Chapter XII. Law
June 7.
This day is a day of turmoil for people in China, because it is also an annual day: the college entrance examination.
For many years, the college entrance examination has been regarded as a watershed in life, and countless students have studied hard day and night, eager to change the trajectory of their lives through the college entrance examination.
In the past few days, Sun Zheng has also accepted the fact of murder, sitting in the escort car and watching the passing vehicles, hurried pedestrians, blooming flowers, and fanning willow branches. The world is still beautiful, but he is no longer the teenager, but the suspect who went to the court to be tried.
Sun Zheng looked down at the handcuffs on his wrists, it turned out that this thing was so heavy, in the car, three armed special police officers, six eyes watched his every move, as if to show: If anyone dares to defy the law, I will shoot the perpetrator.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, Sun Zheng came to the Intermediate People's Court of PY City under the escort of the special police, and walked in the corridor, and there was only the sound of ankle chains and breathing.
The special police officer pushed open the door at the end, Sun Zheng didn't look up, he felt very uncomfortable, he knew that this was everyone's eyes, including his mother and family.
'Bang Bang' The presiding judge tapped the gavel in his hand and said solemnly.
"Court opens!"
"Presiding judge, I am Zhang Qing, the lawyer of my client Sun Zheng, before the trial, I would like to ask my client a few questions" The clear female voice revealed a keen eye, and also said that she had been in this line of work for many years.
The voice of the "quasi" presiding judge seemed to be unemotional.
"Sun Zheng, judging from the information and videos, have you ever had a holiday with the victim?"
"Yes, yes," Sun Zheng said calmly.
"Specifically, what is the cause?"
"At first, it was also because of my classmates, they beat me first, and they also beat them out of self-defense, and then they made me trouble many times."
"In other words, you were the victim before the accident?" Zhang Qing has a keen mind and is good at finding problems in complex plots.
"Yes"
"Why don't you call the police and seek legal protection?"
"If the police helped, why would I stay here and arrest them and detain them for a few days, it's not me who is unlucky," Sun Zheng chuckled and sneered.
"Why is this slender murder weapon hidden on his body?" Zhang Qing frowned when he saw that Sun Zheng was a little uncooperative, diverted the topic, and picked up a sealed bag.
"Self-defense," Sun Zheng said lightly.
"Presiding Judge, my questioning is over, from all aspects of the comprehensive information, the victim has repeatedly coerced my client, extorted money, he first touched the Criminal Law of our country, Article 274, the crime of extortion, the crime belongs to the first, and my client overreacted, also out of self-defense" Zhang Qing treats every client and every case very seriously, and his case-handling style of 'being entrusted by others and being loyal to people' has been affirmed and praised by his peers.
"Presiding judge, I have something to say, I am the victim's entrusted lawyer, Lu Yingjie," said a young man in a straight suit on the side, pushing his gold-rimmed glasses.
"Quasi"
"Ahem, according to the incident that Lawyer Zhang just presented, does my client deserve it?"
"Ladies and gentlemen, look at this sixty-year-old mother sitting next to me, who understands the pain of her white-haired man sending a black-haired man to lose his son? Even if Sun Zheng has been bullied and persecuted, the crime is not to death, Article 274 of the Criminal Law stipulates that extortion of public or private property, and if the amount is relatively large, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, short-term detention or controlled release, and if the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years. He chose this extreme way, like this, right?" Lu Yingjie's voice was so loud that the air in the entire hall trembled slightly.
After saying that, the old man sitting next to him couldn't control his emotions for a while, and began to cry, and for a while the court whispered, full of discussions.
The grandmother was on the chair next to her, anxiously waiting for Zhang Qing's answer, which was related to Sun Zheng's future life, and pulled the corner of Zhang Qing's clothes with a trembling hand.
"Silence" The presiding judge picked up the gavel and struck it twice.
"Lawyer Zhang, do you still have any objections?" the presiding judge greeted majestically.
'Poof' a sneer.
"Taking people's money and eliminating disasters for others, this is not false at all, and it is also my fault that I made a defense? If it is me who dies, can it be understood that I deserve it? You are really a hooligan with professional sentiments and cultural connotations, and because of the existence of people like you, it is no wonder that there are so many lost people in this world" Sun Zheng looked at Lu Yingjie with drooping eyes.
"Sun Zheng!" Zhang Qing hurriedly stopped, suggesting that he should not speak.
The gavel in the presiding judge's hand rang out again.
"Your actions have threatened the lives of others, and you deserve the crime and there is a law to pronounce a judgment, and you should be sentenced in accordance with the law, and now the witnesses and material testimony are complete, and the court is adjourned for 15 minutes, the debate is concluded, and the appraisal conclusion is then read out."
Sun Zheng was languishing in the empty waiting room waiting for the outcome of his fate, and his thoughts were also cross-ferving: Will he be shot? Isn't it all played like this in movies, one life is worth one life. If I hadn't gone to that meal and hadn't met them, would I have been like an ordinary student, sitting in the examination room and writing anxiously? He didn't know what his future would be, and he didn't want to know, people were good at being bullied, horses were being ridden, looking back on the past 20 years, except for my mother, there were no people or things to be nostalgic for, and time passed like flowing water.
"All stand," the presiding judge's majestic voice once again filled the hall.
"In the case of Sun Zheng, the testimony and evidence materials are complete, and the verdict and trial results are announced by me, according to Article 20 of the Criminal Law of our country, in order to protect the state, the public interest, the person, property, and other rights of oneself or others from ongoing unlawful infringement, and the act taken to stop the unlawful infringement, and cause damage to the unlawful infringer, it is justified defense and does not bear criminal responsibility. Where legitimate defense clearly exceeds the necessary limits and causes major harm, criminal responsibility shall be borne, but punishment shall be commuted or waived. Sun Zheng's case was characterized as the crime of intentional injury due to excessive defense, and he was sentenced to five years in prison, to be executed immediately."
'Smack!'