On the afternoon of April 16, 2013, Fudan University's official Weibo released a message that instantly triggered public opinion on the whole network.
Weibo wrote: A graduate student at the school was initially hospitalized due to physical discomfort, and then his condition gradually worsened and could not be controlled, but after many diagnoses and treatments, the cause was not found, and the police were asked to intervene in the investigation.
Soon after, the police conducted a comprehensive investigation of the victim's life, and finally detected toxic chemical components in the water dispenser in the victim's bedroom, and the content was still quite large. The preliminary judgment was that someone had poisoned someone, and the roommates in the victim's roommates were checked one by one, and finally the suspect Lin Senhao was locked.
As soon as this news came out, more people paid attention to this matter. The key is that the suspect Lin Senhao is still a medical professional who saves lives and has already read a master's degree, so it can be said that the future is bright, so why did he make such an irrational act of poisoning and killing his roommate?
What is even more shocking is that after the first-instance trial sentenced Lin Senhao to death, 177 Fudan teachers and students interceded for Lin Senhao!
Why do people intercede for him? Is there any great hidden secret in between? Is Lin Senhao really worth the risk of interceding for him?
Next, let's talk in detail about this Fudan University poisoning case.
The whole deception of April Fool's Day
According to the investigation, the victims Huang Yang and Lin Senhao are both master's students at The Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, and the two are at the same level but belong to different medical majors.
Originally, the two did not intersect, but just a year later, Huang Yang was transferred to bed, just transferred to Lin Senhao's dormitory, so the two became roommates.
After the two people slept together, they got along quite well at first, but then they often clashed over some trivial matters, and gradually Lin Senhao held a grudge against Huang Yang.
(Huang Yang)
With April Fool's Day approaching, Huang Yang talked to other roommates in his bedroom about the funny things about April Fool's Day in previous years, and this year he also planned a series of tricks. Huang Yang was originally a very lively person, doing these things to get familiar with the road, and did not feel that there was anything wrong with it.
Several people chatted feverishly, but Lin Senhao sat silently and did not speak.
Lin Senhao's personality is completely opposite to Huang Yang, he is more introverted, and usually does not take the initiative to join the chat.
The speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, Lin Senhao thinks that Huang Yang's tricks are not very good, and he is not accustomed to these styles of his. At this time, his relationship with Huang Yang was already relatively stiff. Perhaps because he had accumulated too much resentment in his heart for a long time, Lin Senhao's heart gradually sprouted some extreme methods to try to deceive Huang Yang in order to "take revenge".
And this upcoming April Fool's Day is a good time.
On the afternoon of March 31, 2013, Lin Senhao first found one of his classmates and asked for the key to the 204 Imaging Medicine Laboratory in Building 11, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University. After successfully entering the laboratory, Lin Senhao relied on his memory to find the reagent bottles and syringes containing the highly toxic chemical dimethylnitrosamine stock solution that he had used to participate in the competition, and put them all into an abandoned medical bag and then took them out of the laboratory.
Subsequently, Lin Senhao returned to the dormitory with the medical bag, and then quietly put all the chemical reagents he got into the water dispenser when there was no one in the dormitory, and finally sorted out the crime tools and discarded them.
During the whole process, Lin Senhao was extremely cautious, so no one noticed his series of unusual behaviors.
On April 1, April Fool's Day, Huang Yang, without knowing it, drank water through the water dispenser in the dormitory, and it did not take long for vomiting and other symptoms to appear, and he went to Zhongshan Hospital at noon on the same day. However, at that time, the hospital did not detect the cause, and his condition was not very serious, so Huang Yang was discharged soon after.
However, the next afternoon, Huang Yang felt extremely unwell, so he went to Zhongshan Hospital again. After a comprehensive examination, the doctor found that his liver function was impaired, so he was left in the hospital for observation.
By the third day, Huang Yang's condition was getting more and more serious, directly to the point of being uncontrollable. Finally, after many examinations and treatments, the doctors found that this Huang classmate may have been poisoned, and the situation is very critical!
At that time, the treatment also required a large amount of money, and Fudan students also spontaneously raised donations for Huang Yang.
The situation was urgent, and in the face of pressure from many parties, the school immediately reported the case to the Public Security Bureau.
After receiving the report, the Public Security Bureau immediately organized a special case team to carry out an investigation. Lin Senhao, as Huang Yang's roommate, naturally did not escape questioning. But at that time, Lin Senhao did not tell the truth, he chose to hide all this.
