Chapter 224 Trial
The case was opened in such a highly publicized manner. [No pop-up novel website] On the day of the court session, it was sunny and sunny, neither hot nor cold. When I heard that "Australians" wanted to ask questions, people from all over the country, as well as workers and employees who were not at work, came to the store one after another. The ground floor here is the East City Summary Court where the case will be heard. This courtroom is small and decorated in a modern style, but the auditorium inside only has 60 seats. To this end, Li Mei sent people to place many benches in the corridors in the middle and back rows as additional seats.
Even so, since early in the morning, more and more people have come. According to Mu Min's estimate, at 8 o'clock in the morning, there were more than a thousand people gathered at the entrance of the merchant house to prepare for the hearing, and there were still people coming in a steady stream. came. Three thousand people were eventually expected to gather near the business building.
Only a handful of people can get seats. All tickets are available for free at the entrance of the mall, but those who take the tickets must show their ID and leave their number. In order to prevent a riot, according to Mu Min's request, all the guard companies and battalion headquarters in Dongshi were put on alert. All police station personnel have canceled their rotation and are on duty. The Ministry of Military Industry prepared a large amount of pepper tear gas for the security company's assault, and the internal and external staff of the Political Security Bureau were also mobilized to mix with the crowd as plainclothes personnel.
The Emergency Prevention and Countermeasures Headquarters is located on the second floor of the Dongshi Police Station, with a dedicated observation room. The main leaders of the judiciary, police, political security department and the army are all here, ready to respond to emergencies at any time.
The trial hadn't started yet, but as they saw people slowly gathering on the street, an uneasy atmosphere began to spread among the senior members of the Countermeasures Headquarters. There seemed to be too many people coming! The crowds on East Avenue at the entrance to the commercial building and police station were already crowded, and the police had to intervene to maintain order.
Most of the veterans of the Countermeasures Headquarters have never seen such a battle. They can no longer sit on the vine sand and talk about whether the new marriage law is monogamy, polygamy or polygamy. Li Mei felt especially uneasy. She was deeply afraid of causing a riot and causing a mess in the market. That day a sailor beat his wife on the street and a fight between the navy and the navy caused a lot of property and business losses in Dongshi. Later, Lu Haijun compensated for the loss, but it still frightened the business elite-people who do business are most afraid of making trouble. The first thing to suffer when a riot occurs is the store.
"Should we let the security battalion come in to maintain order? Will so many people cause a stampede?"
"No need, it's enough for the security battalion to stand outside," Mu Min said confidently, "They can have a great deterrent effect by standing there with their uniforms straight. Don't worry, this scene is normal at the moment. No Any sign of loss of control."
"There are so many people, and there are not more than 100 people with tickets. What will happen to the others?" Ma Jia was a little worried.
"It's okay. Do we have cable broadcast? It's just a live broadcast."
In order to ensure that as many people as possible can hear the content of the trial, Ding Ding had microphones installed in the court and the lines were connected to the broadcast network system originally set up on the streets of Dongshi, so that people could hear it even on the street. The entire trial process. In order to facilitate the naturalized people to understand the background information, Zhang Yu was also called in to explain the broadcast.
The crowd was directed to the loudspeakers all over the street, where they could stand and listen to the entire court proceedings. The richer ones occupied teahouses, restaurants and small tea shops according to their respective financial capabilities, brewed a pot of tea in them, and occupied Each seat is comfortable to listen to the excitement. As for the people sitting or standing on the streets, sidewalks and wastelands, there are also vendors to take care of them.
"Cigarettes! Melon seeds! Dried sweet potatoes!"
"Soda! Kombucha!"
“Bopu’s dried octopus, after one bite you’ll want to take another bite!”
"We're renting small stools! Listen to the trial comfortably!"
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Several police officers checked the tickets and ID cards of everyone who had tickets at the entrance of the court to make sure that each seat had a real name. There were still 30 minutes before the court left, and the auditorium of the court was already packed, and many people were sweating profusely. The windows were all opened for ventilation and to prevent those who climbed on the windows from smashing the glass. A row of police trainees transferred from the police training class stood shoulder to shoulder by the court wall, eyeing the overcrowded auditorium.
At nearly 9 o'clock, a police officer shouted: "Please keep quiet! Put out the cigarette! Stand up!" With the sound of a stool being dragged, the presiding judge walked in from a door behind the seat.
