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China: To be dead or not? Appeal of amnesty for cop-killer.
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There are two quotes of Yang Jia, the 28-year-old man who killed 6 cops in Shanghai this year, that have been widely circulated among people. First,
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In a country run and guarded by such police, a citizen, stainless and law-abiding for over 20 years, could go as far as being put in a jail.
And in his first trial that a death sentence was the verdict, Yangjia pointed at the judges,
saying,“这些è¦å¯Ÿä¹‹æ‰€ä»¥æ•¢è¿™æ ·ï¼Œéƒ½æ˜¯å› 为他们的背åŽæœ‰ä½ 们â€ã€‚
it’s because of you that the police dare to do so.
Yangjia was alluding to his experience in Shanghai that he was interrogated by the police for three
hours, abused, yet the government has not released the complete recording to confirm his accusation. All we know is that to avenge, he broke into a police station on July 1 this year, murdering 6 cops
with a knife.He won compassion as well as commendations that praised him do something “we want to but dare not to.†In both the first and second trials he was
sentenced to death, with forensic psychiatry identifying him as with sanity. But the qualification of the psychiatry agency, the absence of key witnesses and Yangjia’s mother,
doubtfully abducted, raised a number of questions.Recognizing the problems, scores of journalists, scholars, and non-professionals, including citizen reporter Zola, economist Yushi Mao, united to wrtie an appeal
letter for an amnesty of Yangjia. Death sentence, they argue, is not fair for Yangjia. A brief translation followed:关于特别赦å…æ¨ä½³å…ˆç"Ÿçš„å…¬æ°'建议书
A citizen appeal for amnesty of Yang Jia
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It is a striking case that Yang Jia killed police in Shanghai this July, which has drawn a massive and continuous attention. We feel sorry with the incident and for the 6
victim police…..meanwhile, given the deep concern upon the judicial development in China, we keep a close watch on the very unfair treatment of Yang Jia since the case happened.
Then , the letter listed 5 reasons that justify an amnesty.1.鉴于è"åˆå›½60å¹´æ¥å¤šæ¬¡é€šè¿‡å®£è¨€ã€å†³è®®è¦æ±‚废除æ»åˆ'，或对罪犯实行特别赦å…，鉴于世界上ç»å¤§å¤šæ•°å›½å®¶å·²ç»äºˆä»¥æ‰§è¡Œã€åºŸçº¸æ»åˆ'的现状；„现状；
In terms that the United Nation has passed numerous declarations, resolutions to require repeal of death sentence; given the fact that most of countries have repealed death
sentence.
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4. 鉴于本案所é¢å¯¹çš„需è¦æ"¹é©çš„å˜åœ¨é‡å¤šé-®é¢˜çš„å¸æ³•åˆ¶åº¦èƒŒæ™¯ï¼Œä»¥åŠå›½å†…外å„界普éå˜åœ¨çš„对该案的审判程åºå˜åœ¨çš„明显的ä¸å…¬çš„è´¨ç–'ï¼›150;'ï¼›
Given that the case involves multiple aspects of our problematic legal system, given the many questions of the injustice in the legal procedure.
……5……æˆ'们æ请ä¸å¤®æ"¿åºœå¯¹æœ¬æ¡ˆè¿›è¡Œç‰¹åˆ«å®¡æŸ¥ï¼Œä¾æ®æ³•å®šç¨‹åºå¯¹å-到普éåŒæƒ…å'Œå…³æ³¨çš„æ¨ä½³å…ˆç"Ÿå®žè¡Œç‰¹åˆ«èµ¦å…。
We appeal the central government to launch a special inspection of the case, and grant an amnesty , according to the legal procedure, to Yangjia who bears
people’s compassion and attention.
The letter then expound on the five items. In the second one, the letter traced back to a history:1979年，在æˆ'国新疆å'ç"Ÿäº†è'‹çˆ±ç女士连æ€3人的é‡å¤§æ¡ˆä»¶ï¼Œæ¡ˆå'åŽäººæ°'æ-¥æŠ¥å'ŒçŸ³æ²³å法院在5个月内æ"¶åˆ°2万多å°å„界人士æ¥ä¿¡ï¼Œè¦æ±‚基于è'‹çˆ±ç是义愤æ€äººåº"予轻判。åŽæ¥æ–°ç–†é«˜çº§æ³•é™¢ä½œå‡ºäº†ä¸äºˆæ»åˆ'的决定。æ¤ä¸¾æ·±å¾-人心，对ç¼"解å½"æ-¶ç¤¾ä¼šçŸ›ç›¾èµ·åˆ°äº†é‡è¦çš„作ç"¨ã€‚136;±ç是义愤æ€äººåº"予轻判。åŽæ¥æ–°ç–†é«˜çº§æ³•é™¢ä½œå‡ºäº†ä¸äºˆæ»åˆ'的决定。æ¤ä¸¾æ·±å¾-人心，对ç¼"解å½"æ-¶ç¤¾ä¼šçŸ›ç›¾èµ·åˆ°äº†é‡è¦çš„作ç"¨ã€‚
In 1979, lady Jiang Aizhen murdered three people in Xinjiang. However, People’s Daily and the local court received in 5 months over 20 thousand letters from
all walks of life to appeal for a mitigationn, which led to the final repeal of her death sentence. The act inspired people and relieve the intense social contradiction at the time.
