China compensates wrongly jailed man

China's legal system has long been criticised by human rights groups for producing a high number of wrongful convictions定罪 and, for those on the receiving end of such rough粗暴 justice正義, overturning顛覆 a conviction is difficult. 

Hyang Liyi, from the southern city of Kaiping, had his appeals上訴 rejected numerous times before his conviction for cheque fraud支票詐欺 was eventually overturned in 2010. Now, according to a report in the Southern Metropolis大都會 Daily, he has won a record amount of compensation賠償金 , the $130,000 said to have been calculated by multiplying the number of days spent inside by the average daily wage工資 for urban workers. 

In another widely reported case two years ago, which highlighted the use of torture拷打 to gain獲得 confessions招供 in China, a man from Henan province won a slightly lower sum after a wrongful conviction for murder. He spent ten years in prison but his alleged所謂的 victim was eventually found to be alive.