Chapter 9 Qiu Xinghua's Crime and Punishment

Qiu Xinghua's Crime and Punishment (1) With a tortuous growth path, he became a murderous maniac overnight.Intense expert debate, should a special psychiatric evaluation be done for him?Human life is at stake, so don't be careless.Lawyers and family members proposed a psychiatric judicial appraisal of the defendant, but the court rejected it... The discussion surrounding this case has been considered by many legal experts to have promoted the legal process in China. On July 16, 2006, in a Taoist temple at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters in Pingliang Town, Hanyin County, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, the six managers and four pilgrims who stayed overnight were all hacked to death with knives and axes, and the eyes of the abbot Xiong Wancheng were cut off. The heart and lungs were taken out, chopped and fried, and the scene was horrible.According to police investigation and analysis, 48-year-old farmer Qiu Xinghua was considered a major suspect.However, while the police were arresting Qiu Xinghua, a debate about whether the murderer was mentally ill had already begun. Liu Xiwei, a 73-year-old professor of psychiatry, began to advocate for Qiu Xinghua.Based on his own work experience, he summed up the ten characteristics of mental patients who kill people.According to the circumstances of Qiu Xinghua's case, Liu Xiwei preliminarily judged that Qiu Xinghua was mentally ill, and called for a judicial appraisal of his mental illness.Prompted by Professor Liu, Qiu Xinghua's wife He Ranfeng began to recall Qiu Xinghua's strange behaviors that had puzzled her over the past two years.Zimo: When did you notice that he had changed?

He Ranfeng: Since 2005, there have been some changes, but it is not too important.His change is that he always loses his temper invisibly, walking around the room without sitting down. Zimo: Will there be conflicts between you? He Ranfeng: During that time, he always lost his temper for no apparent reason. I thought he was thinking about his family (the economy was not good), and he was under mental pressure.The worst change was in 2006, when he suddenly said that the eldest daughter and the second daughter were not his children, which made me so angry that I couldn't help it.I said, you are dizzy, I have never heard you say these things, now that the children are so old, why do you say that the two children are not yours?Where can you prove it?

Zimo: Did he doubt it before? He Ranfeng: He never had this idea and statement before.He Ranfeng and Qiu Xinghua lived in the same courtyard since childhood.Because his father died early, Qiu Xinghua completed his middle school studies by engraving seals for others, and then earned money by repairing machinery.Qiu Xinghua was six years older than He Ranfeng, and their marriage was opposed by the He family.They chose to escape from marriage, but were quickly caught and brought back.Qiu Xinghua then asked someone to write a "pleading paper" and sued his father-in-law to the court.Finally, the township court intervened and criticized the He family for "interfering with the freedom of marriage", and the two were able to get married. In 1999, the couple were forced to leave their hometown because they could not afford the fine for having a third child, but life has not been smooth.

Since leaving his hometown, Qiu Xinghua has moved six times.There are various reasons, but the result is the same: the more you move, the poorer you are.The tuition fees for Qiu Xinghua's three children were almost never paid on time.He himself has been engaged in at least 10 industries, and the only one with a relatively stable income is fishing.According to He Ranfeng, Qiu Xinghua can catch 40 catties of fish a day and earn 100 yuan in two days.However, due to the need to pay rent, buy food, and pay tuition and borrowing fees for the three children, it has not been possible to live a comfortable life. In 2002, there was a flood in the Han River, and they couldn't catch fish with the nets, so they had to find another way out.After that, he successively engaged in several industries such as construction, sericulture, and repairing, but none of them made good profits. In the second half of 2005, an accident occurred in an earthwork project contracted by Qiu Xinghua, and an injured worker was compensated 4,000 yuan, resulting in almost no income for the year, and Qiu Xinghua's emotions fell to the bottom.He often smokes alone at night, sitting all night long.The relationship between him and He Ranfeng is getting worse and worse, and some insignificant things will become the reason for the husband and wife to quarrel.Two months before the incident, Qiu Xinghua suddenly pointed out that the two daughters were not his own because the walking posture was not like his.In the month when the crime happened, Qiu Xinghua asked He Ranfeng to go to the Tiewa Palace with him.Zimo: Why do you want to go to the Iron Tile Hall?

