The convict, Lao Rongzhi, has been executed
Recently, the Supreme People's Court made a ruling in accordance with the law on the review of the death penalty case of the defendant Lao Rongzhi for intentional homicide, robbery, and kidnapping, and approved the death sentence of Lao Rongzhi. During the review period, the Supreme People's Court interrogated the defendant in accordance with law. Lao Rongzhi entrusted a defense lawyer to defend him, and the defense lawyer consulted the file materials, met with the defendant, and submitted defense opinions. The Supreme People's Court conscientiously listened to and examined the defense opinions, fully safeguarding the procedural rights enjoyed by the defendants in accordance with law. The Intermediate People's Court of Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, served the Supreme People's Court's criminal ruling on Lao Rongzhi. Lo Rongzhi apologized to the victim's relatives. On the morning of December 18, 2023, the Nanchang Intermediate People's Court carried out the death sentence of Lao Rongzhi in accordance with the execution order issued by the Supreme People's Court. The Nanchang Municipal People's Procuratorate dispatched personnel to supervise the scene in accordance with law. The Nanchang Intermediate People's Court arranged for Lao Rongzhi to meet with his close relatives before the execution.
The Supreme People's Court reviewed and confirmed that between 1996 and 1999, the defendant Lao Rongzhi and his lover Fa Ziying (who had been approved and executed in a separate case) conspired to commit robbery, etc., and that Lao Rongzhi engaged in escort services in entertainment venues, looked for the target of the crime, and jointly committed violence with Fa Ziying, robbed other people's property or kidnapped others for extortion. The two jointly committed four cases of robbery, intentional homicide, and kidnapping in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, and Hefei City, Anhui Province, resulting in a total of seven deaths. In Nanchang, Lao Rongzhi lured the victim Xiong Moujia to his rented residence, and together with Fa Ziying, he robbed Xiong Moujia of his belongings, killed Xiong Moujia and dismembered his bodyLao Rongzhi used the key he had stolen to try to open the door of Xiong Moujia's house to investigate the situation, and went to Xiong Moujia's house with Fa Ziying to rob him, and killed Xiong's wife Zhang and his 2-year-old daughter Xiong Mouyi in order to kill him. Lao Rongzhi and Fa Ziying jointly entered the house in Wenzhou to rob the victim Liang Moumou's property, forced Liang Moumou to deceive the victim Liu Moumou to the scene to commit a robbery, and killed Liang Moumou and Liu Moumou in order to kill them. Lao Rongzhi lured the victim Liu (A) to his rented residence in Changzhou to kidnap him, took custody and threatened Liu (A), and together with Fa Ziying, forced Liu (A) to give his wife Liu (B) a ransom, and Lao Rongzhi took Liu (B) to the scene and collected the ransom. In Hefei, Lao Rongzhi lured the victim Yin Moumou to his rented residence to kidnap him, participated in ** and took care of Yin Moumou, added threatening words to the ransom note, purchased a freezer for hiding the body of the innocent victim Lu Moumou, and together with Fa Ziying, put Yin Moumou in a steel cage, killed Lu Moumou and cut off his head to threaten Yin Moumou, and caused Yin Moumou's death.
The Supreme People's Court held that the defendant Lao Rongzhi and the criminal Fa Ziying intentionally and unlawfully deprived others of their lives, and their conduct constituted the crime of intentional homicide;Lao Rongzhi and Fa Ziying used violence and threats to rob other people's property for the purpose of illegal possession, and their conduct constituted the crime of robberyLao Rongzhi and Fa Ziying kidnapped others for the purpose of extorting property, and their actions also constituted the crime of kidnapping. In the joint crime, Lao Rongzhi and Fa Ziying carefully planned, carefully planned, had a clear division of labor, and cooperated with each other. Lo Rongzhi has always been proactive and has played a vital role, and he is also the principal offender, and should be punished in accordance with all the crimes in which he participated. Lao Rongzhi and Fa Ziying deliberately killed 5 people;The robbery caused the death of one person, and the robbery was carried out at home, and the total value of the looted property was more than 30,000 yuan, which was hugeKidnapping and killing 1 kidnapped person, extorting more than 70,000 yuan in property, the circumstances of the crime are particularly heinous, the methods are particularly cruel, the subjective malice is extremely deep, the personal danger and social harm are extremely great, the consequences and crimes are extremely serious, and should be punished in accordance with law. The punishment for several crimes committed by Lo Rongzhi should be combined. The facts ascertained in the first-instance judgment and second-instance judgment are clear, the evidence is credible and sufficient, the conviction is accurate, and the sentencing is appropriate. The trial proceedings were lawful. Accordingly, the Supreme People's Court approved the Jiangxi Provincial High People's Court to uphold the first-instance sentence of the defendant Lao Rongzhi to death for intentional homicide and deprivation of political rights for lifesentenced to death for robbery, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property;A criminal verdict was imposed on the crime of kidnapping, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property, and a criminal verdict was decided to carry out the death penalty and deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property.