Deng Yujiao (L) and her mother walks out of a local court in Badong County, central China's Hubei Province, June 16, 2009. Deng Yujiao, 21, a pedicurist, who was accused of stabbing an official to death and injuring another in self-defence in an alleged sexual assault on May 10, was exempted from criminal punishment by a local court Tuesday in Badong County, central China's Hubei Province. [Hao Tongqian/Xinhua]