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Man acquitted after 27 years behind bars

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"A man in eastern China has been acquitted of murder and freed after spending 27 years in prison.

"Zhang Yuhuan maintained he was tortured by police and forced to confess to the murder of two young boys in 1993.

"He was China's longest-serving wrongfully convicted inmate, after having served 9,778 days in the prison in Jiangxi province.

"Prosecutors who reopened the case said his confession had inconsistencies and did not match the original crime."

Full report at the BBC: Link

And at Caixin Global :Link


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