Why was the criminal sentenced to death with reprieve twice? Originally, when Zhou Changren was sentenced for the first time, he used the name "Zhou Changyong". After being discovered and reported by the real Zhou Changyong to the judicial department, the Higher People's Court of Zhejiang Province made a retrial decision according to law. The original crime was re-sentenced to Zhou Changren, and his sentence was recalculated from zero. The falsely named Zhou Changyong also regained his innocence.
The Higher People's Court of Zhejiang retried a "name impersonation" case of death with reprieve. The drug trafficker serving his sentence under a fake name was sentenced to death with reprieve again, and the sentence was recalculated.
"The truth cannot be concealed." In May 2009, the real Zhou Changyong suddenly received a package returned from the Fourth Prison of Zhejiang Province, which made him realize that Zhou Changren had committed crimes using his name and was sentenced. So he immediately informed the situation to the Fourth Prison of Zhejiang Province. With the strong cooperation of the local public security organs and the parties concerned, after 10 months of investigation, the No.4 Prison Investigation Team of Zhejiang Province finally clarified the ins and outs of the incident as well as the true identity and criminal record of Zhou Changren.
According to the relevant provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, the Higher People's Court of Zhejiang Province quickly initiated the internal supervision procedure and made a "(2010) Zhe Xingjian No. 104" retrial decision on November 17, 2010. A new collegial panel was legally reorganized to conduct a written trial of this case. It was found that the fact that Zhou Changren impersonated others' identities was clear and solid, and the criminal "Zhou Changyong" was actually "Zhou Changren". In January 2011, the Higher People's Court of Zhejiang Province made a retrial decision, deciding to revoke the conviction and sentencing of "defendant Zhou Changyong" and the subsequent related commutation ruling, sentencing defendant Zhou Changren to commit the crime of selling and transporting drugs, execution of death penalty suspended for two years, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property.
Editor: SN009
Zhou Changren was originally a farmer in Pingxi Township, Qu County, Sichuan Province. After receiving one legal punishment, he has been impersonating his cousin Zhou Changyong in the same village and forged an ID card. Because the fake "Zhou Changyong" was caught selling drugs in Hangzhou and other places, he was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property by the Intermediate People's Court of Hangzhou on January 24, 2006. Soon after, the Higher People's Court of Zhejiang Province approved the above ruling. Since then, Zhou Changren began serving his sentence under the identity of "Zhou Changyong".
The trial ended, and the falsely named Zhou Changyong regained his innocence. However, Zhou Changren was "smart but failed", not only wasting several years in prison, but also having to recalculate his sentence from zero, truly "lifting a stone only to drop it on his own feet".
Xinhua News Agency, Hangzhou, April 14th (reported by Zhou Zhizhuo) - Zhou Changren, who had been serving a five-year death sentence with reprieve in the Fourth Prison of Zhejiang Province, recently received another judgment of death with a two-year reprieve, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property.