Righting wrongs adds trust in judicial system

Having been wrongfully convicted of poisoning the food in a kindergarten and killing one of the children in her care, her acquittal on Monday after 13 years in prison was both a happy and sad event for Qian Renfeng.

The same is true for China's judicial system.

Redressing a wrongful conviction marks another step toward a legal system based on due procedure and the principle of assumption of innocence in the litigation process, but Qian has still lost 13 prime years of her life because of the original verdict based on faulty procedure.