As a Lawyer, You Sent the Judge In?

Chapter 385 Questioning the lawyer appointed by the defendant and the results of the committee’s discussion

"Fuck! That's right! Is it true that the ignorant are fearless? Yes, but it should not appear in this trial!"

“The understanding of meaning is also inappropriate!”

 “As an adult, you should know that you need to bear legal responsibilities!”

 “What’s wrong with just coming of age? Don’t you know that this is a common sense issue when you’re just coming of age?!”

 “I definitely know!”

“It’s just that they are used to being arrogant and think that no one can cure them no matter what they do!”

“They dare to break into other people’s homes, kill, rob, and force others. Isn’t it because of the background of the leader?”

“Now we say that an ignorant person is fearless, is he ignorant? He is bullying the weak by relying on his family background!”

 “He feels that he is unscrupulous and the law cannot restrain him!”

 “This kind of person is recommended to be given a heavy sentence! Absolutely no reduction in sentence!”

“I agree with the person above, saying that ignorant people are fearless is just an excuse to reduce the sentence. To put it bluntly, it is just because my family is rich and I feel that I can solve everything.”

"The character of this kind of person is unscrupulous. Do ordinary people, looking for excitement, dare to enter other people's homes and molest other people's wives in front of men?"

“From this starting point, it’s a person who has money and power in his family, but is spoiled!”

“I guess Wang Wenyuan’s father is from a nouveau riche family!”

“So, spoiling a child is like killing a child. This is quite right!”

.

 ….

 In the live broadcast room of the French Commentary, many people expressed their opinions angrily after listening to Su Bai's statement.

 Mainly discuss what Wu Zhen stated and why Wang Wenyuan came to this situation.

 Similar to the speculation in the live broadcast room, Wang He has only started to become successful in recent years.

 In the past few years when he became successful, Wang Wenyuan’s education was neglected, and Wang Wenyuan also learned a lot of bad things while growing up.

 Wang He only had one son, and his mentality was that of a nouveau riche, so he doted on him.

Every time Wang Wenyuan committed a crime, Wang He would wipe Wang Wenyuan's butt, so he developed Wang Wenyuan's character.

to be honest.

 It was still Wang He's doting that led to the current situation.

 At the hearing seat.

Wang He looked at the presiding judge's seat, then turned to look at Wang Wenyuan at the defendant's seat.

At this time, his inner emotions had reached rock bottom.

 He does not understand the law.

 But understand the occasion.

 In the current situation, neither the presiding judge nor the members of the collegial panel have much objection to sentencing the defendant to death.

Moreover, the prosecutor and the victim’s attorney also proposed that all the defendants should be sentenced to death.

The lawyer he hired for Wang Wenyuan expressed some opinions at the trial, but all of them were refuted.

 Like this situation.…

 From a rational point of view, it is basically impossible not to be sentenced to death.

However, Wang He still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

 As long as there is no final judgment, everything is possible.

.

 ….

 At the judgment seat.

 Lv Penghui spoke after listening to the statements from all parties:

“So far in the trial, all parties’ statements have been roughly completed.”

“Defendant Wang Wenyuan has entrusted a lawyer. Do you have any other opinions regarding the statements made by the prosecutor and the victim’s attorney?”

“No.” Wu Zhen raised his head and spoke.

"OK."

Lu Penghui banged the gavel: "What the defendant just stated, first of all, is that the victim Wang Wenyuan has just reached adulthood."

 “The second is the circumstances of surrender.”

“The third is that the victim also has the responsibility for emotional guidance.”

“For these three points, the first and third points, the collegial panel will directly reject it at the court hearing and will not adopt it.”

“Because according to the law, as long as you are an adult, you should bear criminal responsibility.

"There is no such thing as subjective will or a minor point of view. It only depends on the objective facts of whether you are over 18 years old. I think the lawyer entrusted by the defendant also knows this, right?"

Wu Zhen nodded: "Presiding judge, we understand, but we just want to express..."

Before Wu Zhen could finish speaking, Lu Penghuai waved his hand, interrupting his thoughts of continuing.

"No matter what you want to express, but this is a court hearing, you have to pay attention to whether your words and deeds have legal basis."

“You don’t just have to express whatever you want in court.”

“For example, you said that the victim also has emotional responsibility, but what emotional responsibility does he have?”

“From the victim’s perspective, it is human nature for the victim to do what he did.”

"So you stated that the victim has emotional responsibility. What do you want to express? Do you want to express that this incident is not entirely the defendant's fault, but the victim is also at fault?"

Lv Penghui’s questions instantly left Wu Zhen speechless.

 Just don’t speak at all.

His previous statement was just to reduce the defendant's collective criminal responsibility.

Of course he also knew that he was in the wrong in this matter.

 But for the sake of your client, you also have the legal rights and interests of your client.

 He can only do this.

 This is also something that can’t be helped.

 However...based on the current situation, the presiding judge did not accept the content of his statement.

Wu Zhen could only sigh silently in his heart. He could not answer any of the presiding judge's questions and could not answer them.

Regarding Wu Zhen’s silence, Lu Penghui did not continue to ask, but looked at the materials in front of him:

“At present, the lawyer appointed by the defendant has only stated the statutory mitigating circumstance of surrendering. Is there anything else that needs to be stated by the lawyers appointed by the four defendants?”

Three other aid attorneys all said they had nothing else to say.

Wu Zhen also said that there was no other statement.

Hearing that there were no other objections, Lu Penghui banged the hammer directly:

“Since the defense of this trial is here and there are no other objections, let’s adjourn the hearing.”

