China's best condemned prisoner: who invented a patent the day before he was shot, was spared the death penalty and became a rich man?

When it comes to "the best death row inmate in China", my first thought is "Li Hongtao", the protagonist in the CCTV documentary "Speed of Life and Death". When I was a child, I was a prodigy in ten miles and eight townships. When he grew up, he was admitted to the Electronic Department of Zhejiang University. After graduation, I first forged bank bills and defrauded the bank loan of 80,000 yuan. Then he escaped from prison three times and was finally sentenced to death.

On the day before his execution, his new motor was successfully tested, so he was exempted from the death penalty. Later, a number of patents were invented, including the development of prison management system, which helped Kunming No.1 Detention Center to be rated as one of the "20 model prison guards in China".

This legendary life is definitely more wonderful than the American blockbuster The Shawshank Redemption.

A prodigy from Siliba Township was admitted to Guangzhou University. 1August, 996, was born in an intellectual family in Huang, Hubei. Because both parents are literate, Li Hongtao received a good education from an early age, and she was known as someone else's child in the mouth of her neighbors. Later, in the college entrance examination, I was admitted to the Electronic Department of Zhejiang University.

On the university campus, he met his first love. Until 1988, two people graduated, and one was assigned to work in the second resistance factory in Kunming. Soon after, they tied the knot and became husband and wife.

Perhaps most people will envy Li Hongtao's plain and happy life, but Li Hongtao doesn't want to live an ordinary life.

From 65438 to 0990, Li Hongtao met a female college student, and soon developed into a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. The good times didn't last long, and it didn't take long for his wife to find out that he was cheating. On the one hand, it is family, on the other hand, it is freedom. Li Hongtao, which is extremely contradictory, has fallen into the abyss of pain.

In order to get rid of the predicament, Li Hongtao chose to start a business to divert his attention. But starting a business needs funds, and the company soon encountered a financial crisis. In order to tide over the difficulties, Li Hongtao, who didn't admit defeat, took a side road and began to forge banknotes.

1. After careful preparation, Li Hongtao took out a banknote with a face value of 80,000 yuan, which was enough to confuse the real with the fake. He successfully converted the bill into 80 thousand yuan in cash.

After careful preparation, Li Hongtao took out a banknote with a face value of 80,000 yuan, which was enough to be genuine, and successfully converted it into cash.

Because 80,000 yuan can't completely solve the financial problem, he made another bill with a face value of 6,543,800 yuan. On April 8, 1994, just as he was applying for transfer with the bill again, he was caught by the public security personnel who had been waiting for a long time.

After his arrest, Li Hongtao didn't show too many emotional changes, but was quite proud.

It's already noon at the public security bureau. He took advantage of the lunch time of the staff, pried open the handcuffs, took off his shoes and walked out calmly.

After they finished eating, I was handcuffed in the corridor of the public security bureau. I'll move my body where they can't see it (while they're not looking). As a result, they didn't respond or even look back. I know I can definitely get out of here at this time. Take off your handcuffs, shoes, slowly walk down the stairs and out the door. -Li Hongtao readme.

Li Hongtao, who left the Public Security Bureau, did not run away immediately, but returned home. First, I destroyed all the evidence of counterfeiting, then went to a roof not far from home to watch the police come to his house to search, and then left without finding anything.

That evening, he bought a train ticket from Kunming to Guiyang and fled to Guiyang six or seven hours later. In Guiyang, he actually had the idea of stealing cars again.

There is a luxury hotel near his hotel. At night, an Audi car often stops in front of the hotel, which aroused Li Hongtao's interest. He squatted in front of the hotel first to understand the owner's travel rules. Then I went to the hardware store and bought an Audi key blank.

1On April 26th, 992, he appeared at the Audi car early. After seeing the owner of the Audi car, he went straight forward to say hello, took out a blank key and asked the owner if the car key was like this.

Audi owners enthusiastically took out the car keys and handed them to Li Hongtao, telling him that this is what the keys look like. It was in these few short minutes that Li Hongtao accurately wrote down the concave-convex rules on the surface of the Audi key, and then successfully made a simulation key.

