Reporter: How are you feeling now?

Deng Yujiao: (nods her head) Okay.

Reporter: Are you satisfied with the trial result?

Deng Yujiao: Hmmm, I am satisfied.

Reporter: Did you expect the result today?

Deng Yujiao: (brief pause) Somewhat unexpected.

Reporter: What was your expected result?

Grandfather: She is a young child who knows nothing about the law. She was not thinking about any result.

Reporter: Are you still taking medicine everyday?

Deng Yujiao: Yes.

Aunt: She is taking anti-depression and sleeping medicine.

Reporter: Do you feel more relaxed now?

Deng Yujiao: Yes.

Reporter: What do plan to do next?

Deng Yujiao: I want to get a job and live well.

Reporter: What did the family expect the trial result to be?

Grandfather: Our family is happy with the result, but it was somewhat unexpected for us.

Mother: The verdict was fair.

Aunt: Quite unexpected, quite happy. We thank the government, we thank society.

Reporter: Before the trail, what verdict did you expect? What was your worst scenario?

Mother: The family members were thinking about a probationary sentence.

Aunt: I get on the Internet frequently and I know that the majority of netizens support us. But Internet opinion does not represent the law, and our initial expectations could not be so optimistic.

Grandfather: First, we must thank that good kind people, including the netizens and the media, for caring, helping and supporting Deng Yujiao. We also thank our lawyers Wang Xiaopeng and Liu Gang for their hard work to defend the legal rights of Deng Yujiao.

Reporter: Do you feel that the Internet and public opinion had some impact on the case?

Grandfather: After the incident took place, the public security bureau gathered the evidence. That is to say, they had evidence of the crime committed by my granddaughter, but they also had information that could reduce the penalty. When the procuratorate filed to prosecute, they also based their decision on the basis of facts and law. They upheld the dignity of the law and showed humanity. I believe that the verdict today showed unbiasedness, objectivity and fairness. They upheld the dignity of the law but also dealt leniently with my granddaughter based upon the objective circumstances and gave her a chance. We are very satisfied. I must emphasize that my granddaughter was defending her own rights and avoiding unlawful harm. In so doing, she stabbed one person to death and caused injury to another person. This has caused irreparable harm and loss to these persons and their family members. Our entire family has profound regret and sorrow.

Reporter: The verdict today accepts that the psychiatric assessment that Deng Yujiao has "mental impairment" and thus "has only partial criminal responsibility." What do you think about that assessment?

Grandfather: We feel that this assessment is appropriate. Previously, my granddaughter had a history of not being able to sleep for two or three years, and this caused her to become mentally unstable. She argued with her mother frequently and she was taking medication for a long time. The evaluation was done by authoritative departments in Hubei province and Wuhan city. We believe the result is fair and objective.

Reporter: The case has one aspect that puzzles the world. It was said taht Deng Yujiao was sexually assaulted in the bathing area. We want to know what the true facts are.

Grandfather: I can say definitively that there was no sexual assault. In the bathing area, they grabbed my granddaughter and she fought back. That happened. But there was not concrete action. I was also perplexed by this issue. I have seen several bulletins. The description of the details in the first, second and third bulletins were dissimilar. I went to see my granddaughter in the detention center. I said, "You must tell me the truth. What exactly happened at the time?" My granddaughter surely told me the truth. She said that the man grabbed her in the bathing area and she had fought back. But there was no sexual assault as reported outside. I ask you to remember that there were seven or eight persons present at the scene. How can that sort of thing happen with so many persons present? I asked her whether she had been "pressed down" or "shoved down." She said that it was more like "shoved down" onto the sofa. When I saw my granddaughter, I told her that it was not enough to turn yourself in. You have not surrendered yourself unless you also tell the truth. Therefore, you must not lie. You must tell the truth. Later I found out that the first bulletin came from the public security bureau, the second bulletin was the report from the public security bureau and the third bulletin was prepared by the government. The wording of the government is obviously different from that of the public security bureau, but this may be how the outside speculation came about.

Aunt: Our understanding was that there was the intention to commit sexual assault, but it did not actually happen.

Reporter: Is that why the former lawyers were dismissed?

Grandfather: The family was not satisfied with some aspects about the originally hired lawyers. After they met with my granddaughter, some of their actions were incomprehensible to us. Their unauthorized disclosure of case details was against the regulations. We even suspected that they were hyping up the case, so we dismissed them.

Reporter: What kind of impact has the case had on Deng Yujiao and her family?

Grandfather: There has definitely been a lot of negative impact. Today, the family feels better now. I only want to take a good rest now. After the incident occurred, my granddaughter was treated well. She was never handcuffed. She was sent from Yesanguan to Enshi Hospital to the Badong detention center without being handcuffed. She was treated well. At the detention center, the guards gave her honey water because she was ill. They kept her spirits up. The county party committee even sent the People's Congress vice director and the Political Consultative Conference vice director to watch over her. When she was bailed out to stay at home, the County Women's Association chairwoman and several workers kept her company around the clock.