A man who served 13 years in prison for the rape and murder of a schoolgirl had his conviction overturned by a court in eastern China on Monday, mainland media reported.
Zhang Zhichao had been sentenced to life imprisonment in 2006 when he was a 16-year-old schoolboy for raping and killing a girl surnamed Gao, who was a fellow pupil at No 2 High School of Linmu county in Shandong.
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