Quan Quan was wearing the latest custom-made robe, which was of British style. It was pure black and had a seated figure on the chest. He wore a black Song Dynasty-style long-legged headdress, which made him look majestic and majestic, combining Chinese and Western styles. The people were immediately impressed, and some even knelt down with their legs weak.
Xu Xu was holding a huge black leather-covered code with "Australian and Song Code" written in gold letters on it, which fully demonstrated the legal dignity represented by the code he was holding.
Xu Xu climbed up to the highest judge's seat with a solemn expression. Seeing everyone looking at him, he felt a little proud in his heart - does it feel good to be a judge? It's just that the weird swaying of the long-legged futon's head is a bit uncomfortable. Permit picked up the gavel and struck it down: then silenced the court with a long, drawn-out bass: "The court is now in session!"
Then, the unlucky young man was brought into the court by the police, stood on the defendant's seat, and was identified as usual according to the procedures. The first burst of discussion rang out from the auditorium. Everyone was surprised that "Jian and his wife" did not appear together in this case. And the most important "benhusband" did not appear. Many people even feel disappointed - you know that hearing general cases is always entertaining for the people. Now there is only one "Jianghu" on the scene.
According to the litigation process, the district attorney will speak first as usual. An Xi was a little shaky when she stood up from the prosecutor's seat - probably nervous. Xu Xu knew that this person's professional level was "extremely bad" and that he could not memorize many basic legal provisions. Several people from the Law Society said that this person claimed to be a law degree holder, but no matter how you looked at it, he was a person who did not study hard. of people who are undergraduate law students. If he hadn't contributed so much to the Law Society by running around to saddle his horse, the Law Society might not have accepted this person at all.
Even though he was reading from the script, An Xi's words were still stumbling. He first explained the entire case process, including the general facts, and presented the transcripts of each party's confessions. The transcripts were read out one by one by the secretary. The first is the suspect's own confession. At first, everyone felt that this kind of interrogation was a bit boring, but after hearing the detailed confession transcript, many people became interested again-this kind of content involving rape is always very attractive. Finally, An Xi presented the client's own confession and admitted that there had been collusion between her and the suspect.
He then asked the suspect if he had any objections to his confession just read out.
The suspect said no, and then the prosecution began to call witnesses, including several villagers from Meiyang Village and colleagues of the client who worked in the store. They all provided relevant circumstantial evidence.
"...I'm done with my statement. Thank you, Mr. Judge." An Xi wiped the sweat from his forehead. Although he was just reading out the prosecution materials step by step, he was still very nervous.
Then the court was adjourned - it was almost noon. The people in the auditorium began to disperse, and many people were talking. Not many people were talking about the case itself. The most talked about was the entire trial process, including a large number of confessions, testimonies and circumstantial evidence. Compared with the past questioning in the lobby, it seemed that It is much more elegant - there are no vicious government officials, and there are no exciting scenes of torture. A trial without these would be a bit boring, but the detailed descriptions composed of a large number of confessions and testimonies gave everyone another interest.
Li Mei had already asked the cooperative restaurant to make a large number of lunch boxes for sale around the store, and they were quickly sold out, allowing the cooperative to make a small profit. Of course, the business of the surrounding restaurants and restaurants was also booming.
The court session will continue at 12 o'clock - in the view of the Time Travel Group, the lunch break in the old time and space is a waste of time. In their work and rest system, the lunch break ends at 12 o'clock.
The case is actually over here, but the defense process still has to go through again. This was also the most interesting part for the people listening to the trial. It was the first time I heard that someone was allowed to defend the prisoner during the trial. In the past, it was only a question of whether the prisoner would admit it or not. So everyone wants to see what the Australian defense means.
What Ji Xin did was plead for a lighter sentence - after all, the suspect had confessed, and the case was already finalized, so he didn't need to pull any other stunts.
He focused on the suspect's family situation and the unfortunate experiences of his family - of course, the reasons for the death of the two brothers were concealed to avoid leaving a bad impression on industrialization. Then he called a number of witnesses to prove that the suspect had always been "honest" in the village and had never done anything harmful to nature, let alone molesting women. This time the "sabotage of military marriage" was caused mainly because the family was poor and could not afford a wife, and the man was young, so he accidentally made a mistake. And he pointed out that the female client also has certain responsibilities in the circumstances that formed the communication relationship.
Ji Xin's words were gentle and he spoke with reason, and his performance in court was ten times better than An Xi's - the atmosphere in the gallery clearly expressed great regret for the suspect. Xu Xu thought that if a jury decided this case, his performance alone would be enough to impress the jury. a! ~!