He Ranfeng: He said he was going to the Tiewa Temple to ask the Bodhisattva.I said yes.I want to ask the Bodhisattva to come back, so I don't have to be angry, and this matter will be settled. Zimo: Does he believe in the judgment of the Bodhisattva? He Ranfeng: Because this is not a small matter, if he asks me to go and I don't go, he will feel that there is a bigger problem here. Zimo: Does the bad business have a big impact on Qiu Xinghua? He Ranfeng: There must be an influence, and there is a lot of pressure.Every minute and every second, he is thinking about the family's livelihood.

Zimo: Will this kind of pressure be reflected in him? He Ranfeng: In the past two years, he often complained of headaches, palpitations, and numb scalp. Zimo: Will he tell you about business matters? He Ranfeng: He told us some things, but not others.Having said that, our family will have a burden on our minds.So sometimes he said that there are some things that don't go well, and I haven't told you all the time, and I will take care of it alone.Tiewa Temple is located on the top of the mountain at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters. It was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. It is surrounded by dense forests within a radius of 10 kilometers. Except for temple fairs and other days, few people come here.According to He Ranfeng's recollection, in June 2006, at Qiu Xinghua's request, they lived in the temple for 7 days.On the eighth day, Qiu Xinghua suddenly insisted on going down the mountain, and it happened to be raining heavily that day.

He Ranfeng: When he was going down the mountain, he walked and walked to the slope.The first few times when he went to Poli, he told me to wait for him, and I waited for him, but the fourth time he wanted to go to Poli again.It rained continuously in those two days, blowing wind and raining again, and it was so cold that my clothes and pants were all wet, and the road was covered by the trees next to the road.He found a one-meter-long wooden stick and walked towards the slope with it in his hand. Zimo: Why does he walk up the slope again and again? He Ranfeng: I don't know either. There is nothing in Poli.He walked to the middle of the slope, I called him, he ran over and pulled my hair, knocked me down, then knelt down on my chest, finally took off my clothes and searched me all over.

Zimo: What is he looking for? He Ranfeng: He didn't say anything, but when he came over, he took off my clothes, unbuttoned them all, searched everywhere, but found nothing.In He Ranfeng's recollection, on the muddy downhill road, Qiu Xinghua kept running up the hillside, pushed her to the ground, and suddenly stripped off her shirt. The conflict between her and Qiu Xinghua had reached its extreme.Then, she chose a path that she thought would never meet Qiu Xinghua and continued down the mountain, but accidentally fell down and hurt her hand, and then met Qiu Xinghua again.He Ranfeng: My hand was pricked, so I pinched the wound and walked down the mountain. When I met him, he came up and took my hand and pulled it out.Seeing that my hand was bleeding, he said, what happened to your hand?Why do you make your hands like this?He thought I was going to commit suicide, so he poked the hand in the eye.

Zimo: What was his reaction when he saw you bleeding and injured? He Ranfeng: He sat down on the ground all at once, pulled me down as well, and hugged him.At that time I didn't want to sit on him, I was very angry.I said, you said so many ugly things about me today, and you drove me to death all day long.He just cried.I said, why are you crying? Zimo: Why is he crying? He Ranfeng: I don't know what he was crying for.He said that his two daughters were about to graduate from the third grade of junior high school, and that it was enough for us to work hard for another year. Zimo: Did he wash your feet by the stream?

He Ranfeng: Yes.When going down the mountain, the shoes were dirty, and the broken hand hurt, so I used the other hand to wash the shoes and socks.Later he said that he wanted to wash my feet. He said, I haven't washed your feet for so many years, and I didn't say anything.Finally he washed my shoes and socks for me.On the second day after going down the mountain, Qiu Xinghua asked He Ranfeng to go back to his residence tens of kilometers away, saying that he would go back after finishing some errands.However, when He Ranfeng saw him again, Qiu Xinghua had already become a murderer.After he committed a bloody crime in Tiewa Palace, he fled several times and hid in the deep mountains.The Ministry of Public Security issued an A-level arrest warrant and increased the reward for capturing Qiu Xinghua alive from 50,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan. At the same time, the police mobilized a large-scale police force and mobilized hundreds of people to search the mountain, but there was no result.Until August 19, 2006, Qiu Xinghua suddenly appeared at home by himself.Zimo: How did he show up at home?

