中国学生CHEN MIN杀害了9岁的中国女孩的案件终于结束。
他从一级谋杀降为二级凶杀的证词仅仅因为此：
In the agreed statement of facts, Chen said "it was never his plan to harm or to cause the death of Cecilia."
"He wanted to keep her alive, obtain a sizable ransom and return her to family," according to the statement.
With his funds running out, Chen wanted to secure $25,000 that would pay for a marriage of convenience to keep him in the country, Murphy said.
"And so in October of 2003 -- he had known the Zhang family because he had visited boarders there -- he broke into the house through the window, sneaked up in the middle of the night along the corridor, looking for Cecilia to kidnap her."
When Chen found the young girl in the dead of night, she was wrapped in a towel, Murphy reported.
"Fearing that she was going to scream, he attacked her, wrapped the towel around her head, put his arm around her neck, choked her and dragged her outside to his trunk and put her in," he said.
By the time he got her into the trunk of his car, her body was limp.
Chen drove a short distance away, and when he went to check in on the schoolgirl, she wasn't breathing.
"So this was a botched kidnapping attempt, a very incompetent one as well, because he didn't have any plans to take her anywhere. He was hoping that he could just leave her in the trunk, phone the family, get the money, and then let her go," Murphy said.
ATTEMPT， PLAN，这些关键词，把一个想借助绑架来获得假结婚的金额--说成了理由。
一个非蓄意谋杀的理由。
我的问题是：
--这些来ATTEMPT来读书的孩子，怎么PLAN了一场绑架案，又怎么DIDN‘T PLAN 但是DID杀害了一个九岁的儿童？
--那些买大房子的中国夫妇有没有想过，要靠招租客来维持这样的大房子的按揭，把自己的孩子和家人至于了什么样的不安全状态？
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Posted by at May 9, 2006 11:47 PM