Blackstone Code

Seeing that the situation was back under control, Momo asked a very crucial question, "So this time, how do you plan to deal with those who can't afford the compensation?"

"Not everyone can come up with that much money at once. If they go to court to enforce it, they will lose their cars and houses."

Lynch nodded matter-of-factly, "The purpose of punishment is not to hurt people, but to make them understand why they made mistakes and where they went wrong, and to give them a chance to make up for their mistakes."

"This is also the reason why I did not choose to withdraw the lawsuit. They were wrong after all."

"I can be tolerant to them, but only if it is not their sin that I am tolerant of!"

"Next, if someone can't afford the money, we will have dedicated people to talk to them."

Momo asked promptly, "How to talk?"

"Within a range that everyone can accept, while allowing them to receive education, they can also easily pay back the money..."

At the same time, in an ordinary house in an ordinary community in Bupen, the owner of the house sat nervously at the table, his wife stood behind him, and the child was in the bedroom on the second floor, looking towards him through the crack of the door. Looking downstairs.

Opposite the owner of the house, a lawyer sat, "...Sir, I am the legal specialist at all times. This is my business card, the company's authorization letter..."

Some legal documents were placed on the table, which was much more professional than the salesman who came to the store last time to sell "lawsuits."

Maybe he was deceived once. The shop owner looked at it very carefully and seriously. He even asked some minor questions and got answers.

Finally, he pushed all the documents back and looked at the legal specialist opposite nervously.

After the young legal specialist packed up the materials, he continued, "I believe you have consulted a lawyer after the trial?"

The shop owner nodded. After losing the lawsuit, they immediately went to a well-known law firm in Bupen to consult on the case together with other shop owners.

The fee of three hundred yuan an hour is really not cheap, but it also represents considerable professionalism. The lawyer who received them told them directly that there was no hope of winning this case.

Unless they can find direct evidence that the person who defrauded their counter was informed by the company at all times, such as finding those scammers or having any documents.

Otherwise, it is impossible for them to connect the two things together. As long as they cannot be connected together, they can be regarded as two isolated events that have no necessary relationship and have no connection.

They just defaulted, for whatever reason.

They can then sue those scammers, and if they can find them, they can pass their losses on to those scammers and let the scammers compensate them for their losses.

Someone asked whether it would be possible to continue the appeal and tie the two cases together without evidence.

After all, everyone can see that there is more or less something to do with it.

Even a blind man can see it.

The lawyer's answer still made them despair. Federal courts focus on factual evidence and a complete chain of evidence.

This is like Lynch laundering money in the beginning. Everyone knows that the money was laundered through his hands, but why can't the police and the Bureau of Investigation catch him?

Because there is no evidence, if "everyone knows" could be used as a factual basis and become legally effective "evidence", the federation would have been in chaos long ago.

You say he is, but where is the evidence?

At that time, they used marked coins as the most important link in the evidence chain. As long as they could prove that the money flowed out of the Bureau of Investigation and entered Old Fox's laundry room through Lynch's hands, then the evidence chain would be complete.

It proves that the flow of funds is in line with people's speculations, and there is exact factual basis to support the judgment of the Bureau of Investigation, completing the chain of evidence.

But if not, nothing works!

This is a country that values ​​evidence, and you have to come up with evidence.

It sounds like it is to embarrass some people or to protect some people. In fact, it is to protect the bottom of society from the wanton plunder of those in power. But from the perspective of the people at the bottom of society, this has become a way for those in power to evade the law. Weapons of sanctions.

Sometimes you don't know whether to feel sad or happy about those people's stupidity.

The lawyer also told them that once their appeal fails, it is likely to cause more unnecessary trouble, such as punitive fines.

The punitive fine was proposed by lawyers and will be implemented if upheld by the judge.

It is often used by the party in protest. For example, when the evidence is conclusive, the criminal never pleads guilty, refuses to accept the trial results, and continues to protest and appeal. This can be regarded as a blasphemy against the law and is an extremely bad form of abuse. act.

The plaintiff's lawyer on the other side can propose a punitive fine as a warning and more serious punishment to warn the defendant and the world, telling them that the court is not a place for nonsense.

