Chapter 93 Senior Partners' Meeting (2)
Knowing that it was an exchange of interests, Huang Yixi didn't admit Xue Lubo's feelings, and was too lazy to deal with her anymore, Xue Lubo didn't want to face Huang Yixi anymore after asking for credit, and walked away with a thin heel and twisted his thick waist.
On a rainy day, Huang Yixi was a little worried about her, and her eyes followed her footsteps.
In such weather, Huang Yixi thought that there would definitely not be many senior partners who could come to the firm today, but he didn't expect that there would be a lot of people coming from this circle.
It's a pity that most of the people who came today are from Zhang Mei's side, Huang Yixi has calculated, and today's voting results may not be optimistic.
Saying that there is much help for the righteous and little help for the unrighteous is nonsense.
So what, Huang Yixi secretly made up her mind that no matter what the result was, she would defend her innocence, even if she had to leave the law firm in the end, like Master, she would not regret it.
Different things in this world have different prices, some animals are mainly worth skins, such as foxes, some animals are mainly worth meat, such as pigs, and some animals are mainly worth bones, such as people.
Even if he is a coward, there are always one or two things in his life that he insists on.
Just when Huang Yixi was distracted, he suddenly heard a flirtatious voice ringing in his ears, "Xiao Xi'er, you are now full of hair, and you are going to stab the sky?" Why didn't you notify your good brother that I came to join in the fun?"
In the past few days, Huang Yixi has heard many lawyers in the law firm kindly or maliciously remind and persuade her not to defend her innocence, because it basically has no effect.
After going to meet Chen Daya, Huang Yixi wanted to make a not-guilty defense based on the statement of the case and the evidence she had later, she didn't think too much, but took it for granted, even if Judge Luo gave her an analysis and explanation, and Wu Qingyi told her to face her, she didn't think it was too serious, and it wasn't until recently that when she inquired about the information and canvassed for votes, she found that she was really too naΓ―ve and thought about the not-guilty defense too simply.
In Huang Yixi's initial thoughts, it is natural for lawyers to have different views on whether the prosecutor's accusation is a crime or not, whether this crime is another crime, and the severity of the crime and punishment, and defend according to their own views, and the role of lawyers in criminal cases is also here.
Although Huang Yixi also knew that before the promulgation of the "Lawyers Law" in 1996, almost no lawyers dared to defend their innocence, and it was a "political mistake" to argue with the public procuratorate and law at that time.
The so-called lawyer's defense is usually a formality.
But now this phenomenon has changed greatly, I have to say, this is inseparable from the generation of lawyers willing to fight against the steel machine with their own strength, in recent years, the lawyer industry can be described as a group of heroes, the rigid faction is lively, the technical faction is rigorous, the institutional faction has obvious advantages, and the collusion faction is particularly enchanting.
However, the more he learned, the more Huang Yixi understood that as long as he wanted to stay in the legal profession for a long time, few people would choose to defend his innocence.
According to the 2014 work report of the Supreme People's Court, in 2013, courts at all levels across the country concluded a total of 954,000 first-instance criminal cases, sentenced 1.158 million criminals, and acquitted 825 defendants in accordance with the law, with a non-guilty rate of only 0.071%.
According to the 2015 work report of the Supreme People's Court, courts at all levels concluded 1.023 million first-instance criminal cases, sentenced 1.184 million criminals, and acquitted 518 defendants in public prosecution cases and 260 defendants in private prosecution cases in accordance with the law, with a non-acquittal rate of only 0.066%.
This is probably the lowest success rate of a lawyer in the world who has a not-guilty plea.
In the eyes of both, the public, the procuratorate, and the law are one-stop, and they are also three-legged, as for the lawyer, it is a villain, a clown who jumps off the beam, and a trick that cooperates with the whole procedure, and even has a public prosecutor reprimanding the lawyer, what kind of thing are you, and you don't know how to enjoy a bite of food?
In addition to the public prosecutor's stance, not to mention the obstruction of other authorities or powerful people in lawyers' not-guilty defense, the more important obstacle is the document regulations of the law firm mentioned by Wu Qingyi mentioned earlier, and the "internal documents" of many local lawyers associations restrict the defense of innocence, such as reporting to the lawyers association or even the judicial bureau and accepting supervision. As a result, lawyers are somewhat constrained in their not-guilty defenses, and they will often receive "coordination" calls from the relevant departments.
In addition to the above reasons, there is also a layer of obstacle from the courts, which are concerned that in addition to the fear of affecting the performance of the public security organs and subsequent procuratorial organs, and avoiding the pursuit of wrongful convictions and state compensation, the courts often make mistakes and force judgments even if they know that the evidence in the case is flawed.
It is even more difficult to change the verdict of the second instance, because the judge of the second instance makes a not-guilty verdict, and there is a system of pursuing wrongful convictions within the court, which will affect the evaluation of the judge of the first instance and the court.
To say that the defense of innocence is a stabbing is an exaggeration, but it is not excessive.
You don't need to look at Huang Yixi to know that this voice is lawyer Chen Luguang, Chen Luguang is not tall, his waist is not small, and the whole person looks younger than his age.
"Brother Chen, why do you have time to come to the office today?"
If Huang Yixi remembers correctly, he hasn't been here for a long time, "It's been a long time, you're getting more and more blessed." β
Chen Luguang glanced at his stomach sadly, it had been at least five months, and he couldn't see his feet, "Alas, a man with the ability to make other people's stomachs bigger, and a man without the ability to make his belly bigger, your brother Chen has no ability." β
Huang Yixi was speechless, "Brother Chen, if you don't have the ability, won't we have to beg for food?"
Chen Luguang is a very famous rich man in the lawyer's circle, his wealth does not come from agency fees, but the eyes of investment in real estate, when many people are not optimistic about real estate, Chen Luguang every time he goes to a place, he throws down the money when he thinks it is good, and buys a few properties, and when the purchase restriction policy has not been implemented, he has more than one set of real estate in the country's more economically active cities.
In addition to real estate investment, Chen Luguang also invests in law firms, and he now has five law firms, except for one sole proprietorship, the others are all partnerships, and the model of partnership with people is basically the same, that is, renting a law firm, and the office in the office is leased and renovated at a square price, and rich lawyers can choose how much office area and decoration style they want.
The lawyer in the office has a card in his hand, and he has to use a photocopier and a scanner to swipe the card, drink coffee or even good wine and tea, okay, and draw the card, which can actually be said to be not a partner of a law firm, but a second-hand landlord and property management.
In addition to services, the management of lawyers in law firms is very loose, and all lawyers in the law firm sign an agreement with the law firm, and they are responsible for what they do.
Many lawyers who have the ability to make money are happy to go to his law firm, Chen Luguang flies all over the country every week, earning a lot of money, and he never attends the senior partner meetings of Binhai Law Firm, which is completely opposite to Wang Quanfu's lawyer's camp.
"If you Brother Chen want to have the ability, why don't you ask me for help?" Chen Luguang asked rhetorically.
"You are a busy man, and time is precious, so I dare not alarm you with this little thing. β
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