Innocent Chinese Man Tortured to Force Confession Is Cleared After 26 Years in Prison

Innocent Chinese Man Tortured to Force Confession Is Cleared After 26 Years in Prison
A guard looks through the window of a hallway inside the No.1 Detention Center during a government guided tour in Beijing on Oct. 25, 2012. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images
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A Chinese man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 26 years for the murder of two children was finally acquitted and released this month. His story of pain and injustice at the hands of the authorities has gone viral on Chinese social media.
“The pain and suffering of 26 years cannot be resolved with an apology ... I don’t want the apology. I just hope I’ll have a chance to see those beasts experience being bitten by a pack of wolfdogs,” 53-year-old Zhang Yuhuan, a villager from Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, said after his release on Aug. 4.