Man Who Slammed Toddler Into The Ground Begs for Death Penalty
by Peter Barefoot on Sunday, August 25, 2013
by Peter Barefoot on Sunday, August 25, 2013
From QQ:
Beijing Suspect Who Threw Baby Girl on Ground Killing Her Tearfully Begs for “Death Penalty”, Says Everyday He’s in Pain
The Beijing News (reported by Zhang Yuan) — August 20, in the Daxing baby girl slammed to death case, Han Lei is being prosecuted for intentional homicide, and driver Li Ming is being prosecuted for harboring a criminal.
Recently, while being interrogated by the prosecution, Han Lei expressed that ever since the incident, “it has been particularly painful these past 20-some days, I really don’t want to live anymore”.
At present, the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court is filing and examining the case.
Claims only when he was arrested did he know he had committed murder
Yesterday, as shown in a Beijing TV Station video clip, while being interrogated by the prosecutor, Han Hei bitterly claimed in tears he “would never go kill a child”.
According to Han Lei, on the night of July 23, he, Li Ming, and several other friends had gone to Daxing Jiugong to eat and drink. Afterwards, they agreed to go singing [KTV]. He was the last one to come down the stairs of the restaurant, and saw that only Li Ming’s car was still parked downstairs. So he got into the car and sat at the front passenger seat. By the time the two of them had reached the KTV, the parking spots were already full, so they prepared to park the car on the side of the road by the bus stop across the street.
According to Li Ming, “as soon as I saw there was a stroller in the parking spot, I thought to myself that I mustn’t hit it”, but just as he was thinking about how to park his car, Han Lei was already arguing with the woman next to the stroller about parking. At first, he “didn’t see any sign of anger or anything”, but a moment later, “when I looked again, they had already came to blows”.
In was during these few short minutes that the baby girl in the stroller was lifted high above Han Lei’s head and was slammed onto the ground. According to Han Lei, after he fled the scene in Li Ming’s car, “I kept thinking about how much strength I had used, and just whether the child was in danger [of death]. I kept thinking about these things”. When the police found him and took him away, “while in the police car, the walkie-talkie sounded, and it said ‘we’ve got him’. The mood was like what I saw in movies, very serious”. Only then did he know that he had committed murder.
“Even now I can’t explain what happened, nor do I want to explain anything. I would never [intentionally] kill a child.” Facing the prosecution, Hai Lei tearfully lamented: ”To have caused such a tragedy to a child, and though it was a spur-of-moment thing, a combination of many different reasons, you must sentence me to death, I really don’t want to live. Over the past 20-some days, I’ve been especially pained, and I truly don’t want to live anymore.”
Lawyers are already involved in this case
Prosecutors in the case believe Han Lei, as an adult, should have clearly known the consequences of lifting a baby girl over his head and slamming her onto the road, and should be criminally charged with intentional homicide. That Li Ming had witnessed what Han Lei did and still drive away helping him flee the scene, he should criminally charged with harboring a criminal.
According to the prosecution, Han Lei has previously been sentenced with a punishment requiring limited term imprisonment or above for committing an intentional crime, and after serving that punishment, his punishment for committing an intentional crime within five years ought to be sentenced with a punishment requiring limited term imprisonment, similar to being punished more heavily for repeat offenses. Li Ming committed a new crime while still on parole, and thus his parole should be revoked and punished for multiple offenses.
As it is understood, Han Lei and Li Ming both have lawyers for their defense in this case.
Brief Introduction
Han Lei
●Born on 1974, June 26.
●In 1998, sentenced to administrative detention for 13 days for stealing.
●In 1992, sentenced to administrative detention for 10 days for striking another person.
●In 1996, sentenced to life imprisonment for crime of theft. While in prison, sentenced to an additional 1 year in prison for breaking supervision order, sentence later reduced.
●During the second half of 2012, released upon completion of sentence.
