Chapter 171: Simplicity and Thanks
Yao Lianhua was so excited that tears rolled down her eyes, she never dreamed that she would only be sentenced to five years. Five years in prison is not too long, and when I came out, my son was only 8 years old, and it was when he went to the first grade of elementary school.
Yao Lianhua hurriedly turned her head and cast grateful eyes at Li Chao and Shanruo, without the careful preparation and wonderful debate of the two lawyers, Li Chao and Lin Shanruo, it would not have been possible to give such a light sentence.
Li Chao raised his hand and said loudly to Yao Lianhua, who was being escorted down: "Reform well and return to society as soon as possible!" â
Yao Lianhua turned her head, nodded with tears streaming down her face, and responded excitedly: "Thank you, Lawyer Li, Lawyer Lin!" I will definitely make a good makeover! â
Yao Lianhua was escorted down, and the trial ended. Shanruo couldn't help but be happy and hugged Li Chao excitedly. Shanruo snuggled in Li Chao's arms, his jade hand tightly wrapped around Li Chao's neck, and said happily: "Li Chao, we did it, we won the lawsuit!" â
Li Chao gently patted Shanruo's jade back with one hand, stroked her hair with the other, and said with a happy smile: "Yes, we worked together to win the lawsuit and get the best punishment result for Yao Lianhua!" â
The two hugged each other tightly, and they could feel each other's excited heartbeats. At this time, Yao Lianhua's parents and other family members came over. Shanruo immediately shyly broke free from Li Chao's arms and tidied up his clothes with a red face.
After Shanruo sorted out her clothes, she shared her joy with Yao Lianhua's mother, "Old man, don't worry now, I was only sentenced to five years in prison, which is a very light punishment for a homicide case." â
Yao Lianhua's mother trembled and stretched out her calloused hand, grasped Shanruo, and thanked her excitedly: "Lawyer Lin, thank you so much!" You really helped my daughter get the lightest punishment! 5 years in prison, which is better than the best we can think of. â
Saying that, Yao Lianhua's mother burst into tears and said loudly: "Two lawyers, we rural people don't know how to thank you. According to the habit of our hometown, after inviting someone to help us so much, we have to kill chickens and ducks and invite others to dinner.
Let's go to have a meal together at noon today, Lawyer Lin and Lawyer Li also ask you not to dislike it, you must come! â
Yao Lianhua's family also rushed up, and said excitedly and enthusiastically: "Yes, let's have lunch together, don't dislike it, you must appreciate your face!" â
Shanruo's face was flushed with excitement. Without thinking, he nodded and replied, "Okay, you guys are so enthusiastic, we will definitely go." Don't say anything about disliking or not disliking, what's wrong with the rural people, now that the new countryside is being built, the countryside is beautiful, and I envy your rural people. â
Seeing Shanruo and Li Chao admiring their faces, the old lady was flushed and held Shanruo's hand. I was sincerely grateful: "Okay, great, I'm so happy that the two lawyers can eat my meal with their faces!" Mr. Lin does not dislike us rural people. What a good girl. â
Hearing this, Li Chao glanced at Shanruo with a smile, he was about to go home for the New Year, and Li Chao was ready to pick up his parents and them to live in Shenpeng after the New Year. If you see goodness, you can communicate with the old lady in the countryside without any barriers. Li Chao felt very happy, and secretly guessed that Shanruo should be able to get along well with his parents.
While Li Chao was thinking, the old lady ordered to a young junior: "Dog Lingzi hurry up and go to the best hotel next to you to order a table of dishes." The hotel should be high-end. The dishes should be the best, and the bacon and bamboo shoots we brought from home should also be processed by the store, and I will treat the two lawyers well! â
"Good Ratcha!" The descendant who was called the dog answered loudly, and immediately ran out in a hurry.
It's really lively to talk and laugh here. Even the people's deputies and members of the consultative committee in the auditorium came over when they saw such a lively scene.
Qian Feifei, director of the Legislative Affairs Commission, walked at the front and congratulated Li Chao and Shanruo: "Representative Li, lawyer Lin, your cousin is really professional, and the debate of this case is smooth and free, and we are all amazed when we observe." â
Li Chao responded with a modest smile: "Director Qian, don't praise me too much, Yao Lianhua is indeed excusable in this case, and our debate will be so smooth." â
Qian Feifei smiled and praised: "Representative Li is modest, your proposal on domestic violence is very good, and the defense of Yao Lianhua, a battered woman, is also quite successful. As the director of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress, I am very happy and proud to see such an outstanding representative of public opinion as you. â
"Yes, yes, we are proud to have such an excellent lawyer as you in our public representatives." Other representatives of the people's will and members of the Consultative Committee also seconded the proposal with a smile.
was talking lively, and everyone unexpectedly found that Xu Ling came over. The deputies and committee members saw that Xu Ling had greeted each other, and then said goodbye and left with a sense of humor, so that Xu Ling and Li Chao could talk alone.