He Ranfeng: I don't know, I'm in the room. Zimo: Have you seen him? He Ranfeng: I see.After they caught him, I soaked a bag of instant noodles for him to eat, sat there for a few minutes and then left.After walking for nearly ten miles, I got into the car of the Public Security Bureau. Zimo: How long did he stay at home? He Ranfeng: Only a few minutes.He didn't say anything, but told the two children to go to school if they could, and to go out to work if they couldn't, and told the youngest son to go to school and study more. Zimo: In the end, he still cared about getting his children to study.Has his appearance changed? He Ranfeng: It has changed, very dark and thin.Qiu Xinghua, who had been on the run for dozens of days, ate his last dinner at home before being taken away by the police.The eldest daughter and son chased them through the mountain road for more than ten miles. This was the last time He Ranfeng saw Qiu Xinghua.Qiu Xinghua has been extremely calm from his arrest to his two sentences.Qiu Xinghua: The motive for the murder. Anyway, you (Xiong Wancheng) once touched my daughter-in-law. I will kill you sooner or later. Qiu Xinghua's Crime and Punishment (2) Reporter: He did it alone, why did you kill everyone else? Qiu Xinghua: They shouldn't be killed, but if I don't kill them, I can't escape. Reporter: Did you premeditate the killing like this? Qiu Xinghua: No, anyway, I have to kill Xiong when I go up.The person Qiu Xinghua said touched his wife was Xiong Wancheng, the abbot of the Tiewa Temple.Because of such a simple reason, he brutally killed 10 people in a row in Tiewa Temple, and wrote on the cardboard with chicken blood, "The land of ancient immortals is not fornication, and those who violate it will be killed".Qiu Xinghua: I sleep on the mountain, I eat fruit on the mountain, I eat apples when I meet them, I eat raw corn when I meet them, and I eat peanuts when I meet them. Reporter: Have you noticed that the police are arresting you for so long? Qiu Xinghua: I have already discovered it. Reporter: After you found out, what action did you take? Qiu Xinghua: I was afraid, so I slept on my stomach during the day and walked at night. Reporter: When you go back to where you live, what are you going to do? Qiu Xinghua: I plan to kill all my enemies after I go back to see my son, and then come back to kill my wife.Finished what I should have done, and avenged what I should have done. Reporter: Have you ever thought of surrendering yourself after killing someone? Qiu Xinghua: I don't want to turn myself in. I think it's right to die. Reporter: Who else is in your family now? Qiu Xinghua: There is also a wife and three children. Reporter: Is there anything you want to say to them now? Qiu Xinghua: I just want to say to my son, you have to study hard and be successful when you grow up.With such fluent answers, is Qiu Xinghua mentally ill?Do you want to do a psychiatric evaluation for him?On the other side of the dispute, Li Meijin, an expert in criminal psychology, asked Qiu Xinghua 380 questions and answers, and asked reporters to send him answers. Most of the answers were correct.Based on this, Li Meijin believes that Qiu Xinghua has the capacity for criminal responsibility.Li Meijin: I worked as a policeman at the grassroots level.We usually contact a person, if he is mentally ill, we will not send him to court, it will be a joke.In other words, based on common sense experience, we can judge whether a person is mentally ill, and many people are sent to mental hospitals because of this judgment.We people are not fools, so many police officers, prosecutors and judges, they have experienced countless cases, they are not people who have never handled cases, don’t they have their own professional judgment?Some people have never had contact with the perpetrator, but only watched it several times on TV, and they thought Qiu Xinghua was mentally ill.I think this kind of person ignores the facts and only relies on his own prejudices. Zimo: Did you propose to do a forensic appraisal of Qiu Xinghua's mental illness? He Ranfeng: At that time, I thought that when the court came to ask about this matter, it would definitely give him a psychiatric evaluation.I have always believed that the law should always treat everyone fairly. It is right to do something wrong, but what should be done according to the law must be done.If he has no mental problems, he will indeed be legally responsible.Since there are provisions in the law, they must be adopted, but no results have been obtained. Zimo: Have you expressed these opinions to lawyers or others? He Ranfeng: Reflected, reflected many times.Every time a reporter asks, I say that his mother, his grandmother, and his cousin are mentally ill.Qiu Xinghua's hometown is Hejialiang, Yixin Village, Houliu Town, Shiquan County, Shaanxi Province.Five of the eight households in He Jialiang were named He, and the Qiu family was a single household.Qiu Xinghua's father came from other places to settle here during