Executed man given justice after 18 years

Huang Aiyun, Huugjilt's mother, visits her son's tomb on Monday morning after receiving the news of his acquittal. [Photo/weibo.com/xhsnmg]

On Friday, a similar review of a 1994 rape and murder case that took place in north China's Hebei Province began in east China's Shandong Province. The off-site review was aimed at clearing doubts about the trial for Nie Shubin, who was convicted and executed for the crime in 1995 at the age of 21.

Like Huugjilt's case, another man, Wang Shujin, apprehended by police in 2005, confessed to the rape and murder in Hebei's capital of Shijiazhuang.

Since 2005, Nie's mother, Zhang Huanzhi, already in her 70s, visited Hebei Provincial Higher People's Court countless times, demanding a review of the case in order to prove the innocence of her son.

Shang Aiyun, Huugjilt's mother, said she has been keeping in touch with Zhang, encouraging the grieved mother to be strong to continue the fight for her son's justice.

The mother of Nie Shubin who was convicted of murder, center, protests after an appeal by Wang Shujin, a prisoner convicted of raping and killing at least four women, against his death sentence was rejected by the Handan Intermediate Peoples Court in Handan city, Hebei province, Sept 27, 2013. [Photo/IC]