So far, there have been more than a dozen cases in the Federation where punitive claims have been supported. The amounts involved in these cases are not high, maybe hundreds or thousands of dollars, but the punitive fines are often more than 100,000, or even millions. !

The punishment is to make people feel heartbroken and punish them so that no one will do stupid things again in the same case in the future!

The lawyer does not recommend that they continue to appeal or protest. The best way is to pay the money while they are not exhausted every moment, and the matter will be over.

It's less than 100,000 yuan, so you can't afford to spend the rest of your life on it.

Moreover, no lawyer is willing to fight such a losing case. If they do not get the support of lawyers, it means that they will definitely lose again. If they lose this time, the money they have to pay may exceed 100,000.

I returned home with a heavy heart and thought about how to collect the money. It's not that I don't want to resist, but I really can't resist. Everyone in the Federation is on the side of the capitalists.

Courts, banks, police investigation bureaus, they usually speak for the capitalists, but now that the capitalists are still in control, they will not speak for ordinary people like themselves.

Eighty thousand yuan is not a small amount. The shop owner has almost more than ten thousand yuan in cash for urgent needs and stocking up.

The rest are all the products in the store, which are probably worth about 20,000 yuan, maybe a little less.

In the afternoon, he went to the bank for consultation. His car was worthless, and the bank would only give him a mortgage loan of 600 yuan at most.

But his house is worth a little money, and the bank is willing to give him 35,000 yuan. But if he mortgages the house, the situation will become very dangerous.

Just when they were thinking about borrowing some money from other people, people came to their door all the time.

The legal specialist looked at the couple together and said, "Please don't be so nervous. We are just chatting. It would be better if we can solve some problems along the way."

"Let's talk first, are you able to pay this compensation?"

The wife's hand on her husband's shoulder grasped tightly and then released, and her tightly closed lips lost their color, making her look unhealthy.

The shopkeeper shook his head, "I can't take out these at once. If I can wait for a while, I will get rid of some of the goods in the store and borrow some..."

"Excuse me!" The legal specialist tapped the table twice with his fingers. "Don't be too nervous. We will not force you to make any decisions that are not beneficial to you. That is what capitalists do."

"Mr. Lynch won't allow us to do that, and that's what I'm here for."

"If you do what you said, your store will definitely not be able to continue operating, right?"

The shop owner nodded bitterly. All the things in his hand were cleared out, and the money was gone. Restocking became a problem, and there was also the rent of the store. He might have to find a job to support his family. This was not a simple matter. choose.

"Look, that's why I'm here." The legal specialist's words surprised the shop owner somewhat.

"I don't quite understand what you mean, sir.", he said.

"Mr. Lynch is kind and generous. If your funds are extremely difficult, we will loan you money to compensate for the fine amount of this lawsuit."

"About... eighty-one thousand three hundred and fifty-four dollars and twenty-two cents. We will lend you the money and you will have money to pay the compensation."

The shop owner was a little confused, "This... I don't quite understand."

"This is Mr. Lynch's tolerance and help!"

"Your current work and life, including your living environment, will not change in any way, and this debt will be repaid in long-term installments, which is longer than the bank's term!"

The legal specialist took out another document and put it on the table, "We have made various installments for it. The most important thing is that there is no interest..."

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up slightly, "There is no interest, are you sure sir?"

"I'm sure!" the legal specialist gave a very positive answer, "but it has some small handling fees. You know, with so many of us busy and you occupying the company's liquidity, these needs There’s some give and take.”

The shop owner's expression was not as good as before, "What's the difference between that and interest?"

"Of course, if you can repay all the money next month, we don't need any handling fees, but the interest is different. It starts to be calculated from the first second you get the money."

"The sooner you pay it off, the lower the fees, and if you drag it out your whole life, it's certainly not going to be as cheap."

"In other words, if you think you can repay the money as soon as possible, the advantage of the handling fee is very obvious. If you want to use interest lending, we can also do it...\

,""The most important thing..." the legal specialist smiled cordially, "We will not give you a deadline that you can't bear and then kick you out of your house like a bank does!"

The shopkeeper was silent for a while. He didn't have to choose, but he wanted to know more before making a decision.

"If, and I mean if, I were going to sign this contract with you, how would it be performed?"

"What are my responsibilities, what are my obligations, and how much do I have to pay you every month?"

He swore, just asking, he might not choose this!