Experts call for compensation shake-up

Although more miscarriages of justice are being overturned than ever before, legal professionals say the sums awarded for the mental anguish endured as a result of wrongful imprisonment are inadequate, as Cao Yin reports.

In June, six months after their convictions for robbery, rape and murder were quashed on appeal, four men from Jiangxi province claimed State compensation for their wrongful conviction and imprisonment 13 years ago.

Three of the men have applied to the provincial high people's court for compensation amounting to more than 20 million yuan ($2.9 million) each, including 12 million yuan each for the psychological trauma they experienced. The fourth man has applied to the provincial people's procuratorate, but details of his claim are not known.