The third
reason focuses on the case itself:三ã€æœ¬æ¡ˆå˜åœ¨ä¸å…¬æ£çš„å¸æ³•åˆ¶åº¦èƒŒæ™¯åŠä¸å…¬æ£çš„å¸æ³•ç¨‹åº
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3. injustice exist in the legal system and procedure.
More and more facts demonstrated that the murder originated from the police’s abuse of Yangjia, both on his body and dignity. Fruitless laboring on a search of legal compensation, without fair legal aid, Yang took a radical act that bears the tragedy. That’s why Yangjia wins a predominant support from people….. this is a test of high authority's political conscience and wisdom.After the incident, Shanghai refused to reveal a complete account of the case. Key witness, Yangjia’s mother, was openly abducted,missing till today; and the 7 Shanghai police, refused to attend the trial. Against the legal procedure, the court secretly ruled a death sentence upon Yangjia, and maintained the verdict at the 2nd trial. If the high authority is not giving any special legal aid, it will certainly leave people thinking that the polity is attempting to crush on a ill-treated, full-blooded young man……
In the end, the letter says,More and more facts demonstrated that the murder originated from the police’s abuse of Yangjia, both on his body and dignity. Fruitless laboring on a search of legal compensation, without fair legal aid, Yang took a radical act that bears the tragedy. That’s why Yangjia wins a predominant support from people….. this is a test of high authority's political conscience and wisdom.After the incident, Shanghai refused to reveal a complete account of the case. Key witness, Yangjia’s mother, was openly abducted,missing till today; and the 7 Shanghai police, refused to attend the trial. Against the legal procedure, the court secretly ruled a death sentence upon Yangjia, and maintained the verdict at the 2nd trial. If the high authority is not giving any special legal aid, it will certainly leave people thinking that the polity is attempting to crush on a ill-treated, full-blooded young man……
并以æ¤ä¸ºå'端，开始在ä¸å›½åºŸé™¤æ»åˆ'的历å²è¿›ç¨‹ï¼Œæ°¸ä¹…确立特别赦å…之文明制度，建立文明法治之现代国家。
….to take this as an outset of a historic process of death sentence repeal, establishment of amnesty system, and the construction of modern, civilized state
ruled by law.
The appeal is put online to collect more signatures,now being widely circulated. However, not everyone stands with it. Celebrated blogger
Wuyuesanrenäº"岳散人 says in his blog post为什么没在特赦æ¨ä½³çš„请愿书上ç¾å
Why I didn’t sign the appeal letter
个人以为，æ¨ä½³äº‹ä»¶è¿œä¸æ˜¯æ请特赦æ»åˆ'ã€è¿›è€Œå'废除æ»åˆ'è¿›æ¥çš„好机会。æ€å½è¿‡é‡ä¸è¯´ï¼Œè€Œä¸"æ˜¯å¯¹å¹¶æ²¡æœ‰å¯¹ä»–é€ æˆç›´æŽ¥ä¼¤å®³çš„è¦å¯Ÿè¿›è¡Œäº†æŠ¥å¤ã€‚å³ä½¿ä¸å›½æ‰€æœ‰çš„è¦ 29;¯Ÿè¿›è¡Œäº†æŠ¥å¤ã€‚å³ä½¿ä¸å›½æ‰€æœ‰çš„è¦ å¯Ÿéƒ½æ˜¯ç»´æŠ¤è¿™ä¸ªä¸"æ"¿æœºå™¨çš„æœ€å¿ å®žçš„èµ°ç‹-，也未å…èƒŒç¦»äº†æœ€æœ´ç´ çš„æ‰¾å¯¹ä»‡äººå†ä¸‹æ‰‹çš„江湖é"义。连å法都已ç»æ˜¯æ˜¨æ-¥é»„花了，é'ˆå¯¹æŸç‰¹å®šç¾¤ä½"ä¸ä¸ç‰¹å®šçš„人而施ç"¨çš„ 7;¹å®šç¾¤ä½"ä¸ä¸ç‰¹å®šçš„人而施ç"¨çš„ 暴力，å³ä½¿å…¶ä¸æœ‰å¤šå°'æ£ä¹‰æˆåˆ†ï¼Œä¹Ÿæ˜¯æœ‰äº›é-®é¢˜çš„。
I personally think the Yangjia case is not a chance for a leap to death sentence repeal. Letting alone the excessive killings, he didn’t revenge towards
exactly the police that abused him. Even if every Chinese police might be a watch dog for this authoritarian machine, the act violates the tit-for-tat rule. The way he avenged is out of date. It is
questionable how just it could be to target random individuals in a certain group.
