Innocence upheld

Twelve wrongful convictions involving 13 people were overturned in 2014:

Suspended death: Yang Botao, a resident of Shangqiu, Henan province, received a suspended death sentence for homicide after his case was tried seven times. After an 11-year investigation, prosecutors dropped the charges in August 2013. Yang was released in February 2014.

Suspended death: Zhang Guangxiang, from Bijie, Guizhou province, received a suspended death sentence for robbery after the case was heard seven times. After an 11-year effort, Zhang was declared innocent in April 2014.