Abuse of Legal Power

Just a moment ago, i read about an article of a chinese man, Yang Jia, who was convicted of murder after he stormed into a Shanghai police station on July 1st. He was wrongfully detained last year on suspicion of stealing a bicycle, and was sentenced to death for killing six policemen in the attack, which left four other people with serious injuries. At first, I found this guy unforgiving for what he had done to six other policemen, but as i read more about the incident on the Internet, I found out that he was actually a victim as well. Yang Jia was actually severly abused when the police were interrogating him, and this was the trigger to his mass murder. However, there was no mention of the police harassment during the trial.

I am not saying that Yang Jia is not guilty for the crime. The key issue is that each person deserves a fair and open trial for his crime. In this case, there is clearly an abuse of China's legal power, but there is nothing that we could do about it. I think that his case has not been dealt in an open fair way. The Shanghai authority failed to provide a fair opportunity for Yang Jia. I believe that this type of case happens in many countries, and most of them are still covered away from the open media. This does not mean that they do not exist. It is really frustrating to se that in our society today, the abuse of legal power still lives. This makes me wonder if justice really exists.