Mother calls for justice for executed son
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THE mother of a man executed 20 years ago for a murder to which another person later confessed appeared in court yesterday, as pressure builds to correct errors of justice.
The court’s reopening of the case of Nie Shubin, executed by firing squad in 1995 at the age of 20 for rape and murder, comes just a week after another court declared innocent a teenager executed on the same charges in 1996.
On December 15, a court in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region declared innocent Huugjilt, who had been executed at age 18 in 1996 for murder and rape.
Doubt was cast on the original verdict when another man confessed to the crime in 2005.
Nie’s family has been campaigning for justice without success since a serial murderer arrested in 2005 confessed to the killing for which their son was convicted.
The high court this month ordered authorities in Jinan, capital of east China’s Shandong Province, to reopen the case.
Nie’s mother Zhang Huanzhi, 70, entered court yesterday flanked by lawyers and court officials.
“The old lady had a lot to say,” one of her lawyers Chen Guangwu said.
“It’s not easy to meet with a judge, so of course she wanted to speak,” he said.
Chen said court officials promised to allow lawyers access to the original case files used to convict Nie, but had not given a precise date.
“We said this was a key test case for the idea of rule of law. This is a good time to revise past mistakes,” Chen said.
But lawyers cautioned that the path to exonerating Nie could be long.
“We have just covered the basics. The next step is to reinvestigate the case,” said family lawyer Li Shuting.
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