Chapter 41 July 27th Shooting Case
Zhou Yi had never seen the files of the July 27 shooting case, because after the cases handled by the task force were closed, there would be a unified special archive, and reviewing them required special approval.
So he didn't know why Du Qingming finally pleaded guilty.
He couldn't make any guesses, nor did he dare to guess.
The reason why he was connected to the July 27 shooting case was that in 2007, he arrested a suspect while handling a knife robbery case.
During the interrogation, the other party took the initiative to report and revealed that he had seen someone robbing in order to obtain a reduced sentence.
Zhou Yi, who was in charge of the interrogation, was not too surprised, because they had confiscated a lot of homemade hunting tools before.
It was not until the other party said it was a gun that they realized the seriousness of the problem.
Homemade earth hunting is not uncommon, but hand-gun hunting is a big problem.
So they immediately reported it to their superiors, and eventually, after spending a huge amount of manpower and resources, they captured the man nicknamed Liuzi in another province hundreds of kilometers away.
They actually found a Type 77 rifle in this person's residence.
The appearance of this gun caused an uproar within the system of Baicheng and even the entire province.
Naturally, it was not Zhou Yi's turn to interrogate this Liuzi, and he was directly escorted to the provincial capital.
But the news spread all over the place, and Zhou Yi also learned about the July 27 shooting case 20 years ago.
It is said that Liuzi confessed quickly during the interrogation that on July 27, 1987, he and another accomplice Lao Hei were preparing to carry out a robbery, so they set their sights on a car parked in a wasteland.
Originally, the two men only wanted to commit robbery, but they happened to see Wang Hai and Zheng Xianglan having an affair, and they had the idea of rape.
As a result, Wang Hai yelled at the two men, claiming that he was a policeman and wanted to get a gun.
Liuzi and Laohei originally thought that the other party was just trying to scare them, but they didn't expect that during the fight with Wang Hai, they actually found the ID and the pistol.
In a fit of rage, Liuzi used Wang Hai's gun to kill two people.
Afterwards, Liuzi and Laohei fled to other provinces separately. Liuzi was worried that he would be caught by the police, so he carried the gun with him until he was arrested.
Not long after, the accomplice nicknamed Lao Hei was also arrested in another city.
The truth behind the July 27 shooting case has been solved.
Du Qingming, who died unjustly, was acquitted, and his adult son received relevant compensation.
But no amount of compensation can make up for the broken family and the miserable first half of a child's life of wandering.
It was also at that time that Zhou Yi truly realized that the famous saying "Justice may be late, but it will never be absent" was actually a rumor with a distorted meaning.
The original words were said by US Supreme Court Justice Hewett, "Justice is never absent, it is only late," which was a satire on the inefficiency of US courts.
Because for everyone who needs justice, justice delayed is not justice at all.
Therefore, Zhou Yi had a deep memory of the July 27 shooting case and the name Du Qingming, although he did not have the opportunity to see relevant information about the July 27 case, and he never knew what Du Qingming, who was cleared of his injustice with his help, looked like.
Jin Lei looked at Zhou Yi in surprise. "Although this incident was widely circulated ten years ago, I'm afraid not many people still remember it. How could you remember it? How old were you ten years ago?"
"Thirteen years old." Zhou Yi answered honestly.
"But the elders in my family have talked about this before. You know, there are so many people in the steel mill, so news spreads quickly."
Jin Lei nodded without any doubt about it.
"Director, are you familiar with Du Qingming?"
"Well, we've worked together before, and I know him well."
"So you believe he's innocent?"
Jin Lei nodded firmly and solemnly: "He once saved my life and used his own body to block a knife for me."
"I went to see him and he said he was wronged and that he would appeal."
"I used my connections to help him file an appeal, but he passed away before the appeal was even accepted..." Director Jin burst into tears.
Zhou Yi patted his shoulder to comfort him.
"Director, I'll help you with this matter."
"What?" Jin Lei looked up at him in surprise. "Are you serious?"
"Yeah, but not now."
Hearing this, the other party was stunned again.
"Without new leads, reopening the case is impossible. Even if Director Xie agrees, the judicial system cannot move forward."
"I understand how you feel, but we are police officers, and the police force is a disciplined force."
Jin Lei sighed in his heart. Of course he knew. How could he not know?
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be this lingering nightmare for the past ten years.
"So, this matter needs to be promoted at an appropriate time and opportunity. Believe me."
Director Jin was stunned for a moment. This young policeman had an unusually calm aura that gave people a sense of reliability and security.
For Zhou Yi, it’s not that he doesn’t want to find this Liuzi. As long as he finds this person, Du Qingming will be able to rest in peace early.
But the problem was that he had not come into contact with the information of Liuzi at the beginning, and the information he knew was very limited. Even if he joined the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the BC City Bureau, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find such a criminal who was roaming around everywhere.
He remembered clearly the guy who had betrayed Liuzi, but according to his original confession, this person met Liuzi in 1999, which was two years later.
Even if we find this person now, we won’t be able to find any clues about Liuzi. It might even change the trajectory of this person’s life, causing him to completely miss out on Liuzi.
So right now he really can't do anything.
He also had another concern, that was Xie Guoqiang, the captain of the Third Brigade who was responsible for investigating the case, who is now Director Xie of the Municipal Public Security Bureau.
What role did he play in this wrongful case?
Going to him to appeal for justice would be like walking into a tiger's mouth.
There is something abnormal about the fact that Du Qingming was eventually sentenced to death simply because the key lost gun was never found.
Before his rebirth, Zhou Yi did not challenge the power of these things.
Zhou Yi now doesn’t have it either.
He understood Director Jin's feelings very well, and he was even more anxious than Director Jin.
Director Jin held on to his belief that Du Qingming was innocent for ten years only out of his absolute trust in his best friend.
And I am the one who knows the truth.
But he couldn't act rashly. As he had told Jin Lei, this matter required timing.
"Zhou Yi, you and Du Qingming have never met before. Can I ask why you believe that he is innocent?" Jin Lei suddenly asked.
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