The Guizhou Procuratorate has issued a retrial recommendation, stating that a teenager who stabbed a "school bully" has been sentenced to 8 years in prison by the Guizhou Provincial High People's Court | Guizhou Provincial People's Procuratorate | Guizhou Procuratorate
Red Star News reporter learned from Chen Sihan and his lawyer's office, the party involved in the "Anti Killing Campus" case in Weng'an County, Guizhou Province, that nine years after the incident, the People's Procuratorate of Guizhou Province has issued a retrial recommendation to the Higher People's Court of Guizhou Province regarding the case.
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A reply letter obtained by the reporter from the People's Procuratorate of Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture shows that the People's Procuratorate of Guizhou Province has issued a retrial prosecution recommendation to the Higher People's Court of Guizhou Province in this case.
On the morning of April 30, 2014, Chen Sihan and his classmate Li Dong were queuing up in the school cafeteria to buy breakfast. Li Dong stepped on Chen Sihan's foot, causing a quarrel and physical altercation between the two. In the morning of that day, Li Dong and others assaulted Chen Sihan twice at the stairs of the teaching building's restroom; At noon after school, Li Dong and others told Chen Sihan that the two of them were going to engage in a "solo killing" in the afternoon.
The community where Li Dong and Chen Sihan fought
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After school in the afternoon, Li Dong forcibly pulled Chen Sihan into a nearby community. During this time, Chen Sihan obtained a clip knife from another student at the school. In the community, after Li Dong assaulted Chen Sihan again, both sides engaged in a fight and both used knives. Li Dong stabbed Chen Sihan in the back with a knife, and Chen Sihan ran away after stabbing Li Dong in the chest with a knife. Li Dong chased after him with a knife and fell to the ground before dying.
After identification, it was found that Li Dong's sharp instrument caused acute major blood loss and death due to aortic rupture; Chen Sihan's injury is a sharp injury, constituting a second level serious injury.
On October 28, 2014, Chen Sihan was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Weng'an County People's Court for the crime of intentional injury. Chen Sihan and his family chose to appeal, and the Intermediate People's Court of Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou Province upheld the original verdict. Chen Sihan's family has been appealing for justice, believing that their son, while continuously being bullied on campus, killed him with a knife to prevent harm, which is a legitimate defense.
Chen Sihan and 55 third year students from the same school spontaneously jointly wrote a request letter to the court requesting a lenient sentence against Chen Sihan. In the joint letter, it was written that the court hoped to "see the fact that he was forced to counterattack before killing the person" and impose a lenient punishment on Chen Sihan. Among the students who signed the joint letter, 9 were eyewitnesses to the case.
In August 2020, after serving six years in prison, Chen Sihan was released on parole.
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On July 2, 2023, Chen Sihan told Red Star News reporters that he received a reply letter from the People's Procuratorate of Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture on June 30. He believed this was good news, "at least it made my parents feel like they had waited for so many years without wasting their time." Chen Sihan said that he is currently working hard and has returned to a normal life.
The reply letter shows that after investigation, Chen Sihan disagrees with the criminal ruling of Qiannan Xing Yi Zhong Zi No. 166 issued by the Intermediate People's Court of Qiannan Prefecture and has appealed to the procuratorial organs. The People's Procuratorate of Guizhou Province has issued a retrial prosecution recommendation to the Higher People's Court of Guizhou Province regarding this case.
Regarding the above retrial suggestions, Lin Lihong, the lawyer representing Chen Sihan, told Red Star News reporters that this is already a very significant progress for the case. The People's Procuratorate of Guizhou Province has finally issued a retrial prosecution recommendation to the Higher People's Court of Guizhou Province for this case. In addition to the family members and lawyers of the parties involved, there are also results of joint attention from prosecutors, media friends, and various sectors of society.
Lin Lihong stated that the Supreme People's Procuratorate and Supreme People's Court have already issued judicial interpretations and guidance cases. Chen Sihan will wait for the Supreme People's Court to notify whether to conduct a retrial. They firmly believe that by re examining the case, the facts will be further restored.