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Jiangxi

4 acquitted men get compensation

Four men who were wrongly convicted 13 years ago have each been awarded 2.27 million yuan ($337,000) from the State, the Jiangxi Provincial High People's Court said. Huang Zhiqiang, Fang Chunping, Cheng Fagen and Cheng Lihe were sentenced to death by a court in Jingdezhen in July 2003 for murder, rape and robbery. The appeal process had been ongoing since that time, and last year, the Jiangxi High Court ruled that the facts were unclear, the evidence insufficient, and the authenticity and legitimacy of the men's confessions in doubt.