That night, it was raining heavily. Li Hongtao successfully started Audi with a homemade key. He drove aimlessly on the stormy road and didn't see the escape at all.

Because I'm not familiar with road conditions and weather. Inadvertently, Li Hongtao even fell into the ditch together, but fortunately, the old man who passed by got up, and it didn't matter.

Later, when he was eating in a local restaurant, he saw a Santana car parked at the door. Brave Li Hongtao managed to escape the police car and made his way back to Kunming day and night.

After returning to Kunming, he did not hide everywhere, but went to his girlfriend's university many times to find her.

? 2. The second imprisonment was 1992. On June 19, the public security organ arrested his girlfriend again in the university where he was studying in Li Hongtao. In Kunming Prison, Li Hongtao gave a detailed account of his crimes of making fake bills, escaping from prison and stealing cars, which made the staff think that he really pleaded guilty and served the law.

No one can imagine that Li Hongtao actually planned and implemented the classic plot in The Shawshank Redemption in the bomb shelter, digging a hole to escape from prison.

He teamed up with two prisoners in the same cell and used homemade tools. It took several days to finally dig a tunnel from the cell to the police dormitory. 1992 165438+1October16 nights, successfully escaped from prison.

After he escaped from prison, Li Hongtao first ran to the vicinity of Tong Yuan, Kunming, and then called the person in charge of his case to tell him that he had escaped from prison.

I told them I had run out. They didn't say much, but asked where you were. I said, I'm in Tong Yuan. I am a person. If you ask me something, I will give you a real answer. -Li Hongtao readme.

After that, Li Hongtao first arrived in Liuzhou by train. In Liuzhou, he did the same thing and stole a Peugeot car as a means of transportation.

Until199265438+February 8th, Li Hongtao was arrested by the local public security organ as a car thief while repairing the car.

3. The Third Imprisonment1993 In February, Li Hongtao was handed over to Kunming police by Liuzhou police and imprisoned in Kunming prison again. This time in prison, he didn't want to escape, but began to invent.

At first, he proposed doing experiments as a subject. Everyone thought he was playing tricks again and it took a long time to agree to his application. Later, a room was gradually vacated for him to do experiments.

In the "laboratory", Li Hongtao gradually tried to develop a new type of "brushless motor" by using the knowledge and work experience he learned in the university. Although there was a great breakthrough, the motor never turned.

At this time, on June 1 993165438+1October1day, the Kunming Intermediate People's Court sentenced Li Hongtao to death for several crimes. Subsequently, according to the regulations, Li Hongtao was put on the shackles of the condemned man.

At this time, I really realized that life has always been oppressed and life has to pay a price. Time may be running out. It's not that I'm afraid of death. Wait. That's not it. I haven't finished it yet. I want to think of some ways to do it well, show it and show its value. -Li Hongtao readme.

From death penalty to fixed-term imprisonment, Li Hongtao, who received the notice of death penalty, is still so calm. But he was extremely anxious, and when the experiment came to a critical juncture, he was eager to prove his value.

In the following days, Li Hongtao still devoted himself to the research and development of engines. The prison guards were all moved by him and began to fully support his experiment, helping him buy experimental materials and providing him with the greatest support.

1993 12. The death penalty in Li Hongtao was approved by the higher court and the execution document was issued. According to the regulations, it will be implemented within seven days after issuance.

Two days later, the experiment made great progress, but a key question appeared in front of Li Hongtao, who couldn't figure it out. Sun Eryun, director of Kunming No.1 Detention Center, immediately invited experts from Yunnan Electric Appliance Research Institute for on-site guidance.

The experts' suggestions paved the way for Li Hongtao, and his thoughts were suddenly enlightened. Just the day before the execution, the new "brushless motor" finally turned successfully.

1995 16 On March 6th, Li Hongtao was commuted to death by the Yunnan Provincial High Court with a two-year suspension. In the same year, his invention of "brushless electric excitation motor" won the gold medal in the 5th China Patent Invention Expo and the first prize of outstanding invention in Yunnan Province.

Subsequently, Li Hongtao commuted his sentence several times, and was finally released from prison in 2009 14 years later and regained his freedom.