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备受关注的中国女访问学者章莹颖案6月3日正式开庭。本案的庭审将在美国伊利诺
伊州皮奥里亚联邦法庭进行，同时也会在伊利诺伊大学香槟分校旁的厄巴纳法院同步转
播。庭审将分为遴选陪审团成员、定罪、量刑三个阶段，预计将耗时两个月时间。
当地时间5月23日，章莹颖的家人已经抵达芝加哥，他们在接受媒体采访时希望罪
犯得到最严厉的刑罚。
开庭后先遴选陪审员
根据美国联邦刑事司法程序，6月3日正式开庭后，将先进行陪审团成员的最后遴选
。事实上，章莹颖案陪审团成员筛选工作去年年底已经启动。约有70名候选人进入开审
后的最终遴选阶段。
控辩双方律师会在法官的监督下向候选人提问，目的在于选出没有任何偏见的陪审
员。据悉，控辩双方可以有理由地排除候选人，之后还可以不需理由地分别淘汰候选人
。最终，这些候选人中将留下12名陪审员、6名候补陪审员。
由于在本案中，检方寻求判处嫌疑人克里斯滕森死刑，因此，选择陪审团成员与一
般案件相比较，会采取更严苛的标准。
确定陪审团成员的这一阶段预计将持续1至2周时间，之后将进入定罪阶段。
定罪阶段预计将持续两周左右。在这一阶段，检方具有举证责任，由检察官先提供
试图证明被告有罪的证据（如录音、照片等）及证人证言。在检察官直接询问证人之后
，辩护律师可交叉询问同一证人，以求摧毁或降低该证人证言的可信度。随后控辩双方
分别对该证人进行第二轮询问。
所有检方证人作证之后，将由辩方提供证人证言，以呈现对嫌疑人克里斯滕森有利
的证据。质证过程结束后，双方律师将进行总结陈词。随后，法官将告知陪审团成员本
案适用的法律以及作出判决的注意事项，由陪审团决定被告克里斯滕森是否有罪。
如果陪审团成员一致认为被告克里斯滕森有罪，则将进入量刑阶段。
另据报道，在正式开庭前，检方和辩方已向法庭提交了审判中预计将展示的证据、
证物清单。
值得注意的是，检方的清单长达11页，包括从克里斯滕森家中查获的与案件相关的
棒球棒、地毯、强力胶带及其电脑中的文章、女性照片等。
辩方的5页清单包括克里斯滕森的家族史、财务记录、约会网站记录、高中年鉴，
各种教育和医疗记录、工作申请和一本似乎阐述如何摆脱鬼魂的书《鬼魂杀手》。
是否适用死刑成焦点
由于检方是以绑架致人死亡罪起诉克里斯滕森，后者若罪名成立，面临的刑罚仅有
终身监禁或死刑两种可能。尽管章莹颖案发生地伊利诺伊州早在6年前已经废除了死刑
，但美国联邦法律规定，绑架罪最高刑期是终身监禁，而若因绑架致受害人死亡，最高
可判处死刑。
根据美国联邦法律，在克里斯滕森的绑架致人死亡罪成立后，也须由陪审团成员作
出其是否适用死刑的量刑决定。
章莹颖的父亲在接受媒体采访时表示，“希望女儿的案子审判公正，让嫌疑人克里
斯滕森得到应有的惩罚。”此外，章莹颖案的检察官也正在向法庭寻求对克里斯滕森的
死刑判决。分析人士认为，美国检方以绑架致人死亡罪向法院起诉克里斯滕森，这一举
动本身就饱含深意，表明了检方在无法以谋杀罪提出起诉的情况下，也在努力寻求以最
严厉刑罚惩处罪犯。
进入量刑阶段后，控辩双方律师将就量刑问题再一次进行举证、质证，这一阶段预
计将持续3周左右。
因此，开审后挑选陪审团、定罪、量刑等三个阶段共计需要约两个月的时间。
案件后续走向引关注
到今年6月9日，章莹颖案将案发满两年，章莹颖的踪迹及嫌犯克里斯滕森能否受到
应有的法律制裁是中美民众持续关心的话题。2017年4月，章莹颖前往美国伊利诺伊大
学香槟分校学习，同年6月9日在搭乘一辆黑色轿车后失联。美国联邦调查局于同年6月
30日逮捕了嫌疑人克里斯滕森，后者被以绑架致人死亡罪起诉。
此前，辩方律师多次玩弄“拖延策略”，以尽量延后庭审时间。此案原定于2018年
2月27日开庭审理，后延至2019年4月，之后辩方又提出将庭审时间延至7月1日的要求。
美国联邦法官詹姆斯·沙迪德在辩方律师提出申请数日后决定，将开审时间延期两个月
，推迟至6月3日。这也使得在章莹颖案案发满两年之前，案件得以正式开庭审理。
沙迪德在解释本案庭审为何会在伊利诺伊大学香槟分校旁的厄巴纳法院同步转播时
称，这是为了顾及公众与受害者家属的意愿及请求。
关于章莹颖案的后续走向，中美两国的民众也在持续关注中。
值得注意的是，美国法律体系中有一项重要的制度安排——一事不再审，即一旦法
院判决嫌犯无罪，即便未来找到确凿证据，司法机关也无法再对其进行追诉。因此，此
次嫌疑人克里斯滕森的绑架致人死亡罪能否成立，以及若被定罪会否获判死刑，都成为
媒体报道的热点话题。
为章莹颖家属提供法律援助的华人律师王志东说，“在现阶段，作出任何对审理结
果的判断都是不成熟的做法。”他称，“章莹颖家人已经到达美国，并将参与审判过程
，他们希望罪犯得到应有的最严厉的处罚。”
目前，依据对遴选陪审员、定罪、量刑三个阶段的时间预判，全案审判告一段落至
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: 备受关注的中国女访问学者章莹颖案6月3日正式开庭。本案的庭审将在美国伊利诺
: 伊州皮奥里亚联邦法庭进行，同时也会在伊利诺伊大学香槟分校旁的厄巴纳法院同步转
: 播。庭审将分为遴选陪审团成员、定罪、量刑三个阶段，预计将耗时两个月时间。
: 当地时间5月23日，章莹颖的家人已经抵达芝加哥，他们在接受媒体采访时希望罪
: 犯得到最严厉的刑罚。
: 开庭后先遴选陪审员
: 根据美国联邦刑事司法程序，6月3日正式开庭后，将先进行陪审团成员的最后遴选
: 。事实上，章莹颖案陪审团成员筛选工作去年年底已经启动。约有70名候选人进入开审
: 后的最终遴选阶段。
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missing-chinese-scholar-case/
Illinois Man Set For Trial In Missing Chinese Scholar Case
CHICAGO (AP) — A former University of Illinois graduate student is set to
stand trial in the 2017 disappearance and suspected killing of a visiting
scholar from China — a case in which the death penalty is possible and that
has been closely watched in the home country of the victim, whose body hasn
’t been found.
Jury selection in the federal trial of Brendt Christensen begins Monday in
Peoria, a central Illinois city about 85 miles (135 kilometers) northwest of
Champaign, where 26-year-old Yingying Zhang was studying at the university
’s flagship campus and where she was last seen.
Brendt Christensen. (Courtesy: Macon County Sheriff’s Office)
Because it’s a death penalty case, jury selection is expected to take a
week, as among the questions prospective jurors will be asked is whether
they oppose capital punishment. If Christensen, 29, is convicted, jurors
