A few days later, Zheng Qijie's intentional homicide case was held for the second time.

The same Yudu Intermediate People's Court, the same No. 1 courtroom, the difference is that this time the court session was in the afternoon.

After half a month, this second court session has attracted no less attention than the first one.

This case was originally a bit of a certainty, so it is no wonder that Yu Wenzhong took great pains to render it in the early stage.

According to the superficial evidence, even if Zheng Qijie didn't say a word, had no defense lawyer, and even pleaded guilty in court, this case was almost a one-sided result - the evidence was insufficient, and Zheng Qijie was acquitted.

But Zheng Qijie's "guilty confession" in the previous trial added drama to this case.

There are even a few people in the know who have begun to assert that this will be an important turning point in the history of the rule of law in the Great Celestial Empire, and through the results of this case, we can truly test whether the standard for judging cases by judicial organs has shifted from being lenient in case of doubt to being innocent in case of doubt after so many years of reform of the criminal procedure system.

Therefore, this time the uproar in the courtroom was even worse than the last time.

Even, at the entrance of the courthouse, the crowd was crowded with media who had not obtained a witness card, and stopped passers-by with great interest to interview them for their views on the case.

As the lawyer hired by the victim, Ling Li was almost stopped at the door. At that time, she looked at the dozen microphones in front of her, and her head was suddenly confused.

When I heard the reporters asking questions like cannons in their mouths, my ears were buzzing, and I couldn't hear anything.

Zhu Jinchuan couldn't save her - he was also fenced up......

Fortunately, the bailiff brother was clever enough, and he pulled them out of the sea of people and sent them to the security gate with the idea that "re-interviewing will delay the lawyer's court".

When he arrived at the courtroom, Ling Li made a special observation.

The auditorium was full of voices, but there was no shadow of Li Zejun.

A few days ago, Ling Li learned that, as Zhu Jinchuan expected, Li Zejun would not appear in court to testify.

The Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that all insiders have the obligation to testify and help the judicial organs ascertain the facts of the case, but this obligation is not necessarily exposed to the spotlight after Li Zejun has repeatedly stressed that he has nothing to do with the case and is protected by his status as a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

But Zhu Jinchuan also revealed to Ling Li that Li Zejun is not only anxious about Tang Aoxue's affairs now, but also the accident that occurred in Huazhi No. 2 Psychiatric Hospital many years ago has also begun to doxx, and relevant personnel have been interviewed one after another, but I am afraid that the situation is not so optimistic.

As expected, Li Zejun not only did not come to testify, but also did not even come to the hearing. It seems that he knew that public opinion was menacing, and this time he took the initiative to avoid suspicion.

On the contrary, Chen Rong, who appeared in court as a witness last time, sat in the auditorium this time.

There have been significant changes in the facts of the case, and her little testimony is already insignificant.

What she wants to see more is Zheng Qijie's retribution.

If you come out to mix, sooner or later you will have to pay it back. This sentence is not only applicable to Li Zejun, who is now anxious, but also to Yu Wenzhong.

Yu Wenzhong was still opposite her, unusually silent, looking down at the file. And the Qi Wan beside him last time had been replaced by a young man Ling Li had never seen before.

It seems that Qi Wan's performance in the trial that day still made Yu Wenzhong suspicious after all.

As for the reason why she turned against the water, I don't know if Yu Wenzhong found out.

Ling Li knew that Yu Wenzhong, a middle-aged man who seemed greasy and had no bottom line, actually had a shrewdness that did not match his appearance.

betrayed two people who trusted her wholeheartedly in a row, Qi Wan's pass, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

Ling Li lowered her head and looked at the thick stack of evidence materials in her hand. These things are all things that the police submitted to the procuratorate in the early stage and were bound into the evidence catalogue by the procuratorate, and they are not new evidence, so today I will not worry that they will be rejected by Yu Wenzhong on the grounds that the statute of limitations has passed.

But these things that are not valued by Yu Wenzhong will completely change the direction of this case.

Ten minutes later, the prosecution was in place, the camera and recording equipment was in place, the bailiff was in place, and the defendant was in place.

The small door for the judges to enter and exit finally opened, and the five members of the collegial panel arrived belatedly. After a gavel sounded on the trial seat, Zheng Qijie's case of intentional homicide was resumed again.

This trial started from the last one.

After the defendant is questioned, it is time to present and cross-examine evidence.

Presiding Judge Lan Gang took the book and read it out and reminded the litigation participants of the precautions during the court investigation stage: "...... The courtroom investigation should focus on the content of the allegations, with the review and verification of evidence as the center, ascertaining the facts of the case, and the relevant new facts or evidence submitted by other litigation participants or discovered by the people's court shall be clarified together. Where multiple criminal facts are alleged, an investigation shall be conducted item by item. The prosecution and defense must bear the burden of proof for their claims. ”

Thinking of this, he deliberately turned his head sideways and looked at Ling Li twice, there was a little helplessness in his eyes, and he seemed to have a lot of criticism about Ling Li's performance in the last game.

Ling Li pretended not to see.

She knew that her strategy had caused a lot of trouble for the court, but she had finally made a breakthrough in the case, hadn't she?

So that she grasped the key to the red lotus karmic fire.

Thinking of this, Ling Li turned her face slightly to look at Zhu Jinchuan, and suddenly felt a little weak.

If you want to say that the red lotus karma is strange, it was actually Zhu Jinchuan who first proposed it, but now she unconsciously counts this matter on her head.

