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Death sentence upheld for north China serial killer

Xinhua, April 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

The higher court in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Thursday upheld the death sentence of a convicted serial killer and rapist.

The court rejected the appeal of Zhao Zhihong, who was sentenced to death after being convicted in February of crimes including the murder of 10 women.

Zhao was apprehended in 2005 and confessed to a string of rape and murder cases, including one in Hohhot in 1996 that was pinned on 18-year-old Huugjilt. Huugjilt was exonerated in December 2014, 18 years after his execution. Endit