A man was acquitted today by the High Court in a retrial of a 29-year-old attempted murder case.
Su Yao-hui (蘇耀輝) was previously convicted in the case stretching back to 1997, in which a husband and wife in New Taipei City’s Tucheng District (土城) were attacked by two men wielding machetes.
He was sentenced to eight years in prison.
Photo: Yang Hsin-hui, Taipei Times
However, in October last year, the High Court ordered a retrial after it found major errors in the polygraph examination and interpretation of its results, based on the testimony of a former investigator.
Prosecutors appealed the court’s decision, but the Supreme Court rejected the appeal in January.
Following the verdict, Su expressed his appreciation for his lawyers and the Taiwan Innocence Project, which provides pro-bono legal services to overturn wrongful convictions.
He said his name has finally been cleared after being wrongly accused for nearly three decades.
Following the conviction, Su said he became a fugitive and tried to prove his innocence, but received no assistance.
The previous conviction found that Su wore a full-face helmet and, together with an unidentified male accomplice, attacked a man surnamed Chan (詹) and his wife, surnamed Pan (潘), at their residence in Tucheng with a machete.
The couple told police that they had previously reported their neighbors over illegal structures and had been involved in related litigation, the court said.
They also gave police a description of the culprits’ appearance and build, later identifying Su from a lineup of photographs, it added.
The High Court said the conviction was based largely on the victims’ testimony and identification, adding that the police identification procedures at the time influenced their report.
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