the land reform, and was given a room.Qiu Xinghua's mother has been mentally ill since he can remember.She would lose her temper for no reason and talk to herself for hours on end, almost every day.Qiu Xinghua's elder brother Qiu Xingfu commented that he has a "big temper and cannot be provoked", but he seldom loses his temper. When he is bullied, although he is annoyed in his heart, he usually does not show it.Qiu Xinghua loves to read novels, and often compares himself with Han Xin who was "humiliated in the crotch".He often said a word: not afraid of dying at the age of 36, but afraid of being unknown after death. After this extraordinarily serious murder occurred, Qiu Xinghua became the focus of media reports and became a legendary figure well known throughout the country. On October 19, 2006, the Intermediate People's Court of Ankang City, Shaanxi Province held a public trial on Qiu Xinghua's case.Qiu Xinghua had no objection to all the evidence presented by the prosecution.The only dispute appeared in the prosecution's moral judgment on its "lazy and lazy".Qiu Xinghua protested: "I'm not a lazy person. Everywhere I go, I try my best to make money to support my family." In his statement defending himself, Qiu Xinghua said: "Killing for life is justified. I think my wife and Xiong Wancheng's behavior is not correct, which aroused my resentment, so I killed him. There is another one, this temple It is a holy place, and it is not allowed to molest women like they (Xiong Wancheng and other victims). This is unacceptable in my personality, I think, I am willing to lose my name." "In 1985 (1985), her (Qiu's wife) natal family violently opposed my marriage. After court mediation, it was not resolved, and I was hurt. Now, I feel very sad. I also love my family, children Reminds me of my 15-year-old son. The human heart is full of flesh. I lost my conscience and killed those people. They did not offend me. I am here to apologize to the family members of the deceased who were killed by me. I am here and want to ask I hope not to abandon my family and help them when they are in trouble. I once again apologize to the society and to the investigators.” The court sentenced Qiu Xinghua to death in the first instance. Qiu Xinghua expressed dissatisfaction in court and filed an appeal because he disagreed with the motive for the killing identified by the court.During the first trial, Qiu Xinghua's defense lawyer, Zhang Yong, did not apply for a psychiatric forensic appraisal. The media reported that it was because the lawyer "did not dare to risk the disapproval of the world."In the second trial, Zhang Hua was appointed as Qiu Xinghua's defense lawyer.He didn't think Qiu Xinghua was mentally ill at first, but after reading the case file, he had doubts.Zimo: What details in the process of committing the crime reflected his abnormality? Zhang Hua (lawyer): He said that Xiong Wancheng molested his wife, so he hated Xiong Wancheng very much, and he also hated several other Taoist administrators.After killing Xiong Wancheng, he took out the knife on Xiong Wancheng's body, gouged out the eyes of the dead man, then used the knife to chop open the chest, took out the heart, liver and lungs, and after taking out the skin of the soles of the feet, cut the soles of the feet The two tendons pulled out.Qiu Xinghua said that he put these things on the chopping board and cut half a bowl.In the evening, fry it with sesame oil, and feed it to the dog when it is cooked.The dog didn't eat it, he thought it wasn't cooked enough and fried it a second time, but the dog still didn't eat it... This makes people feel unbelievable.Why did he do these things after the murder?is this necessary?We think it is absurd and not normal.In addition, he dragged the bodies of Luo Tusheng and his son (the victim) back from the door next to the toilet, and stuffed them under the bed where Xiong Wancheng lived.Why put it?He said that the feng shui of this place is good, because the two of them are innocent, and after they die, let them go to a good place, like going to heaven.This is also incredible.After you killed someone, you still do these things during the day, as a lawyer, I find it incredible.In addition, the case file shows that after the murder, Qiu Xinghua calmly sorted out the merit money in Xiong Wancheng's bag, calculated the amount in detail, and wrote down an IOU of 702 yuan in a notebook, indicating the date.After studying the case files, Zhang Hua met Qiu Xinghua, and he hoped that the conversation with Qiu Xinghua would answer the doubts he had raised during the research of the case files.Zimo: After seeing Qiu Xinghua in the detention center, why did he deepen the impression that he might have mental problems? Zhang Hua: Actually, when I first met him, I didn't have a deep impression of his mental problems.I'm just very interested in this man, and I think he doesn't look like a criminal in custody, but rather a legend. News figures and ordinary criminals don't have the fear