Executed Chinese man's family seeks state compensation
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Nie Shubin’s mother Zhang Huanzhi instructs lawyers to ask for state compensation on Friday, December 11, 2016. [Photo: weibo.com]

The family of a Chinese man wrongly sentenced to death 21 years ago, has instructed lawyers to ask for government compensation after his conviction was overturned.

Nie Shubin was executed in 1995 at the age of 20 after being found guilty of raping and murdering a woman in Shijiazhuang, Hebei. The execution was carried out just seven months after Nie was first detained.

In 2005, a man named Wang Shujin confessed to Nie's crime but his claim was rejected.

Wang has consistently maintained he was the real perpetrator of the crime ever since.

Nie's family has spent two decades in campaigning to clear Nie Shubin's name.

China's Supreme Court finally ruled on December 2 that the facts used in the trial were "unclear and the evidence insufficient".

Lawyers for Nie's family said the specific amount of compensation was still being worked out, adding that they would submit the application to the high court of Hebei Province soon.

They said that state compensation in this case could include death indemnity, funeral expenses, personal freedom compensation, emotional distress compensation, and the money that the Nie family had to pay to the family of the woman who was killed.

Author： 　　　Source：xinhua　　　 Editor：Yang Fan