从21岁被执行死刑,到21年后被宣告无罪,河北省石家庄市下聂庄的聂树斌经历了两个21年。前21年,他以“胆小”、“口吃”、“沉默”的形象在农村成长;后21年,他在家人漫长的申诉后昭雪,成为一个符号化的人物,他的案子,检验并推动着当代中国的法治进程。 He was executed from the age of 21 and was acquitted 21 years later. Nie Shubin of Niezhuang, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, has experienced 21 years. In the first 21 years, he grew up in rural areas with the image of “timidness,” “stuttering,” and “silence.” In the latter 21 years, after a long complaint from his family, he became a symbolic figure. His case examines and promotes the process of rule of law in contemporary China.