and emptiness when they see a lawyer. He doesn't have it. It was like meeting a very old friend.Especially after I explained my purpose and said that I was your defense lawyer appointed by the Provincial High Court, he was very happy and offered to ask, can you let me smoke?It gives the impression that he is a person who talks and laughs. Zimo: Does he have any anxiety, fear or worry? Zhang Hua: No, I can't find it in him. He is very talkative.When I saw him for the second time, I showed him the paternity test I had done before the court hearing to dispel the suspicion that the child was not his own.After he read it, he didn't say a word for a long time, neither believing nor disbelief, and finally said, if you want to give me a psychiatric evaluation and identify me as mentally ill, then who will read the book I wrote?Instead he worried about it.He said that in fact my head is not worth much, and the book I wrote may be worth ten heads.According to media reports, Qiu Xinghua has been writing books in the detention center. He also mentioned these two books in his letter to lawyer Zhang Hua. One is called "The Golden Pen Sets the Country" and the other is his autobiography.Qiu Xinghua: During this period of my life, I finished writing my book as a negative teaching material for a useful person in society. Qiu Xinghua's Crime and Punishment (3) Zimo: Is there anything unusual about his letter to you? Zhang Hua: The letter focused on the issue of his marriage being interfered with in 1985.In addition, he talked about how he felt that the country's management personnel were not doing their job well and were not serious about their work during the many days when he escaped after the murder.There is also the book "The Golden Pen Sets the Country" that he is going to write, and he will make some contributions to the recovery of Taiwan in the future.That's all for these questions. Zimo: Does he think he is mentally ill? Zhang Hua: No.He didn't deny me that he might be mentally ill.But he never admitted that he was mentally ill. On December 10, 2006, five professors including Peking University, China University of Political Science and Law, Tsinghua University, and China Youth University for Political Science jointly stated on the Internet, "Whether Qiu Xinghua is mentally ill or not must be judged by a psychiatrist."Liu Xiwei, a psychiatrist, said: "If you don't do it, it means that the situation is unclear, and if you don't do it, it means that the evidence is insufficient. If the situation is unclear and the evidence is insufficient, the completeness of the judgment cannot be guaranteed. The most urgent thing is to give him a psychiatric judicial appraisal." When wondering whether a judicial appraisal should be done for Qiu Xinghua, He Ranfeng also returned to his hometown to collect evidence for Qiu Xinghua's possible mental illness.He Ranfeng: After I went back, I found people who knew that his mother and grandmother had a history of mental illness, and asked everyone to sign. Those who could not write were stamped, and those who could write were signed. Zimo: How many signatures were collected to prove that his mother and grandmother were mentally ill? He Ranfeng: More than a dozen. Zimo: Has this evidence been sent to the court? He Ranfeng: I told lawyer Zhang Hua.However, when the lawyer Zhang Hua issued this certificate with the seal of the village committee and the signatures of 13 people during the trial, the Shaanxi Provincial High Court refused to accept it.The high court found that the village committee had previously issued a certificate stating that Qiu Xinghua's mother was not mentally ill, and the two contradicted. After the court hearing, the presiding judge pronounced: The appellant, Qiu Xinghua, had the ability to fully identify and control his own behavior when committing murder and robbery intentionally, so the defender's request for a judicial psychiatric evaluation of Qiu Xinghua was not accepted. On December 28, the second instance of Qiu Xinghua's case opened.On the same day, Qiu Xinghua was executed by shooting. He Ranfeng learned about the hearing of the second trial of Qiu Xinghua's case through a reporter.When she rushed from home overnight to the court, the trial was over.Zimo: Didn't you expect to meet him before he was executed?He Ranfeng: I really want to meet him. Zimo: Didn't the judiciary notify you that he is about to be executed? He Ranfeng: No, I have not been notified. Zimo: Did you see his remains? He Ranfeng: I didn't see it. Zimo: What about the body? He Ranfeng: No.I heard that there was a 4-minute court session, and then I was on my way to the execution ground.He was shot, and the blood flowed more than one meter away.I also heard that he ate a steamed bun in the morning, drank a glass of water, and ate that little thing.At that time, when I heard this, I felt very uncomfortable, as if being cut by a knife. Zimo: Did he leave any words?Have the ashes been given to you? He Ranfeng: About the ashes, call me