Decision delayed on retrial of man executed 20 years ago

A long-awaited ruling on the retrial of a man executed 20 years ago - his family says wrongfully - has been delayed again as the top court in Shandong province wrestles with the complexity of the case.

Nie Shubin, a worker in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, was put to death in April 1995 when he was 20 years old for allegedly raping and killing a woman in a cornfield.

Nie's story remained obscure until a serial killer, Wang Shujin, who was arrested on other charges in January 2005, confessed to the crime for which Nie was executed.