The death penalty in this case was really controversial at one time. In fact, they killed Liang twice, but there was a long time between the first plot to poison Liang and the second time Wang Jun hit Liang with a steel pipe. Wang Jun was not present when he really killed Liang. The first killing was done by two people together, so the question is whether the second killing was discussed by two people. If there is no evidence to rule out the result of Wang Jun's self-assertion, then Wang Ruirui can only be regarded as an attempted murder according to the principle of no doubt. If there is evidence that the second crime was also discussed by two people, then Wang Ruirui is also an attempted murderer.
Noting that the two men were shot in early 2005, when the power to approve the death penalty was still in the Higher People's Court of Henan Province, the Supreme People's Court pointed out that it should be cautious to sentence the death penalty to intentional homicide cases caused by the intensification of civil conflicts such as marriage and family disputes and neighborhood disputes in late 2007. At the same time, it is clearly implied in the public reference cases that many people conspire to kill such cases without very bad aggravating circumstances such as robbery and murder, extremely despicable motives and extremely cruel means.