On December 31, 2021, Zhang Zhijun in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, was sentenced to death by the Sichuan Provincial High People's Court for killing his son-in-law Zou Shuo and Zou Shuo's parents, depriving him of his political rights for life.
Outside the courtroom, Zou Shuo's relatives burst into tears: "This is the result we have been looking forward to for a long time, and it is the punishment he (Zhang Zhijun) deserves." ”
In the first-instance judgment, the Chengdu Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhang Zhijun to death and deprived him of his political rights for life.
In the course of the second-instance trial, because Zhang Zhijun's daughter, Zou Shuo's wife Zhang Yu, issued a "letter of understanding," which was regarded by the court of second instance as a statutory sentencing circumstance, Zhang Zhijun was sentenced to intentional homicide, sentenced to death, suspended for two years, and deprived of political rights for life.
The close relatives of the three deceased challenged the verdict and appealed to the higher court.
The fact that the birth daughter issued a letter of understanding could actually affect the judge's sentencing, and the verdict took effect, which immediately aroused the great concern of people from all walks of life.
With the continuous fermentation of public opinion, on December 31, 2021, the Sichuan Provincial High People's Court once again changed the verdict of Zhang Zhijun's trial and sentenced Zhang Zhijun to death for intentional homicide and deprived him of political rights for life.
At this point, justice has been done, the family is satisfied, netizens have also clapped their hands and applauded, some netizens commented: "After paying attention for a month, just wait for today, just after work to see the results, can only say 'comfortable'." ”
If life is only as it first sees
The victim, Zou Shuo, once studied petroleum at Hebei Chengde Petroleum College, and his wife Zhang Yu was a classmate of the university, and the two people who "had an improper door and a wrong household" came together for this reason.
Zou Shuo was born in the countryside, his hometown is Maochengzi Town, Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province, although his parents are teachers in the town's middle school, but the economic conditions at home are average;
Zhang Yu is different, born in Pengzhou, Sichuan Province, she is a "city hukou" of the Eight Classics, her parents are very capable, the income is much higher than Zou Shuo's parents, Zhang Yu has been a pampered little princess in the family since she was a child.
After the two met in college, they often met, and they also had a good feeling for each other, although the two families had different circumstances, but their interests and hobbies were very similar, and the three views were basically compatible, so they soon came together.
During the college period, the two have always been a "model couple" in the eyes of their classmates, Zhang Yu is beautiful and flamboyant, Zou Shuo is honest and responsible, although the living environment from childhood has always made Zhang Yu somewhat willful, but Zou Shuo has never cared, not only for Zhang Yu Bai bai shun, all kinds of care, but also for her to insist on accompanying Zhang Yu back to Sichuan despite her family's opposition.
One summer vacation, Zhang Yu took Zou Shuo to Sichuan to play, and by the way took Zou Shuo back home to let his parents meet. Because the family conditions of the two are relatively different, Zhang Yu's father, Zhang Zhijun, does not agree and has been advising his daughter to break up with Zou Shuo as soon as possible.
Zhang Yu refused, and Zhang Zhijun let Zhang Yu's mother be a lobbyist, but no matter what his parents said, Zhang Yu just wouldn't break up. Zou Shuo was touched by Zhang Yu's persistence and vowed to stay with her for the rest of his life.
After graduating from school, Zhang Yu's family sent her to work in the Sichuan petroleum system, and Zou Shuo followed her to Sichuan to work.
When the two planned to get married, they were greatly hindered, and Zhang Zhijun disliked Zou Shuo's "hometown in the northeast countryside, the family has no power, no money and no power", strongly discouraged, and even broke out fierce quarrels with Zhang Yu many times.
However, Zhang Yu was always unmoved and insisted on marrying Zou Shuo.
In order to leave a happy wedding for her son and daughter-in-law, and in order to make the future life of the two children better, Zou Shuo's mother took out her life savings, more than 300,000 yuan.
A cousin of Zou Shuo once said: "Most of the marriages opposed by the parents are not happy, and it turns out that the cousin's marriage is firmly opposed by the woman's parents, and now it seems that this marriage is not only unhappy, but also causes tragedy." ”
The opposition of the family seems to have laid an important foreshadowing for the misfortune of this marriage.
What autumn wind sad painting fan
The two newly married are very affectionate, and Zou Shuo also loves some of his wife's small willfulness, and For Zou Shuo's tolerance, Zhang Yu also seems to enjoy it very much.
However, the fly in the ointment is that Zou Shuo's work is often traveled, and he cannot accompany his wife at all times. However, the two have just married and are sweet, and the distance is not a problem.