Even during the aggravation of Huang Yang's illness, Lin Senhao remained indifferent and kept silent about his poisoning. If he had immediately admitted his mistake and explained to the police what kind of reagents were being dropped, perhaps Huang Yang would still have a glimmer of life.
But he didn't.
But no matter how much you hide it, the fact is the fact, it is there, it cannot be changed.
After many visits and investigations, the police quickly investigated Lin Senhao's body. All justifications pale in the face of evidence. Lin Senhao was also well aware of this and admitted the fact that he had poisoned himself.
On April 12, the evidence was conclusive, and Lin Senhao was criminally detained by the police in accordance with the law.
Four days later, the hospital announced that Huang Yang was confirmed dead after rescue was ineffective.
Lin Senhao said that he knew that the chemical reagent was toxic, so he wanted to put a little in the water to make Huang Yang go, but he did not expect that the dose he put was enough to make Huang Yang die. This was caused by his ignorance.
After Huang Yang's death, Huang Yang's parents were heartbroken and washed their faces with tears all day. The son they had poured so much energy into cultivating was gone, and Huang Yang's parents could not accept this fact for a while.
Because the progress of the case was so slow, they even wrote a handwritten letter to Yang Yuliang, the president of Fudan University, questioning the school's prevarication and avoidance of responsibility, and unceremoniously pointing out the school's bureaucracy.
(Huang Yang's parents)
Sentenced to death in the first instance, 177 Fudan teachers and students interceded for Lin Senhao
In November of the same year, the case officially began to be heard. Lin Senhao's behavior confirmed that it had constituted the crime of intentional homicide, and it was an unforgivable crime to kill his housemate by such a cruel means. Huang Yang's parents repeatedly asked the court to severely punish Lin Senhao.
In court, Lin Senhao defended himself, saying that it was because April Fool's Day was coming, so he came up with such a method to scare and frighten Huang Yang, not to kill Huang Yang deliberately. His defense lawyer also pointed out that Lin Senhao did not hide the case, but confessed everything truthfully, hoping that the judge could reduce the punishment of Lin Senhao.
Nevertheless, the court still held that the case of Lin Senhao's poisoning that caused Huang Yang's death had serious consequences and that Lin Senhao must be severely punished so that the victim's family could be given an account.
Lin Senhao
In fact, dimethylnitrosamine, a toxic chemical, is enough to kill people by putting 3 ml, and Lin Senhao put 30 ml! This is no longer a simple deception, but an extremely cruel murder. Ignorance cannot be a reason to kill others.
If it is true that as Lin Senhao said, he did not want Huang Yang's life at all, but did not know that the dose he put was enough to cause Huang Yang to die, then later when he learned that Huang Yang's condition was critical, why did he not explain to the police or the hospital what poison he had cast, but chose to stand idly by and watch Huang Yang slowly die?
When poisoning was inadvertent, then why did you see death and not save it later?
Moreover, at the trial, Lin Senhao was still indifferent throughout the whole process, and he could not see fear or repentance.
In the end, Lin Senhao was sentenced to death in the first instance and deprived of political rights for life.
As soon as this result came out, netizens shouted that they were happy, and just when everyone thought that this matter was basically over, another message detonated the network.
The Shanghai Municipal Higher People's Court received a letter of request for "Not Sentencing Lin Senhao to Death" signed by 177 teachers and students from Fudan University, accompanied by a voluntary signed Statement.
The letter said that everyone's signatures were spontaneous. Huang Yang has died, this is an irreparable fact, if Lin Senhao is sentenced to death again, the loss will be too great. Lin Senhao was admitted to the master's degree of Fudan University, which is enough to see his excellent degree. I hope the judge can give Lin Senhao a chance to become a new person.
To put it bluntly, it is to ask the judge to reduce the punishment for Lin Senhao and exempt him from the death penalty.
The letter also wrote that Lin Senhao's mother suffered from heart disease, and Lin Senhao has always given the impression of being frugal and filial piety, and is not a "poor and vicious" person.
It turned out that Lin Senhao was a child who went out from the countryside, and later was admitted to the very powerful Sun Yat-sen University with his own efforts, which was definitely a major event for the glorious ancestors at that time.
But when he first went to college, Lin Senhao, who was born in the countryside, felt a deep sense of inferiority, so his personality was also more introverted.
However, he knew that this would hinder his own development, so he was still brave enough to participate in some club activities to exercise himself. Not only that, Lin Senhao has also published papers in important journals many times, which is definitely worthy of the word "excellent".