Zhu Jinchuan sensed her gaze, turned his head to look at her, and was a little uneasy: "What?" Are you scared? ”

In the next second, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, and a comforting smile: "I'm here, you just have to do it." ”

Feeling the warmth and comfort in his eyes, Ling Li nodded lightly and stopped explaining.

In the past few days, she has worked overtime for three days in a row, sleeping only three or four hours a day, if it weren't for the support of her belief in personally uncovering Zheng Qijie's painted skin, she would have collapsed.

And Zhu Jinchuan is the same as her, and even sleeps less.

In order to ensure that today's trial was foolproof, and in order to verify a few doubts in the evidence chain that did not make much sense, he took her to almost 22 prefecture-level cities in Funan in three days.

She can still sleep in the car, but Zhu Jinchuan is the one who is the driver most of the time.

Thinking of this, Ling Li's hand under the table was lightly clenched into a fist to cheer himself up.

In another hour at most, she will let Zheng Qijie's true face be presented in front of everyone.

However, it backfired.

More than an hour later, the trial was still at the stage of the prosecutor's presentation of evidence.

Entering the cross-examination stage, it is not surprising that all the procedural evidence of the prosecution, as well as some written testimony and testimony, is not so unbreakable, and all of them have been denied by Yu Wenzhong in terms of legitimacy or relevance.

In this trial, he obviously had to be more cautious, and he didn't have the jumpiness and impetuousness of the previous game at all, and he didn't know if it was because Qi Wan's incident sounded a wake-up call for him, or because Zheng Qijie's strange case made him feel uneasy.

But the basis of the evidence has remained the same.

There were no tools for committing the crime, no crime scene, no victim torso. It is necessary to be able to convict of guilt with such evidence, unless the law is written backwards.

Ling Li also didn't have the heart to listen to the prosecutor's large number of tedious evidence, waiting like sitting on pins and needles, and some understood why Zhu Jinchuan said that this trial must be a long and boring process.

This trial was held according to the standards of the standardized model court for court hearings, and all the procedures were strictly scheduled, and even the appraisers and on-site investigators had to testify in court.

Almost two hours later, the procedure was completed, and it was finally Ling Li's turn to present evidence as an agent ad litem in the attached civil lawsuit.

Lan Gang, who had been a long and boring procedure just now, was not afraid, and as soon as he heard that Ling Li's side was about to play, he kept reminding him as if he was facing a great enemy: "The plaintiff in the attached civil lawsuit or his agent ad litem will provide the court with evidence of the claim for compensation." The victim's lawyer was also invited to present and debate evidence around the focus of the case. ”

Ling Li nodded to indicate that she knew, and after that, the first thing to remind the collegial panel was the photos of the mutilated corpses of those arms found in Zheng Qijie's computer.

Lan Gang didn't think so in his heart - it was the same routine as last time, first of all, he pointed out that the defendant was psychopathic and liked to collect all kinds of terrifying pictures that ordinary people didn't want to look at.

However, a psychopath is a pervert, and there is no strong evidence that it was he who killed him, even if there are various pictures of corpses in his mobile phone of ten Gs and one hundred Gs, it does not constitute a crime.

If there is a sentence for storing horrific photos of corpses in the computer, then the forensic doctor who should be shot a hundred times is the most deserved.

He thought so, but he still asked Ling Li with a straight look: "What is the purpose of your proof?" ”

Ling Li's answer was unexpected: "The purpose of the defendant's collection of these photos is to prepare for the crime, and the most crucial role is to compile a total of 32 photos from 251 to 282." Dear Full Court, I beg to be given some time, and I will combine other evidence to prove how the defendant committed the crime. ”

Lan Gang didn't have time to speak, but Specialist Ye's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he replied in a more subtle manner: "Okay." ”

The judge had no choice but to hold his breath, stroke the corners of his forehead, sigh faintly, and then replied, "Okay." ”

Regarding the evidence cited by Ling Li, Yu Wenzhong and Zheng Qijie's cross-examination opinions are very simple, that is, they are the same as Lan Gang's initial opinions - the act of collecting photos and Tang Aoxue's disappearance have no causal relationship, and these evidences have nothing to do with this case.

Ling Li didn't argue too much, and after submitting it to the collegial panel for deliberation, it was the set of password-like forms that were also presented to the collegial panel one by one.

The five judges circulated the forms and whispered.

The combination of numbers, letters, and a few simple Chinese characters, like a password, is incomprehensible to anyone at first glance.

Lan Gang had some small opinions: "Lawyer, when submitting the evidence to the collegial panel, you should indicate the source of the evidence, the content of the evidence, and the purpose of proof. Also, what you should submit is the evidentiary materials and legal basis for the request for 1.2 million yuan, and the burden of proof for the criminal part is not on you, do you understand? ”

Ling Li pursed the corners of her mouth: "I must pay attention next time, because of the rush of time, I really don't have time to prepare relevant written materials." ”

And for the second half of the sentence, she faintly hinted that she should not be too entangled in the case, as if she hadn't heard it.

Lan Gang didn't say anything more, and let Ling Li make an oral statement.

Ling Li took a deep breath and began to talk about what these tables meant.

This form was found from Zheng Qijie's formatted hard drive. After multiple investigations, the data on these forms are the data of missing one or all of the arms in the nameless corpses stored in the funeral homes of 22 prefecture-level cities in Funan Province and counties and districts in Funan Province from 2014 to 2015. These data can be found through the information published on the funeral home's website, and two to three years before the incident, Zheng Qijie's computer had a large number of traces of browsing the above websites. ”