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Friday 4 December 2015

Vietnamese man wrongfully jailed for 17 years has murder conviction overturned

Christmas came early for a 53-year-old old Vietnamese man who served 17 years in jail for a murder he didn't commit as the conviction was overturned and official apology made. On Thursday, Dec. 3, authorities in Binh Thuan Province officially apologized to Huynh Van Nen. They admitted that severe mistakes had been made, leading to the wrong sentence. He was only cleared of the crime in October. 

Nen was arrested in May 1998 for the death of his neighbor Nguyen Thi Bong earlier that year. Investigators said Nen admitted to killing her to steal her belongings. 

Police also said that Nen also confessed that he and nine of his relatives had killed another woman, Duong Thi My, in 1993. All of them were arrested soon after that. 
 
In August 2000, a court in the central province of Binh Thuan found him guilty of murdering Bong. He was sentenced to life in prison. 

One month later, Nguyen Phuc Thanh, a relative by marriage, appealed the verdict on Nen's behalf. Thanh claimed that two of his friends, Nguyen Tho and Ho Van Viet, were the killers and told him about the crime. 


The appeal was rejected, as were several others in the following years.
In 2005, after several hearings, Nen and his relatives were cleared of killing My. All of them were apologized to and compensated, except for Nen, who went on to serve his jail sentence for the murder of Bong.
In November 2014, the Supreme Court ordered his case to be reopened. This time investigators concluded that he had not killed Bong. On October 22, he was released on bail for medical treatment. On October 28, after 17 years, his wrongful conviction in the death of Bong was finally overturned.
Tho, one of the two suspects, was arrested last month. He confessed to the murder. The other suspect, Viet, died in 2001. The authorities have not mentioned how they will compensate Nen.
     "I hope that other offices will cooperate with us to rapidly restore Huynh Van Nen’s full rights, helping him return to his normal life," judge Tran Thi Kim Huong from Binh Thuan said after delivering the official apology. 
 

Speaking to local media after the official apology on Thursday, Nen who was in tears said:
     "I have lived in bitterness and humiliation for more than 17 years. Someone asked me if I had ever thought about suicide, to which I said no. Although I was wronged, I always believed that someone would clear my name. I believe in justice and it finally happened to me, even though it's late."
      "I hope that investigators and judges will give careful consideration to every decision they make, so no one will ever be wrongfully convicted like I was," he added.

25 comments:

Davido's driver said...

THINGS WE HEAR DURING END TIMES

STERN said...

They have to give him some compensation. Give him a job to start with, give him a house, give him a car. How stupid can they be? Don't they know 17yrs is a whole lot? One can even turn a millionaire within those years. I Def won't take that lightly with them. What nonsense.

Unknown said...

I THINK THEY SHOULD GIVE HIM ENOUGH MONEY TOO TO START HIS LIFE.

TOMJERRYSWIT said...

WAT A ASTE??GOD FORBID DS KNDA THNG THNK GOD HE DIDNT DIE WHILE SERVIN DE JAIL TERM,...TOMJERRYSWIT

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

Pheeew glory be to God, indeed Christmas came so early for him.

ary said...

I will sue, shove that apology where the sun don't shine.

Unknown said...

Eeeeeeyah! Thank God for him sha! Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Eeeeeeyah! Thank God for him sha! Linda take note!

Anonymous said...

His God is alive
Lucky him


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Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Seventeen yrs... Nna see killing abeg.... Thank God hw things turned around though.
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

Linaberry said...

Haaaa.Such news do break my heart to bits.Dere are many innocent people suffering same fate all over d world.May God help us not to suffer unjustly.Amen

Unknown said...

So many people are convicted for crimes they know nothing about!! 17 wasted years sue the authorities behind this outrageous error.

Unknown said...

I think he needs a serious rehabilitation and help to enable him cope with his new world of freedom. Joshua

chi said...

Amen

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chi said...

Amen!

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Juleslouis said...

Haba. He should be compensated abeg. So sad!

Unknown said...

Eyea sorry man

Unknown said...

Wow!

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Unknown said...

They let him waste 17years of his life in jail they should compensate him

Unknown said...

After 17years! Thank God for him....

Unknown said...

I hope they compensate him accordingly. 17 years is no joke.


















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Unknown said...

I hate reading such stories..
After 17years? $60million we talking or.....

Unknown said...

Poor him. Compensate him well pls
~D great anonymous!

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