Current Event #1

Current Event #1

The article talks about an execution back in 1995 of a Nie Shubin for allegedly killing a woman in the Hebei province. 21 years after the execution, Mr. Shubin’s name was cleared of any charges due to the facts and evidence being “unclear and insufficient” after the family protested the ruling for nearly two decades. China has a conviction rate of 99% and an unknown amount of government executions. It is alleged by different right groups that confessions are coerced or forced under torture. It is very rare that convictions in China gets overturned later on. The parents were given a little more than two million yuan from the state and the 27 officials from the case were punished. This case is very known throughout the public in China and represents the faults in the Chinese judiciary system. Even the U.S. has problems with its judicial system with technicalities in the law.