He also questioned that what the letter appealed is actually a political intervention into the legal
procedure.所以，选择这个案åæ请特赦，其效果ä¸æ˜¯æ°'é-´ç¤¾ä¼šå¯¹æ³•æ²»ç¤¾ä¼šçš„å¼ ç›®ï¼Œè€Œæ˜¯å¸Œæœ›æƒåŠ›é˜¶å±‚抛出æ¥çš„媚眼。åšæŒè¿½é-®æ¤æ¡ˆå½"ä¸ä¸åˆæ³•çš„程åºï¼Œæ˜¯æœ€åº"该åšçš„事，而ä¸"è¦ä¸€ç›´ä¸€ç›´çš„追é-®ä¸‹åŽ»ï¼Œåœ¨æ¯ä¸ªå…¬ä¼-事件ä¸è¿½é-®ä¸‹åŽ»ã€‚30;³•çš„程åºï¼Œæ˜¯æœ€åº"该åšçš„事，而ä¸"è¦ä¸€ç›´ä¸€ç›´çš„追é-®ä¸‹åŽ»ï¼Œåœ¨æ¯ä¸ªå…¬ä¼-事件ä¸è¿½é-®ä¸‹åŽ»ã€‚
So the appeal for amnesty is not a call for a law-ruling society, but only a hope that the authority will FLATTER the public. The must we should do is, however, to question to
the bottom of the illegal court procedure in this case. And it should be a persistent effort, a work that should be done in every public event
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äº"岳散人’s point.æ¨ä½³æ€äºº 案，大ä¼-需è¦å'¼å或示å¨æŠ-议的，是审ç†æ¡ˆå本身的程åºé-®é¢˜ã€‚æ¨ä½³æŒ‡å®šçš„è¯äººå´é'°éª…ç‰äººæœªåˆ°åœºï¼›å¯¹æ¤æ¡ˆçš„å–è¯è‡³å…³é‡è¦çš„人物â€"â€"æ¨ä½³çš„æ¯äº²ï¼Œè¢«ç»'æž¶å¤±è¸ªï¼›æ¨ 8;"æ¨ä½³çš„æ¯äº²ï¼Œè¢«ç»'æž¶å¤±è¸ªï¼›æ¨ ä½³çš„ç²¾ç¥žç-…鉴定å•ä½å'Œé‰´å®šç¨‹åºå˜åœ¨ä¸¥é‡é-®é¢˜â€"â€"一个åº"该回é¿çš„ã€ä¸å…·å¤‡é‰´å®šèµ„æ ¼çš„å•ä½ï¼Œä¸€å¤©å°±åšå‡ºç»"论而ä¸æ˜¯é€šå¸¸çš„一个月；该案的侦查过程ä¸ï¼Œå‚与者大多 65;案的侦查过程ä¸ï¼Œå‚与者大多 是上海è¦æ–¹ï¼Œä»–们是å-害人的åŒäº‹ï¼Œæœ¬æ¥ä¹Ÿæ˜¯åº"该回é¿çš„。
What we need to protest against is the problematic legal procedure. The witness Yangjia appointed is not present; Yang’s mother has been missing, abducted;
the agency that identified Yang as sane is doubtable in qualification and involved in interest conflict. Moreover, it generated its report in one day, not one month. The major investigators in the
case are from Shanghai. They should have avoided the interest conflict too.
He concluded:å'¼å特赦æ¨ä½³ï¼Œç‰äºŽæ‰¿è®¤äº†ä¸Šæµ·æ³•é™¢å®¡åˆ¤çš„程åºåˆæ³•æ€§ã€‚å'¼å特赦，就是å'¼åæ"¿åºœé«˜å±‚干涉å¸æ³•ã€‚ä¸å›½æ"¿åºœå¯¹æ¨ä½³ç±»åž‹çš„æ€äººçŠ¯è¿›è¡Œå¤§èµ¦å¹¶æ- 法律ä¾æ®ã€‚161;Œå¤§èµ¦å¹¶æ- 法律ä¾æ®ã€‚
An appeal for amnesty is equal to an acknowledgment of the court’s procedural as just, also a call for political intervention. No legal basis justifies any
government amnesty like this.
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