similar quagmire will firmly up their beliefs and one day be reborn.
Reference:
[1] Jiangxi High Court reviewed the Zhang Yuhuan case: He was charged with killing two boys and was sentenced to death for 25 years. The Paper
[2] The retrial of the case of Zhang Yuhuan, Jiangxi, 26 years later: There is no objective evidence, the prosecutor recommends a re-sentence for not guilty | Jiangxi. Sina
[3] Zhang Yuhuan's murder case was retried 26 years later and was acquitted. He was the person who was detained for the longest time so far. Phoenix.com
