Accused killer goes free after eight years

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After spending eight years behind bars, Nian Bin, 38, walked free on Friday after the Fujian High People's Court acquitted him of poisoning charges due to insufficient evidence. Nian had previously been sentenced to death four times.In Aoqian township, Pingtan country in Fujian Province on July 27, 2006, Nian's landlady Chen Yanjiao, her daughter, another tenant of Chen's named Ding Yunxia and her three children had a meal together. Four of them displayed symptoms of poisoning shortly afterward.The older son and daughter of Ding died the second morning. Nian Bin, who was their neighbor and ran a grocery store business next to Ding, was detained on August 7 by the police as a major suspect as fluoroacetic acid salt ions was detected on the doorknob in Nian's store leading to the crime scene.After Nian confessed to dosing the family with rat poison, the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court sentenced him to death in February 2008. Nian later stated that the confession was made after he was tortured and threatened by the investigators. He made an appeal to the Fujian High People's Court and the case was sent back for retrial due to unclear facts and insufficient evidence in December 2008.In October 2010, the Supreme People's Court rejected the death sentence submitted by local courts. In November 2011, the intermediate court again sentenced Nian to immediate execution.After Nian made another appeal, Fujian High People's Court arranged two trials in July 2013 and June 2014, which brought the investigators and forensic experts to the court to testify for the case. The court finally judged that although the suspect "confessed," there was no sufficient evidence to prove that the victims died of fluoroacetic acid, believed to be the poison used, and there was no solid evidence on the source or the administration of the poison.Si Weijiang, one of the defense lawyers for Nian Bin, told the Global Times that Nian walked out a free man thanks to the country's improving justice environment. "Starting from last year, the country's justice system has been paying growing attention to normal criminal cases. The trials have been involving more testimony. I believe this case would be of reference value to others of the similar nature."Chen Weidong, a law professor with the Renmin University of China, said that the Fuzhou High People's Court must have dealt with mounting pressure coming up with this final verdict, but the eventual decision revealed that the justice system's resolution to stick to the law. "The investigators of this case had previously been awarded for their work. We could imagine the final verdict had been made uneasily. But that's what justice is about. While solving conflicts, the legal system emphasizes the guarantee of human rights, to protect the innocent from unnecessary criminal punishment. This process includes the correction of wrongly-judged cases," said Chen."As long as a case involves a human life, the investigators are under great pressure to crack it. Torture is a common practice," said Si, who believes that such tough requirements led the justice system to sometimes produce mistaken judgments."I hope this case could serve as a driving force. The eventual progress in this regard has everything to do with the justice departments like the courts and procuratorates instead of lawyers," Si said.After Friday's final verdict, Nian Jianlan, Nian Bin's sister, said they would definitely ask for State compensation. Tags: Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Prototyping China, Plastic Tooling, Plastic Tooling China, Rapid Prototype, Rapid Prototype China, Rapid Tooling, Rapid Tooling China, CNC Prototype, CNC Prototype China, Functional Prototype, Functional Prototype China, Metal Prototype, Metal Prototype China, Plastic Prototype, Plastic Prototype China, Rapid Manufacturing, Rapid Manufacturing China, Low volume production, Stereolithography, Stereolithography China, Vacuum Casting, Vacuum Casting China, whatsapp marketing, wechat marketing, seo, e marketing, �W��OӋ�ṩseo, e marketing, web design by zoapcon