The mother of Nie Shubin, who was executed in 1995 after being convicted of raping and killing a woman in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, left a court on Wednesday with copies of all the files related to her son's case.

Zhang Huanzhi, 70, had been granted full access to the files for the first time. She was accompanied by her two lawyers as she read and copied the documents at Shandong High People's Court, and it took them two days to complete their work.

"I want to tell Shubin that I am doing everything I can to fight for his innocence. The Shandong court has given me hope," said Zhang.