Foreign media: Chinese woman in California who was sentenced to death for killing her husband and children cried in court (photos)

1October 22nd, reported in liuxue86.com.

According to the World Journal, Manling Tsang Williams, a Chinese woman from rowland heights who killed her husband and two young children, was sentenced to death in Pomona Court on June 5438+09, becoming the first Chinese woman to be sentenced to death in California.

The husband and two children killed by Zeng Meilin. (Photo of this newspaper)

Zeng Meilin was wearing an orange prison uniform that day and tried to cover her face with her shawl and long hair. During the trial, she almost bowed her head and sobbed, and the lawyer next to her always comforted her. After the verdict, Zeng Meilin broke down in tears. My great-grandfather who arrived early trembled and looked anxious. Although the court specially equipped him with an interpreter, he kept his head down and covered his face during the whole trial, unwilling to listen to the interpreter.

Meanwhile, there are four brothers and sisters of Zeng Meilin, but the whole family declined to comment. The family of Neal Williams, Zeng Meilin's ex-husband, was also present, and one of the relatives was crying when the judge stated the crime. Although the two families sat together, they didn't speak.

Judge Robert Martinez rejected the defense's motion to try the case again before sentencing. The defense lawyer said that although the evidence of Zeng Meilin's murder is conclusive, it is not unrelated to her childhood experience. The defense claimed that Zeng Meilin, who was born in an immigrant family in Taiwan Province Province, was severely treated by her mother since she was a child, and was isolated and discriminated against because of her poor academic performance at school, which caused her personality and psychological problems. The prosecution believes that Zeng Meilin was cruel to three innocent relatives and insisted on the death penalty.

Zeng Shunling, sister of Zeng Meilin, also stated in court and choked several times. She asked the judge to sentence her sister to life imprisonment. She said that the death penalty can't bring the victim back to life, and life imprisonment can make my sister reflect on her crimes all her life, and the victim's family didn't ask for the death penalty.

Judge Martinez said that it is an indisputable fact that Zeng Meilin's behavior has caused misfortune to others and her family. She killed her relatives for selfish reasons and violated California law. He stressed that Ceng Mei Lin has many relatives, and even if she wants to end her marriage, she can entrust her children to her relatives for care, so she won't choose such cruel means.

He said that both the prosecution and the defense or two juries did their duty and had no objection to the trial. As a judge, he didn't want to sentence him to death, but according to California law, it was a reasonable result to sentence him to death. He emphasized that more than 700 people in California were sentenced to death in the past 20 years, but only 13 people were actually executed, including no women. So the death sentence is more symbolic. He hoped that the relatives of the Zeng family could accept the verdict calmly.

On the evening of August 7th, 2007, Zeng Meilin killed her husband and two sons, aged 3 and 7, in her home in rowland heights. On August 20 1 1, the jury found Zeng Meilin guilty of three counts of first-degree murder and recommended that he be sentenced to death. However, the judgment was postponed twice to 19. Zeng Meilin's lawyer said that he would continue to appeal. "Killing her husband and children was sentenced to death. Chinese women in California cry in court (photos)-China Europe News Source: (liuxue86.com)