death penalty victim Yao Jiaxin
On the night of
October 20, 2010, Yao Jiaxin, a student at Xi’an Conservatory
of Music, hit a woman named Zhang Miao with his Chevrolet. When he got out of the car, he found Zhang trying to memorize his license plate number. As he was afraid that Zhang would blackmail him or otherwise get him in trouble over this accident as she was a rural peasant, he took out a knife and stabbed her eight times until she died. When. he was trying to escape, he hit two other people on the road and was eventually
apprehended. However, the police released him because of lack of evidence.
The police did not manage to properly connect the two accidents and charge him of
murder until October 22. Yao confessed to his crime on October 23, and was put on trial on March 23,
2011 at the Xi’an Intermediate People’s Court. Since he had shown remorse for
the murder, it was quite likely that he would escape the death penalty. However,
after this case was exposed by the media and discussed heatedly on the
internet, most netizens demanded Yao receive the death penalty. Chinese
netizens, through the use of Human Flesh Search, were able to find
that Yao's father was a well-placed military representative in Xi’an, which
added to popular resentment of him. Chinese netizens tend to have
particular animosity against the rich and well-connected, either through
business or government relationships.
He was sentenced to death on june, 11, 2011.
October 20, 2010, Yao Jiaxin, a student at Xi’an Conservatory
of Music, hit a woman named Zhang Miao with his Chevrolet. When he got out of the car, he found Zhang trying to memorize his license plate number. As he was afraid that Zhang would blackmail him or otherwise get him in trouble over this accident as she was a rural peasant, he took out a knife and stabbed her eight times until she died. When. he was trying to escape, he hit two other people on the road and was eventually
apprehended. However, the police released him because of lack of evidence.
The police did not manage to properly connect the two accidents and charge him of
murder until October 22. Yao confessed to his crime on October 23, and was put on trial on March 23,
2011 at the Xi’an Intermediate People’s Court. Since he had shown remorse for
the murder, it was quite likely that he would escape the death penalty. However,
after this case was exposed by the media and discussed heatedly on the
internet, most netizens demanded Yao receive the death penalty. Chinese
netizens, through the use of Human Flesh Search, were able to find
that Yao's father was a well-placed military representative in Xi’an, which
added to popular resentment of him. Chinese netizens tend to have
particular animosity against the rich and well-connected, either through
business or government relationships.
He was sentenced to death on june, 11, 2011.
death penalty victom Wu Ying
A Chinese businesswoman who originally received a death sentence
for fraud has now been given a two-year reprieve.This means that she is likely to receive life imprisonment instead of the death penalty.Wu Ying's death sentence was overturned by China's supreme
court in April and she has now been re-sentenced by her home province of Zhejiang. Her death sentence had sparked thousands of appeals for clemency Wu Ying was arrested in 2007 and found guilty of cheating private investors out of 380m yuan ($60m; £38m). in 2009 she was sentenced to death for illegal fundraising.
for fraud has now been given a two-year reprieve.This means that she is likely to receive life imprisonment instead of the death penalty.Wu Ying's death sentence was overturned by China's supreme
court in April and she has now been re-sentenced by her home province of Zhejiang. Her death sentence had sparked thousands of appeals for clemency Wu Ying was arrested in 2007 and found guilty of cheating private investors out of 380m yuan ($60m; £38m). in 2009 she was sentenced to death for illegal fundraising.