In addition, the letter mentions many good deeds done by Lin Senhao.
When the Wenchuan earthquake occurred, Lin Senhao donated 800 yuan that he saved from thrift, the key is that his monthly living expenses were only 200 yuan at that time; in the B ultrasound room, Lin Senhao adhered to medical ethics and refused to accept red envelopes from patients; he also served migrant workers for free for a week, doing his best...
It is hard to believe that such a person who is very kind in the mouth of a classmate and friend could actually do such a cruel thing as killing his roommate.
The content of the request letter and declaration has also been controversial on the Internet.
First of all, the letter mentioned that Lin Senhao was very kind and well-liked. If nothing else, it can be seen from the fact that these 177 Fudan teachers and students risked being attacked by the Internet and interceded for him.
(Lin Senhao)
After all, there are people who have lost their lives, and most people can hide as far as they can, and now that the Internet is so developed, if they are not careful, they will become the center of public opinion. However, these 177 teachers and students bravely stood up for Lin Senhao. If it's not really a good friendship, who would risk it for him?
However, some experts pointed out that these 177 people were misused for compassion. No matter how kind Lin Senhao was, it was an indelible fact that he had killed a person.
Just because he is a highly qualified student, very kind, and may contribute to society in the future, he cannot be tolerated to kill people.
Moreover, the letter actually mentioned that Lin Senhao supported Huang Yang's parents, which was not intended to make his parents uncomfortable? Letting the people who killed their own sons take care of themselves is simply pouring salt on their wounds!
Obviously, What Lin Senhao did was not worth everyone interceding for him at all.
The final verdict was pronounced, and the death penalty was still imposed
On the morning of January 8, 2015, the Shanghai Municipal Higher People's Court announced the results of the second-instance trial of Lin Senhao's poisoning, or sentenced Lin Senhao to death. The court of second instance did not agree with Lin Senhao's statement, and the court held that Lin Senhao's method of killing was extremely cruel, and the consequences were very serious and of a bad nature. Although a truthful confession was later made, it was not sufficient to obtain a commutation of sentence.
(Scene of the trial)
After the second trial of the death penalty, it entered the death penalty review stage. During this period, Lin Senhao's father has been traveling from place to place, understanding the facts of the case and hiring excellent lawyers, just to reduce the punishment for his son and exempt him from the death penalty.
He has not given up on Lin Senhao.
Five months later, Father Lin temporarily changed lawyers, which was the second time he had changed lawyers. Father Lin's move immediately triggered speculation from many parties, and the replacement lawyer Xie Tongxiang still had a lot to offer.
Xie Tongxiang is not only a lawyer in Beijing, the president of the China Lawyers Judicial Network, but also the chief lawyer of the Supreme People's Court's Death Penalty Review Lawyer Network, which is definitely a leader in this field.
It can also be seen from this that Father Lin's determination to exempt his son from the death penalty is great.
After many applications by Father Lin and lawyer Xie Tongxiang, the two finally got the opportunity to meet with the chief judge. The meeting lasted for several hours. In order to prevent the outside world from maliciously speculating about the meeting, Father Lin generously stated that during the meeting, the judge and the secretary made detailed notes.
After the meeting, Father Lin continued to understand the progress of the case from many sources, and at the same time discussed with Lawyer Xie how to "rescue" Lin Senhao, which can be said to have exhausted all the ways he could think.
The two also submitted several proposals to the court to exempt Lin Senhao from the death penalty, but with little success.
On December 9, 2015, there was a new development in the "Fudan poisoning case", and the results of Lin Senhao's death penalty review came out. The Supreme Court issued a ruling approving Lin Senhao's death sentence, confirming Lin Senhao's death sentence.
This time, no amount of justification can change the final result.
Everything fell to the ground, and Lin Senhao also got the punishment he deserved.
December 11 was the day Lin Senhao was executed. Lin Senhao looked very indifferent.
Before the execution, Lin Senhao met with his family for the last time.
Lin said that things have been like this, and he needs to take responsibility and pay for the mistakes he made. I hope that parents can put this matter aside and actively live. I also hope that after their deaths, Huang Yang's parents can put aside their resentment and live well, and their death is also a kind of repayment for them.
From a promising high-caliber student to a murderer sentenced to death, one can't help but sigh.
After this incident, more and more colleges and universities pay more attention to the moral cultivation of students, after all, students enter the university to learn professional knowledge in order to be able to better contribute to society in the future, rather than turning what they learn into a weapon to kill people.