1、Lei JiaSchool of Electric Power After 18 years, executed man found not guiltyFrom China Daily File photo of HugjiltuA man who was executed in 1996 for raping and murder-ing a woman in a public toilet in Hohhot on April 9, 1996, has been found not guilty by Inner Mongolia Higher Peoples Court, accord

2、ing to CCTV. Zhao Jianping, vice president of the higher court, expressed profound apology for the mistake made in sentencing him, while delivering the retrial verdict to Hugjiltus parents at their home on Monday morning. The court also gave 30,000 yuan ($4,500) in compensation to the family, and pl

3、edged further compensastion.The lawyer representing Hugjiltu said Saturday that a process will be initiated to ask for State compensation once his client is exonerated.The presiding judge at the Inner Mongolia Higher Peoples Court in Bobatu ordered a retrial on Nov 20 in absentia notice to the paren

4、ts of Hugjiltu.Hugjiltu, who was 18 at the time, was sentenced to death and executed in June 1996.However, since his sentence, another alleged serial rapist and killer, Zhao Zhihong, confessed to the murder after he was arrested in 2005.The court will hold a press conference Monday to announce the v

5、erdict, the statement said.Reporters crowd Hugjiltus parents home to record this important moment of justice.I am sure that the case was wrongly judged, said Miao Li, the lawyer representing Hugjiltus family. She said by reviewing files she found no evidence supporting that Hugjiltu raped and murder

6、ed the woman. According to the principle of presumption of innocence, the exoneration is not out of question.“She added that if the man was announced innocent the family would initiate the process immediately, to find out the policemen, prosecutors and judges who are to blame for the wrongly execute

7、d case, as well as asking for State compensation according to the State Compensation Law.Hugjiltus parents wait at home for the Inner Mongolia Higher Peoples Courts judges to announce the retrial verdict, on Monday morning.From the news, we can see that a hasty casenot only makes an innocent young people lost his livebut also let a ordinary families under enormous pressure and misery. This is a warning of public security organs, procuratorial organs and peoples courts to be cautious and careful in handling a case and