China exonerates man executed in 1995 for rape and murder


  • World
  • Friday, 02 Dec 2016

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's highest legal body on Friday exonerated a 21-year-old executed in 1995 following a conviction of rape and murder, saying the evidence against him had been insufficient.

Nie Shubin was found guilty 21 years ago of raping and killing a woman in the city of Shijiazhuang in China's northern province of Hebei.

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