Mr. Tran Van Them from Bac Ninh
By Vu Quoc Ngu, August 12, 2016
Vietnam’s judicial agencies have apologized to an 80-year-old citizen in the northern province of Bac Ninh after clearing him from a wrongful murder case after 43 years, state media has reported.
At a public meeting in a local government building in Cho commune, Yen Phong district on August 11, representatives of the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuracy as well as local authorities offered an apology for Tran Van Them, who was arrested in 1970 and later wrongly accused of killing his cousin Nguyen Khac Van.
Them, who was sentenced to death penalty in 1973 and later released in 1975 after the real killer confessed to the crime, had not been officially cleared from the case since then.
In the official letter issued by the Ministry of Public Security, Vietnam’s authorities admitted the legal miscarriage on Them’s case and pledged to pay him compensation.
In the past 43 years, Mr. Them had been seeking to be cleared from allegation of killing his cousin.
“I have been living with the injustice and shame for the past 43 years, being called a killer by my neighbors and even my relatives,” Them said.
A number of legal miscarriage cases have been unveiled recently in which many people have been wrongly sentenced to heavy sentences, including capital punishment. Their names have been cleared years later after the real killers confessed.
The victims of legal miscarriage included Mr. Huynh Van Nen from the central province of Binh Thuan, Luong Ngoc Phi from the northern province of Thai Binh, and Nguyen Thanh Chan from the northern province of Bac Giang.
Mr. Nen and Mr. Chan were wrongly convicted in murder cases. They were freed after spending over ten years in prison, and received respective compensations of billions of dong.
According to the Ministry of Justice, Vietnam’s authorities have received petitions in 258 cases and settled 204 cases in recent years, in which wrongly-sentenced people demand VND111 billion of compensation. Miscarriage of justice was reported in 133 cases due to wrong criminal procedures and the victims were compensated with VND56 billion, the ministry said.
The money for compensation comes from state budget.
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August 13, 2016
80-year-old Vietnamese Cleared from Wrong Murder Charge after 43 Years
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Mr. Tran Van Them from Bac Ninh
By Vu Quoc Ngu, August 12, 2016
Vietnam’s judicial agencies have apologized to an 80-year-old citizen in the northern province of Bac Ninh after clearing him from a wrongful murder case after 43 years, state media has reported.
At a public meeting in a local government building in Cho commune, Yen Phong district on August 11, representatives of the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuracy as well as local authorities offered an apology for Tran Van Them, who was arrested in 1970 and later wrongly accused of killing his cousin Nguyen Khac Van.
Them, who was sentenced to death penalty in 1973 and later released in 1975 after the real killer confessed to the crime, had not been officially cleared from the case since then.
In the official letter issued by the Ministry of Public Security, Vietnam’s authorities admitted the legal miscarriage on Them’s case and pledged to pay him compensation.
In the past 43 years, Mr. Them had been seeking to be cleared from allegation of killing his cousin.
“I have been living with the injustice and shame for the past 43 years, being called a killer by my neighbors and even my relatives,” Them said.
A number of legal miscarriage cases have been unveiled recently in which many people have been wrongly sentenced to heavy sentences, including capital punishment. Their names have been cleared years later after the real killers confessed.
The victims of legal miscarriage included Mr. Huynh Van Nen from the central province of Binh Thuan, Luong Ngoc Phi from the northern province of Thai Binh, and Nguyen Thanh Chan from the northern province of Bac Giang.
Mr. Nen and Mr. Chan were wrongly convicted in murder cases. They were freed after spending over ten years in prison, and received respective compensations of billions of dong.
According to the Ministry of Justice, Vietnam’s authorities have received petitions in 258 cases and settled 204 cases in recent years, in which wrongly-sentenced people demand VND111 billion of compensation. Miscarriage of justice was reported in 133 cases due to wrong criminal procedures and the victims were compensated with VND56 billion, the ministry said.
The money for compensation comes from state budget.