In july 2017, the fourth year after marriage, the couple ushered in the first crystallization of love.
But with the passage of time, the enthusiasm in the hot love gradually cooled down, and the romance and sweetness of the past were replaced by the chai rice oil and salt of life, especially Zhang Yu also gave birth to a child for him, and the most fatal problem appeared.
Although Zou Shuo was born in the countryside, his parents were high-minded elements who graduated from serious colleges, his father graduated from Siping Normal College, and his mother graduated from Gongzhuling Normal College, which were very good colleges and universities at that time.
After graduation, both of them were assigned to work to teach and educate people, and they stuck to their posts for decades, whether they were students, colleagues or townspeople, they were very respectful of both.
Zou Shuo grew up from such a family, although he did not become a teacher, but there was still an innate bookish anger on his body, which made people can't help but be close.
However, such a child who grew up in mutual respect and friendship was inferior everywhere after marriage.
Although his wife Zhang Yu would not look down on him, she had always acted obediently, never bowed her head in what she did, and every time she had to ask Zou Shuo to ask for it three or four times, after having children, this situation became more and more intense, and once reached the point where Zou Shuo could not stand it.
In addition, when Zhang Yu was pregnant, Zhang Zhijun and his wife also came to their home to take care of them, so they took advantage of various opportunities to instill in Zhang Yu the idea that Zou Shuo was not worthy of her.
Zou Shuo has not been at home for a long time, and the relationship between the husband and wife has taken a sharp turn, not only often quarreling, but even sometimes pushing and shoving each other a few times.
The war situation continued to expand, and both people were shaken by this once incomparably firm feeling, but out of respect for the past and the nostalgia of the past, the two did not say it directly, but the relationship became extremely cold.
Until a quarrel, Zou Shuo did not hold back, blurted out the word "divorce", which can completely encounter Zhang Yu's reverse scales, originally under the influence of his parents at that time, Zhang Yu had already identified with Zou Shuo from the bottom of his heart, and now he even had to be "divorced", Zhang Yu was naturally difficult to accept.
Therefore, she began to violently attack Zou Shuo with words, after all, after many years of getting along, Zou Shuo's pain points were still very clear to Zhang Yu. This time the quarrel ended with Zou Shuo slamming the door and running away from home, but Zou Shuo did not expect that he would not be able to return to that home this time.
Zou Shuo stayed in the hotel for a few days, and did not return home until he calmed down, but found that the door lock had been changed and his belongings had been thrown out.
Several lawsuits for divorce have not been granted
Zou Shuo was also dead set on this relationship, so less than three months after his daughter was born, he went to the local court to sue for divorce. However, the court dragged on for a long time before it made a decision — rejecting Zou Shuo's request.
After being expelled from his home, Zou Shuo's life was also very difficult, and one of his relatives once said:
"If his cousin Zou Shuo didn't stay in Sichuan for love at that time, but returned to his parents in the northeast, what kind of picture would it be?" ...... Aunts, uncles have formal jobs, retirement has no burden of wages, such conditions are very good in the countryside, if the cousin chose to go back to his hometown in the northeast at that time, ten miles and eight villages to propose relatives, mediators, introduce the object of people, should be stepping on the door, flower season girls, girls of the right age will also have a lot! ”
However, Zou Shuo chose to stay in Sichuan for love.
At the beginning, buying a house and a car were all the money of Zou Shuo's parents, but Zou Shuo was full of Zhang Yu at that time, and her name was written.
And after the two got married, he gave his salary card to Zhang Yu for safekeeping, and when he came out, he was penniless and could only rely on the help of friends and parents to survive.
In January 2019, Zhang Yu also filed a divorce lawsuit with the Pengzhou court, but it was also rejected.
Two people who can't be together can't even divorce.
A family of three has come and gone
On January 9, 2019, Zou Shuo's parents missed their son and granddaughter and came to Sichuan from Jilin to visit. They first went to the small house where their son rented for a night to rest, and the next day the family of three went to Zhang Yu and Zou Shuo's home.
"Don't speculate more than half a sentence", several people did not even sit down to have a good chat and quarreled again.
Both families wanted children, both families were reluctant to back down, and in the end, Zhang Zhijun, who was angry, stabbed Zou Shuo and his parents to the ground with a knife. Zou Shuo and his mother died on the spot because of their serious injuries.
After the accident, Zhang Zhijun called Zhang Yu and asked Zhang Yu to dial 110 and 120, and when the ambulance arrived, Zou Shuo's father still had life characteristics and was pulled to the hospital, but being sent to the hospital for rescue still failed to save his life, and he died the next day.
