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Case in point for rule of law

China Daily | Updated: 2014-11-04 07:52

IN 1996, AN 18-YEAR-OLD MAN CALLED Qoysiletu was sentenced to death and executed for the rape and murder of a young woman. Nine years later, a widely feared serial killer and rapist confessed he was the real culprit.

Even the local judiciary had to know they had made a terrible mistake.

Yet, strangely, that case was omitted when the real offender was prosecuted. So strange, the killer himself wrote a letter asking why it was not even mentioned during his prosecution.

Case in point for rule of law

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