would decide whether they think he should be executed.
Zhang went missing on June 9, 2017, as she was running late to sign a lease
for an off-campus apartment in Urbana, which is next to Champaign and about
140 miles (225 kilometers) southwest of Chicago. She had just missed a bus
when Christensen tricked or forced her into his car, prosecutors say.
Christensen told the FBI he dropped Zhang off after a few blocks.
Her disappearance led to a weeklong search, which included help of more than
5,500 Chinese students at the school, which has more Chinese students than
any other U.S. university.
RELATED Missing Chinese Scholar’s Parents Arrive In US For Trial
Christensen, who earned a master’s degree in physics at the university, was
arrested that June 30 — his birthday — and was later charged with
kidnapping resulting in death. Christensen has pleaded not guilty.
In court filings a week before the trial, prosecutors indicated that among
the evidence they want to show jurors is carpet with an apparent blood stain
from Christensen’s bedroom, a baseball bat that was in the bedroom and a
copy of the novel “American Psycho” that they say Christensen gave to an
acquaintance.
Prosecutors also want to introduce a journal that Zhang kept in Illinois.
Her parents told The Associated Press in 2017 that her last entry was: “
Life is too short to be ordinary.”
A star prosecution witness will be Christensen’s ex-girlfriend, who
secretly recorded him for the FBI before his arrest.
Complicating the task of prosecutors is that Zhang’s body hasn’t been
found. They’ll point to Zhang’s blood in Christensen’s apartment and that
a cadaver-sniffing dog indicated a dead body had been there as proof that
she’s dead.
Zhang’s mother said in 2017 that not having Yingying’s body added to the
pain.
“I want to ask the mother of the suspect, please talk to her son and ask
him what he did to my daughter,” she said. “Where is she now? I want to
know the answer.”
U.S. District Judge James Shadid said during a Thursday pre-trial hearing
that 12 jurors and six alternates will be selected from an initial jury pool
of more than 400. Seventy potential jurors will be chosen during the week,
and the defense and prosecution can each dismiss any 20 without giving a
reason. Others can be dismissed for cause if Shadid agrees.
Zhang, described as conscientious and fun-loving by friends, got her master
’s in environmental engineering in China. The daughter of a part-time truck
driver later used her meager savings to buy her family a cellphone, air
conditioner and microwave oven, the family has said.
Zhang’s father, mother and brother flew in from China for the trial, which
they will watch remotely via closed-circuit video in a courtroom in
Champaign.
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: missing-chinese-scholar-case/
: Illinois Man Set For Trial In Missing Chinese Scholar Case
: CHICAGO (AP) — A former University of Illinois graduate student is set to
: stand trial in the 2017 disappearance and suspected killing of a visiting
: scholar from China — a case in which the death penalty is possible and that
: has been closely watched in the home country of the victim, whose body hasn
: ’t been found.
: Jury selection in the federal trial of Brendt Christensen begins Monday in
: Peoria, a central Illinois city about 85 miles (135 kilometers) northwest of
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