After the police arrived at the scene, they took Zhang Zhijun under control.
Three trials and three judgments
After Zou Shuo and his parents were killed, they were placed in the Gongzhuling City Funeral Home, but since only Zhang Yu was left with one immediate family member in the family, if Zhang Yu did not cooperate with the burial, their remains could not be moved.
So until the final result is issued, the bodies of the three members of their family will not be buried.
The picture | the victim's family
On December 20, 2019, the Chengdu Intermediate People's Court rendered a first-instance judgment, sentencing defendant Zhang Zhijun to death and depriving him of his political rights for life.
The court of first instance held that:
"Although this case was caused by a family dispute, Zhang Zhijun was not illegally infringed by the criminal law, and his behavior was not defensive in nature. Zhang X's criminal methods are particularly cruel, the consequences of the crime are particularly serious, the crime is extremely serious, and he has circumstances such as voluntary surrender, truthful confession, and voluntary confession, which is not enough to give him a lenient punishment. ”
After the first-instance judgment was issued, Zhang Zhijun was not satisfied and appealed to the Sichuan Provincial High People's Court.
According to Zou Shuo's relatives, during the litigation, Zhang Yu was extremely flattering to the victims' families, not only taking the initiative to sign the cremation consent of the three victims, but also promising that "after the end of the case, he will take the children back to the northeast to recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors, and then deal with the follow-up burial of the three family members", the purpose is to exchange for the understanding of the deceased's relatives.
On October 28, 2020, the court of second instance issued a judgment that changed the sentence to death, suspended for two years, and deprived of political rights for life.
During the second instance, the Sichuan Provincial High People's Court received a letter of understanding from Zhang Yu, which expressed forgiveness for Zhang Zhijun's killing of her husband and in-laws and requested the court to give him a lighter punishment.
At the same time, the Sichuan Provincial High People's Court held that "zou shuo's family was seriously at fault for triggering the case, and his actions were defensive in nature." The first-instance judgment only considered the serious consequences, but did not comprehensively analyze the causes and circumstances of the case and the critical situation he faced, and sentenced him excessively. ”
The principle of lenient punishment was adopted.
The Sichuan Provincial High People's Court also informed the victim's family: "The judgment has taken legal effect, and the close relatives of the victim Zou Mouhai and the close relatives of the victim Yang Moufen were not satisfied and filed a complaint with the Sichuan Higher People's Court." ”
In this regard, the victim's family was extremely dissatisfied: "Before the first trial, the Zhang family came to us, expressed their willingness to compensate, and asked us for forgiveness, but we did not agree, and Zou Chenghai's family did not agree. We would rather not have civil compensation than severely punish the murderer, and I wonder how this understanding came about? ”
"I do not accept the result of the second-instance trial to change the verdict, and I intend to request the procuratorate to protest, hoping to sentence the murderer to death."
Finally, on the morning of December 31, 2021, the Sichuan Provincial High People's Court pronounced a retrial verdict, sentencing Zhang Zhijun to death for intentional homicide and depriving him of his political rights for life.
The court of retrial overturned the judgment of the court of second instance, stating:
"The defendant in the original trial, Zhang Zhijun, failed to correctly handle the daughter's family dispute, and the killing of Zou Shuo's three people constituted intentional homicide. Zhang Zhijun's criminal methods were cruel, the circumstances were heinous, the consequences were particularly serious, and the crimes he committed were extremely serious and should be punished according to law. Although Zhang Zhijun surrendered voluntarily, it was not enough to give him a lenient punishment, so he changed his sentence to death according to law. ”
The bad guy finally got the bad news, and the victim's relatives said in an interview with reporters: "The sentence was sentenced, the death penalty was executed immediately, we are satisfied with this result, this is also the punishment he (Zhang Zhijun) deserves, but we are not happy, after all, our family's three living lives are gone forever, even if he dies, it cannot be saved." ”
Resources:
Xiaoxiang Morning News: "The Verdict of the "Son-in-Law's Family of Three Was Killed by Father-in-Law" Announces Multiple Defense Focuses"
The Paper: "Father-in-law Killed Son-in-Law's Family of Three" Case Retrial Verdict: Sentence Changed to Zhang Zhijun's Death Sentence
Shaanxi Legal Network: "Father-in-law Killed Son-in-Law's Family Retrial Sentenced to Death, Relatives of Victims: Finally Looking Forward to Justice"
Nine Factions News: "The teacher and his wife were killed three times, and the court of second instance said that it had obtained forgiveness from the victim's family, and the death penalty was changed to a suspended death sentence"
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