On December 21, 1999, the first instance of the "10.13" Case was held in the Jiangcheng Intermediate People's Court. The suspect Qin Zhen was suspected of killing his wife and was sentenced to life imprisonment for intentional homicide and deprived of political rights for life. Qin Zhen refused to accept the decision and appealed in court.
On March 17, 2000, the Higher People's Court of J Province held a retrial and upheld the original verdict.
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When the second-instance verdict came down, overwhelming reports filled the third page of "Jiangcheng Evening News". Qin Xi will always remember the scene when this newspaper was posted on the blackboard in the classroom, and the teasing, ridicule, contempt, and schadenfreude emanating from everyone's eyes. She clenched her fists and dug her nails deeply into her flesh... This year, Qin Weixi was in the third year of junior high school.