now.Said to be paid.The cheapest urn is 500 yuan, plus cremation money. Zimo: Have you ever asked for the books he wrote in the detention center during his lifetime? He Ranfeng: According to the detention center and the Public Security Bureau, Qiu Xinghua's belongings were taken away.The guard said that the court took it away, but the court said that nothing was taken, but two books, which were destroyed after they were taken back.Qiu Xinghua's death, like his murder case, has attracted the attention of many media.Some experts even suggested that after Qiu Xinghua's death, psychiatrists could still judge his mental state at the time of the crime based on his behavior.According to an online poll, 60% of the people believed that Qiu Xinghua should undergo a psychiatric evaluation.Zimo: The request for forensic identification was finally rejected, did you expect it? Zhang Hua: Not expected.We believe that the questions we raised are reasonable to a certain extent, and the court and the public prosecutor have read those case files, and they are not just talking nonsense.Although we cannot provide corresponding evidence to prove that he is mentally ill, at least there is some reasonable doubt.Then, the police and the court should, in accordance with the provisions of Article 119 of my country's "Criminal Procedure Law", hire experts to conduct a psychiatric judicial appraisal on him in order to find out the facts of the case.We all thought at the time that this identification was likely to be done.But I didn't expect such a result in the end, and I feel very sorry. Zimo: Why was the request for forensic identification rejected?There are various speculations among the people. Some people think that the judiciary itself lacks self-confidence. They are worried that if he is really mentally ill, the death penalty cannot be executed. Zhang Hua: Judging from the current law, the real right to initiate judicial psychiatric evaluation of defendants and suspects lies in the public security law.This power is bestowed by the state on public security.Although our lawyer brought it up, during the trial, the court, based on the facts they investigated and determined, believed that Qiu Xinghua had no mental problems; it might be like what the media said, he only had problems with personality disorders, so they didn't Take the advice of a lawyer.This is the current law, and there is no provision that lawyers can independently start a judicial process.For He Ranfeng, Qiu Xinghua's death did not end everything.At the beginning of 2007, she had formally entrusted a lawyer to submit the "Criminal Complaint" to the Supreme People's Court.The petition pointed out that the Shaanxi High Court violated Article 7 of the "Interim Provisions on Judicial Identification of Mental Illness" and Article 119 of the "Criminal Procedure Law" in the trial of the defendant Qiu Xinghua's murder and robbery case. Forensic psychiatric appraisal of the defendant suffering from mental illness, the trial procedure seriously violated the law; the final ruling that the defendant was mentally normal and fully capable of criminal responsibility lacked sufficient factual basis, and did not rule out reasonable doubts about the defendant's mental abnormality.At the same time, it also pointed out that the Shaanxi High Court violated the provisions of Article 43 of the "Criminal Procedure Law" by not comprehensively collecting evidence in favor of the defendant in this case; The provisions of Articles 55 and 58 of the Interpretation deprived the defendant of the right to defense and affected the fair judgment of the case; finally, the Shaanxi Higher Court violated legal procedures and failed to notify the defender of the second hearing time 3 days in advance.He Ranfeng hoped that the Supreme People's Court would retry the case and conduct a judicial psychiatric evaluation in absentia for Qiu Xinghua, who had already been executed.Zimo: Will you always insist on appealing? He Ranfeng: I definitely want to get the result. Whether he is mentally ill or not needs to be answered legally. Giving a few children is equivalent to reducing some burdens. Zimo: What about yourself?When you mention Qiu Xinghua today, what do you think of? He Ranfeng: I didn't do what I thought I should do for him.Thinking of this incident, I was quite sad.As for whether he is mentally ill, at least a psychiatric expert can give a result, which gives me some comfort. Zimo Comments: Qiu Xinghua has been executed, but the dust has not yet settled.Chinese legal experts are still arguing whether China's existing legal system is perfect for the procedures and regulations for initiating psychiatric forensic appraisal; psychologists are also continuing to study why an ordinary Chinese farmer becomes Become a murderous maniac.Of course, communication scholars will continue to reflect on the impact of media attention on a pending criminal case.In any case, we all believe that reflection and debate will make our society more rational and fair.