On March 2, The Paper obtained the Supreme People's Court's death penalty review verdict in Wu Xieyu's case from authoritative sources. In the ruling, the focus issues such as "whether Wu Xie Yu was mentally ill when he committed the crime" and "whether his mother was at fault during her lifetime" were judged on the previously hotly discussed issues in the society. The Paper previously reported that on January 31, the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court carried out Wu Xie Yu's death sentence in accordance with the execution order issued by the Supreme People's Court. In its notice, the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court mentioned a detail of the execution: Before the execution, the court informed Wu Xie Yu that he could apply to meet with his relatives, but Wu Xie Yu did not apply.
In its ruling, the Supreme People's Court held that the defendant Wu Xie Yu intentionally and unlawfully deprived others of their lives, and his actions constituted the crime of intentional homicide; For the purpose of illegal possession, fabricating facts, concealing the truth, or defrauding others of property, the amount of which is particularly huge, and their conduct constitutes the crime of fraud; The purchase of multiple resident identity cards also constitutes the crime of buying and selling identity documents, and shall be punished concurrently in accordance with law.
According to the ruling, Wu Xie Yu premeditated and prepared the tools of the crime after having the idea of killing his mother because of his own disgust with the world, planned the murder methods and the layout and cleaning up of the crime scene, slammed his mother on the head and face several times with a dumbbell bar to death, and tried to dissect the body unsuccessfully, and repeatedly cleaned up the scene for a long time with the intention of covering up the crime, and the crime of intentional homicide was cruel, the circumstances were heinous, and the crime was extremely serious. After committing intentional homicide, Wu Xie Yu defrauded many relatives and friends of money for personal indulgence, and while absconding to avoid investigation and punishment, he also committed the crime of buying and selling identity documents, and should be punished in accordance with law. Wu Xieyu's deliberate killing of his mother seriously violated human ethics and morality, seriously trampled on the public's cognition and emotion, and caused an extremely bad social impact; Wu Xie Yu continued to commit intentional homicide, fraud, and buying and selling identity documents, with deep subjective malice and no sincerity in repentance.
The Paper previously reported that whether Wu Xie Yu had complete identification and control ability when committing the crime was the focus of controversy between the prosecution and defense. In the second-instance judgment, the Fujian High People's Court put forward six reasons, holding that Wu Xie Yu had complete ability to recognize and control the crime at the time of committing the crime, and there were no facts and evidence to prove that a forensic psychiatric evaluation should be conducted on his mental state at the time of the crime.
According to the Fujian High Court, Wu Xie Yu confessed that his mother Xie Tianqin lacked love, family affection and friendship in her life, especially after her father's death, she did not pursue any life, and her mother's life was meaningless; At the same time, he felt that his life was imperfect and had suicidal thoughts, but if he died before his mother, he would disappoint his mother, so he decided to kill Xie Tianqin. It can be seen that Wu Xie Yu has a realistic motive for killing.
Before committing the crime, Wu Xie Yu carefully premeditated, prepared the tools for committing the crime, planned the means of killing, and arranged and cleaned up the crime scene, which shows that Wu Xie Yu had a full understanding of the nature and consequences of his behavior, had a clear consciousness, and had no obstacles to his ability to recognize and control his own behavior.
The Fujian Higher People's Court also held that Wu Xie Yu had excellent academic performance, entered a prestigious university, and completely and clearly confessed the entire process of the crime and the details of the crime after being brought into the case, which corroborated each other with the evidence in the case, and that his mental state was normal during the trial, his thinking was clear, he answered the questions to the point, and there was no mental abnormality.
The Supreme People's Court stated in the death penalty review rulingWith regard to the defense lawyer's opinion that Wu Xie Yu was mentally ill at the time of committing the crime, did not have full capacity for criminal responsibility, behaved well during detention, and requested a lighter punishment, I agree with the original judgment's opinion that it was not adopted.
The Fujian High People's Court stated in the second-instance judgment that "the mother is kind and the mother and son are generous". The testimony of the victim Xie Tianqin's neighbors, colleagues, relatives and friends, as well as Xie Tianqin's diaries and letters extracted from the public security organs' on-site investigation, can confirm that the appellant Wu Xie Yu and Xie Tianqin have a good relationship, that Wu Xie Yu's daily performance and excellent studies are Xie Tianqin's greatest psychological comfort, and that Xie Tianqin did her best to raise Wu Xie Yu after her husband's death, to ensure her normal study and life, and to allow her to be admitted to a prestigious key university.
The Supreme People's Court stated in the death penalty review rulingThe defense lawyer's opinion that the victim was at fault for triggering the case cannot be sustained and is not to be adopted after investigation. 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 sentence is appropriate. The trial procedure was lawful, so the decision of the Fujian Provincial High People's Court to sentence Wu Xie Yu to death was approved.
*: The Paper.