 “The court will be held tomorrow.”

  “Make a court statement and announce the verdict.”

 The gavel was struck and the court adjourned.

　　　…

After hearing that the court was adjourned, Su Bai took a long breath and just turned his head, when Yang Tiejun, who was impatient at the side, hurriedly asked:

"Lawyer Su, why does the presiding judge want to hold the trial tomorrow?" "Is there anything else going on?"

Yang Tiejun couldn't help but feel nervous when he heard the presiding judge said that the trial would start tomorrow.

 This cannot be blamed on him for being worried. He is mainly afraid that other unexpected situations may occur if the verdict is not pronounced in court.

Su Bai smiled and explained: "This trial is very likely to sentence the four defendants to death."

“Normally, the collegial panel and the trial committee will have intensive discussions on the penalty of such a serious crime before the trial.”

“This time it may be that the defendant raised some other points of view, so the judge and the collegial panel were asked to conduct further review.”

 “But don’t worry...”

“It’s just a review. The current trial situation has been finalized, and all defendants should be sentenced to death.”

 “There will be no other problems.”

Hearing Su Bai's words, Yang Tiejun's expression became much more relaxed.

 And the other side.

 After announcing the adjournment of the court, Wang He immediately approached Wu Zhen: "Lawyer Wu..."

“This case is now adjourned.”

“This time we are in court, I always feel something is not good...Lawyer Wu, based on the current judgment, what should we do next?”

Wang He was somewhat dissatisfied with Wu Zhen’s performance in the court hearing.

 But it is also clear that Wu Zhen has indeed tried his best.

And now Wang Wenyuan’s authorized lawyer is Wu Zhen. The verdict has not yet come down, so he will definitely have to rely on Wu Zhen for court statements and other aspects.

 So his attitude towards Wu Zhen is still good.

Hearing Wang He’s inquiry, Wu Zhen sighed:

 “Mr. Wang.…”

"This case has progressed to this point. I have stated everything that needs to be stated, and I have stated what needs to be stated at the trial."

“What we are mainly looking at now is the court’s re-examination of this case during the adjournment.”

“I am not sure what kind of punishment Wang Wenyuan will be sentenced to.”

"but.…"

“I still want to remind you, Mr. Wang, you must be mentally prepared in advance.”

Hearing Wu Zhen's hint, Wang He's heart skipped a beat. He paused for a few seconds and nodded, "Okay, Lawyer Wu."

He then continued to speak: "But Lawyer Wu, I would like to ask Lawyer Wu to make a statement in court tomorrow..."

Wang He didn't finish his words, Wu Zhen also understood what he meant and nodded: "Okay."

“Mr. Wang, don’t worry, as Wang Wenyuan’s attorney, I will definitely work hard for his legal rights no matter what.”

 “Thank you, Lawyer Wu.”

Wang He held Wu Zhen’s hand tightly.

After leaving the court, Wang He looked at the numbers in his address book and fell into silence.

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 ….

 In the collegial court discussion room.

 It was almost as Su Bai expected.

This time, after all, the crimes committed by the four defendants may involve the death penalty.

 As the presiding judge of this trial.

Although Lu Penghui discussed the specific circumstances of this trial with the members of the collegial panel and other relevant leaders in the court before the trial.

but!

This case involves relatively serious circumstances and still requires further review.

This time, the only people sitting in the collegial court discussion room were Lu Penghui, the vice president in charge of the criminal court.

There are also the presidents of the first criminal court and the president of the second criminal court.

“We will not mention the crimes committed by the four defendants in this case and the seriousness involved.”

“The main thing is the point mentioned by the defendant’s lawyer, that there is a circumstance of surrender.”

“We have discussed the circumstances of surrender, but I would like to discuss it again because the circumstances involved in this case are quite special.”

 “The issues we are discussing are also simple.”

“Wang Wenyuan has surrendered, can his sentence be commuted to a suspended death sentence?”

“What do you two think about this?”

Lu Penghui looked at the president of the first criminal court and the president of the second criminal court and asked.

 Ye Duan, the president of the First Criminal Court, spoke directly:

“Dean Lu, this Wang Wenyuan has surrendered himself. Although the punishment can be reduced, this case is very serious!”

“As the principal criminal, Wang Wenyuan should be sentenced to death even if he surrenders himself!”

 “Put aside the impact on society first.”

“From the perspective of the entire criminal process of the case, it is necessary for every member of the group to be sentenced to death.”

“If Wang Wenyuan is sentenced to death with a suspended death sentence if he surrenders, how should the other three members be sentenced to death with a suspended death sentence?”

“This case involves such a serious crime, is it reasonable to only receive a suspended death sentence?”

“The outcome of this case resulted in the death of two people.”

 “My opinion is to firmly impose the death penalty!”

 After Ye Duan spoke, Liu Yang, the president of the Second Criminal Court, supported Ye Duan’s view.

“Without any other major meritorious service, it is impossible to grant a suspended death sentence. The circumstances involved in this case are too serious and too bad.”

“Besides the serious negative impact on society, this cannot be ignored.”

 “I support President Ye’s view.”

 Hearing the two people expressing their respective views, Lu Penghui nodded: "Well, you two have the same idea as me."

“In this case, I will go to the dean and other members of the judicial committee to make a brief statement.”

"after all.…"

“This case sentenced four prisoners to death at once.”

“This is also a very rare case in our Intermediate People’s Court.”

I heard Lu Penghui said that he wanted to find the president and other members of the judicial committee.

 Liu Yang and Ye Duan both nodded at the same time: "Okay, Dean Lu."

　　　….”

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