On December 2, 1996, Yu Yingsheng's wife Han was killed at home in Nanshan Road, Bengbu City.
On December 22nd, 1996, Yu Yingsheng was arrested on suspicion of intentional homicide. Subsequently, Bengbu Intermediate People's Court sentenced Yu Yingsheng to life imprisonment for intentional homicide and deprived him of political rights for life. The second instance ruling of Anhui Provincial High Court upheld the original judgment. His father and brother have been complaining for more than 1 years.
On May 31, 213, the Anhui Provincial High Court decided to file a case for review according to the first paragraph of Article 243 of the Criminal Law.
On June 27th, 213, Anhui Provincial High Court decided to form a collegiate bench for retrial.
On August 13th, 213, the Anhui Provincial High Court publicly pronounced that Yu Yingsheng's intentional killing of his wife was unclear and the evidence was insufficient, and Yu Yingsheng was acquitted. Subsequently, Bengbu Public Security Bureau initiated the re-investigation procedure.
On November 27th, 213, Wu Qinyuan was under control in Bengbu, and confessed the crime of raping and killing Han 17 years ago.
On January 5th, 215, Wuhu Intermediate People's Court held a closed trial of the suspect Wu Qinyuan according to the jurisdiction designated by Anhui Provincial High Court. Yu Yingsheng filed civil compensation against Wu Qinyuan, including death compensation, alimony and alimony.
On May 15th, 215, the Intermediate People's Court of Wuhu City, Anhui Province publicly pronounced the rape case of Wu Qinyuan in the first instance, sentenced Wu Qinyuan to death for rape and deprived him of his political rights for life. Wu Qinyuan is suspected to be the murderer of "Yu Yingsheng's wife killing case" in Bengbu. He was originally a policeman of the Traffic Police Detachment of Bengbu Public Security Bureau.
On the morning of January 15th, 216, the Higher People's Court of Anhui Province held a public hearing to pronounce a verdict on the rape appeal case of Wu Qinyuan, the real murderer of Yu Yingsheng's unjust case of killing his wife in Bengbu, Anhui Province, and ruled that the appeal was dismissed and the death penalty was upheld, and it was reported to the Supreme People's Court for approval according to law. On December 2, 1996, Han Lu, a citizen of Bengbu, was killed at home. According to reports, according to the scene situation and autopsy report at that time, the nature of the case can be determined as a homicide case of asphyxiation, and the time of committing the crime was around 7: in the morning. There were no signs of forced destruction of doors and windows in Yingsheng's two-bedroom and one-bedroom home. The room was not messy and there were no obvious signs of fighting. According to the preliminary investigation results of public security organs, it is considered that the evidence has been able to form the conditions for legal proceedings.
Before the incident, 34-year-old Yu Yingsheng (see entry: Yu Yingsheng) served as the assistant to the head of the former East District (now Longzihu District) of Bengbu City, and was a cross-century cadre specially trained by the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee. On August 5th, 213, Yu Yingsheng's wife-killing case was heard in Fuyang in private. According to the new evidence provided by procuratorial organs and defense lawyers, it is considered that the evidence of Yu Yingsheng's intentional homicide in the original trial is not true and sufficient, and the contradictions between the evidence in the case have not been eliminated by joint efforts, which is not exclusive and unique. Accordingly, the original judgment of first instance and the ruling of second instance are revoked according to law, and Yu Yingsheng is declared innocent.
On August 13th, 213, the Anhui Provincial High Court publicly pronounced that the fact that Yu Yingsheng intentionally killed his wife was unclear and the evidence of the crime was not unique and exclusive, and declared Yu Yingsheng innocent. After being released in court, the relevant departments of Bengbu resumed their official status and were a chief clerk of the civil affairs system of Bengbu City.
Yu Yingsheng's Zhao Xue case is the first case that Anhui Province changed its sentence after reiterating the principle of no doubt. On December 3, 213, Bengbu Public Security Bureau published a long microblog in Weibo, saying that the police in this city had cracked a rape and murder case that happened in this city 17 years ago by high-tech means. According to Weibo's report, after Yu Yingsheng was acquitted, Bengbu Public Security Bureau immediately started the re-investigation procedure, deployed more than 4 elite troops to form a task force, and Anhui Provincial Public Security Bureau also sent criminal investigation experts to fully guide the investigation of the case. During the detection of the case, the task force comprehensively and carefully combed the original case files and material evidence, and obtained the key evidence of the suspect's DNA at the crime scene.
due to the long time of the crime, the task force made careful analysis and bold ideas, contacted many criminal scientific research units across the country for repeated comparison and analysis, and successfully detected the unique information in the DNA sample of the suspect by using high-tech means. After close investigation by the police in Jiangsu, Anhui and other places, the police locked the suspect Wu Qinyuan (see entry: Wu Qinyuan).
On November 27th, 213, the suspect Wu Qinyuan was under the control of the police in Bengbu, and confessed the facts of the crime 17 years ago. Bengbu Public Security Bureau has apologized to Yu Yingsheng and his family for the misjudged case of Yu Yingsheng. At the same time, in accordance with the Provisions on the Investigation of Law Enforcement Mistakes by the People's Police of Public Security Organs and the relevant regulations of Anhui Provincial Public Security Department, the investigation procedure for this misjudged case has been initiated. The police also said that in the attitude of being responsible for the law and history, they will not evade or protect, and will conduct serious and comprehensive investigations in strict accordance with legal procedures, and those responsible will be dealt with according to law and discipline. On May 14th, 215, the rape case of Wu Qinyuan, a suspect in Yu Yingsheng's wife killing case in Bengbu, Anhui Province, was publicly pronounced in the first instance. The defendant Wu Qinyuan was sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Wuhu City, Anhui Province for rape and deprived of political rights for life.
Wuhu Intermediate People's Court held that the defendant Wu Qinyuan had forced sexual relations with the victim Han by violent means against the will of women, and in the process of rape, the victim died, which constituted rape. After Wu Qinyuan discovered Han's death, in order to cover up the crime, he cut Han's neck with a kitchen knife and tried to completely destroy the scene by detonating a liquefied gas tank. The criminal consequences were extremely serious, the criminal means were extremely cruel, and the crime was extremely serious, which should be severely punished according to law. Wuhu Intermediate People's Court found that the defendant Wu Qinyuan's behavior constituted rape, sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life.
The judgment also requires the defendant Wu Qinyuan to compensate the plaintiff Yu Yingsheng and others for economic losses of 52,3 yuan within 1 days after the judgment takes effect. Guo Zhilong, lawyer of Anhui Huidu Law Firm: The responsibility system for handling cases will further avoid the occurrence of unjust, false and wrong cases and promote the independence of the judiciary.
Wang Wei, a professor at the Law School of Anhui Normal University: The concept of presumption of innocence, no doubt, and the establishment of a lifelong investigation system will play an important role in the trial of cases that can stand the test of history. CCTV: The case of Yu Yingsheng in Anhui Province, Justice 19 years late. Obviously, such an unjust case cannot be made up by acquittal, state compensation or apology. An unjust case damages not only the interests of the parties, but also people's expectation of fairness and justice. Correcting unjust cases must emphasize facts and evidence; Correcting unjust cases must restore the truth; To correct an unjust case, the case handler must be investigated; To correct the unjust case, we must draw inferences from other cases to prevent the recurrence of the unjust case. Injustice is not only personal, but also a scar in the process of national legalization. Such scars always remind us that without fair justice, we can't be a civilized and prosperous country.