Wrongfully jailed for 19 years, man seeks payment

Convicted of poisoning two girls, he is freed after retrial, says he was tortured

A resident who had his name cleared after serving 19 years in prison, applied to a court in Jiangxi province for 41.4 million yuan ($6.1 million) in state compensation for his wrongful detention and conviction.

Li Jinlian, 68, and his lawyer sought the compensation in Jiangxi High People's Court on Wednesday morning - 47 days after a retrial in which the same court found him not guilty, based on insufficient evidence, of killing two children.