Xu Ling looked at Li Chao and Shanruo, and said generously: "Congratulations, you have been beautiful and have succeeded in your defense." â
Shanruo greeted him with a smile and praised sincerely: "In this case, we just accounted for sympathy points, and there was nothing brilliant about it." Prosecutor Xu was unable to give full play to his position because of his position, and he could only say that he was very sorry. â
Xu Ling shook her head and said with a serious face: "No, you guys are very perfect. Not just anyone who can be the defense lawyer in this case can win the case so neatly, at least many lawyers will not think of hiring anti-domestic violence experts, and even if they do, they may not be able to find suitable domestic violence research experts. â
Li Chao stepped forward with a smile and said: "Prosecutor Xu, your professional table today is also very beautiful, but we are not experts on domestic violence, and we don't know much about the characteristics of cases where the victim uses violence to counter violence, which makes there be differences in sentencing." â
Xu Ling's delicate eyes glanced at Li Chao and praised: "Lawyer Li, you are quite comforting." Yes, this court has made me synonymous with coldness! It's so helpless that you can't choose your position! â
As she spoke, Xu Ling stuck out her tongue mischievously, and this naughty move narrowed the distance between them. Everyone is the same age, and after putting down the tongue and sword on the stage, they quickly talked happily and mingled.
After the relationship became closer, Li Chao asked Xu Ling with a smile: "In this case, the court's final sentence of five years in prison is far from the life imprisonment you complained about, will the city procuratorate protest?" â
If the charges and sentences prosecuted by the procuratorate are not supported by the court, the procuratorate may lodge a protest. In that case, the provincial high court will conduct the second trial, and the outcome of the second trial will be unpredictable, and there may be zĂ i variables in the middle.
Xu Ling shook her head with a smile and said: "The facts of this case are clear, the law is correctly applied, and the sentencing must be controversial, but to be honest, we also know that Yao Lianhua is not a heinous person, and our procuratorate will probably not protest." â
Hearing this, Li Chao and Shanruo smiled even brighter, thinking that Yao Lianhua is indeed worthy of sympathy, since the court sentenced her lightly, the procuratorate will not come forward to be a villain, in vain to annoy people. The procuratorate will not protest, and the victim's family will not ask for an appeal, and it is clear that the verdict will soon take effect.
Everyone completely put down their burdens and exchanged their experience and skills in handling the case.
In the end, Xu Ling said jokingly: "Lawyer Li, lawyer Lin, today you invited anti-domestic violence experts to appear in court and dedicated a high-level prosecution and defense argument, and I am looking forward to the opportunity to debate with you in court again." â
Shanruo smiled and agreed, "Okay, we can't ask for it when we fight against the top ten prosecutors." â
After a short exchange, the two girls talked happily with each other, so good that they said goodbye sweetly like best friends.
When Xu Ling said goodbye and left, Yao Lianhua's family surrounded Li Chao and Shanxiang to go out to eat.
In the face of such hospitality, Li Chao said with a smile: "Don't just invite me, Director Liu Yan, an expert on domestic violence in today's trial, is also a great contributor, why should you invite others to eat this meal!" â
Yao Lianhua's mother patted her forehead, nodded again and again, and blamed herself: "Yes, yes, I was so happy that I almost forgot Director Liu Yan." Today, Director Liu has said a lot of good things for my daughter, and I must invite her, I must please! â
Immediately, Yao Lianhua's family, Li Chao and Shanruo went to the lounge to invite expert Liu Yan.
In the lounge, Director Liu Yan had already signed the testimony and was packing up her things and preparing to leave. Previously, she received a call from Li Chao, in which Li Chao reported the murder of Yao Lianhua and invited her to come to court to testify.
Liu Yan was originally concerned about Yao Lianhua's domestic violence, and specially left a message to remind Yao Lianhua that Yao Lianhua and Ye Tianlong could no longer be contacted, but she didn't expect the tragedy to happen in the end.
Li Chao asked her to testify in court as an expert witness, she was very surprised and excited, and she was very excited to show what she had studied in the courtroom, which was also a rare experience and opportunity, and she agreed at that time.
Yesterday, she deliberately flew from the capital to Shenpeng, Li Chao and Shanruo came to the airport to pick up the plane, the three of them had a profound discussion of Yao Lianhua's case in the hotel, she learned about the relevant case, and the three of them also determined the focus of their testimony.
Judging from today's trial, she did get the effect of reversing the situation, and most of her opinions were accepted by the court, which made her feel that it was not in vain to testify in court this time!
I packed up my things happily, but when I turned around, I unexpectedly found that there was a large number of people walking into the lounge, and these should be Yao Lianhua's family.
Yao Lianhua's mother strode up and said to Liu Yan excitedly: "Director Liu, you have done my family Lotus a great favor today, without you, my Lotus's grievances would have nowhere to tell." â
Liu Yan looked at the excited old lady and asked tentatively, "You are Yao Lianhua's mother, right?" â
Seeing that the old man nodded yes, Liu Yan said neatly with the boldness of the northerners: "You don't need to be so polite, I originally studied domestic violence, and the purpose of the research is to call on the whole society to pay attention to the problem of domestic violence and call on everyone to oppose domestic violence together."
When I encounter such a strict problem of domestic violence, I must stand up and speak, otherwise I have studied the topic of domestic violence in vain? Old man, do you think this is the reason? (To be continued......) R1292