On December 20, 10 days before the trial of Qin Xinghai's intentional homicide retrial, the Chengda Law Firm conducted a second trial simulation.

These days, Ling Li felt that she was working very hard and hard, and she kept thinking about her shortcomings in the first simulation, so she carefully analyzed the places that were attacked by Zhu Jinchuan that day, and even made dozens of pages of notes.

Unexpectedly, she was tricked again. She looked at Zhu Jinchuan, who was sitting on a high chair and wearing a black robe, and the corners of her eyes twitched.

I used to feel ashamed to cry, but now I feel even more dizzy when I want to cry without tears.

In the second simulation, Zhu Jinchuan's role changed from the previous prosecutor to a judge. Moreover, unlike many judges that Ling Li met, Zhu Jinchuan completely deviated from the position of the central referee in court, interrupting her speech from time to time with "Please pay attention to your words", and even, in the trivial details of the case, she was speechless.

After three hours of simulation, Ling Li's unfinished words were suffocated into her stomach, and she received the eyes of Lu Xiaoxiao, a mock prosecutor, who was full of love and pity.

It was easy to stay up until the end of the simulation, Ling Li and the others were gone, and they came to question the leisurely Zhu Jinchuan.

"You're foul!" She gritted her teeth: "Didn't you say that you want to mock the prosecutor and ask me speechless?" How did you become a judge today? ”

However, he clasped his hands on the table and said indifferently: "There are many surprises in the court, I have just changed from a prosecutor to a judge, such a small change, you are scared and incoherent?" ”

The prosecutor has become a judge, which is also a small change? It's better for everyone to set a small goal and earn him 100 million first.

Ling Li was speechless, and it took a long time before she said with a sad face: "Judge, forget it, what kind of reason is it that you asked me just now to ask the same question as interrogating a prisoner?" ”

Zhu Jinchuan pursed the corners of his lips slightly, and his eyebrows were sparse: "Through today's simulation, I just want to tell you, don't focus on the confrontation with the prosecutor, the people you have to pay attention to, and the judge sitting on the trial seat." ”

His words made Ling Li a little stunned, but before she could react, Zhu Jinchuan had already stepped down from the improvised mock trial seat, took off the black robe on his body, and walked out.

called a boxed lunch to eat in a hurry, and then Zhu Jinchuan carried Ling Li in the conference room for four hours of overtime.

Until eleven o'clock in the evening, everyone was gone, and they were still consumed.

Zhu Jinchuan was full of energy, and he didn't feel tired at all after working for a few days in a row, pointing to the photo of a man in his fifties on the projection, and his voice was serious: "This is the presiding judge Shen Mu this time, graduated from Imperial Capital University, and studied under Zhang Taidou." ”

He raised his eyes, looked at Ling Li, who was sitting at the table with his eyelids fighting, and continued to emphasize: "Did you hear that, this is an academic judge, a proud son of heaven in the eighties, noble and conceited. Therefore, you should pay more attention to the analysis of the law in court, and the more difficult the various terms are, the more professional the better, and it is best that no one can understand them except him. ”

Ling Li held her crumbling head in her hand, and her voice was weak: "Why don't you talk and count?" I said a few times ago that I was only in charge of evidence, but why did I suddenly study the academic background of the presiding judge? Does this make practical sense for this case? ”

Zhu Jinchuan slammed on the table: "You are less impatient, you only have to manage three judges in this trial, and the most important thing is the presiding judge." If you were to switch to the common law system, facing a jury of 12 or a grand jury of 23 people, and you were asked to argue in a mock jury of dozens of people, would you die to show me? ”

Ling Li couldn't help but roll her eyes: "You said it too mysteriously, what kind of judge is also the enemy of the lawyer, what about the good intermediate referee?" I don't want to believe you! ”

Zhu Jinchuan sank his face: "Ling Li, give you a good face for two days, but you have learned to be lazy?" Sit down for me and keep listening! ”

The fierce look on his face made Ling Li finally put away a somewhat careless attitude, knocked on his temples, rubbed his eyes fiercely, and continued to listen to him.

Zhu Jinchuan saw that she finally got on the road, and said in a deep voice: "This person and the presiding judge Qian Di, who sentenced Zhong Chengheng not guilty before, are completely different from each other. Qian Di is a well-known big mouth in the Provincial High Court, she dares to say anything, dare to do anything out of the ordinary, and it is not strange that she has a not-guilty verdict under her hands. But Shen Mou is old-fashioned, rigorous, and cautious, and when he encounters a felon, he is also notoriously heavy, and he is often sentenced to a high level. ”

Ling Li couldn't help but be awe-struck when he heard him say so seriously.

In the retrial, he met a "ruthless" judge, and if he wanted to persuade him to change the verdict to acquit Qin Xinghai, I am afraid that it would not be optimistic.

Looking at her little face that was a little anxious, Zhu Jinchuan hooked the corners of his mouth: "Got it, right?" Why do I ask the same questions as the interrogation during the afternoon simulation? This is Shen Mou's style, he has always been more harsh on lawyers, although it has improved in recent years, but the interrogatorial criminal procedure has always had a far-reaching impact, and there is still a long way to go to make the judge completely neutral. ”

Hearing his patient explanation, Ling Li also nodded solemnly, taking his words to heart.

After studying and analyzing the three members of the collegial panel in this case, Zhu Jinchuan instructed her: "You go home, I will work overtime." ”

Ling Li nodded, watched Zhu Jinchuan turn around and enter the office, holding his backpack, and hesitated a little.

Zhu Jinchuan's attention to this case was beyond her expectations, obviously he was very busy, but he often stayed up late to sort out all the information of this case.

Looking at the cold white light leaking from the crack in his door frame, Ling Li bit her lip, sat down and continued to flip through the information.

I wish an experienced, powerful and thoughtful lawyer like Jinchuan cherishes his time so much, how can a rookie like himself enjoy the results of his efforts with peace of mind?

After reading more than a dozen papers on the computer, and clarifying the changes in the presiding judge's attitude towards the abolition of the death penalty over the years, Zhu Jinchuan rubbed his brows, which began to hurt, and got up to turn off the computer.

He shook his head, a little helpless. The light of the screen is originally hurtful to the eyes, but most of the papers downloaded from CNKI are in PDF format, and there is no way to change the background to a light green color to protect eyesight.

Time is a little tight, and it is still unknown whether Ling Li's ability can support such a confrontation.

It's just that only Ling Li is the most suitable for this battle of shame, and he can only do his best to increase the weight of the defense for this confrontation that is already inclined to the prosecution.

Sitting in a chair, he lit a cigarette and smoked slowly, swallowing the clouds and mist, and his somewhat boring mood was finally relieved.

Put on your coat, pick up the car keys on the table, and wish Jinchuan is ready to go home. However, as soon as I opened the door of the room, I found that there was a small light source in the large space, which was particularly conspicuous in the dark.

It was Ling Li who was still in her small cubicle, lying on the table and already asleep. On the desktop computer in front of her, the screen was still flickering.

Zhu Jinchuan walked over lightly and was a little stunned when he saw the row of folders on the screen.

More than a dozen folders, each named after a single person. And he knew very well what these familiar names meant.

These people are either vice-presidents, presidents of operational divisions, or full-time members. In other words, they are members of the Funan High Court, the adjudication committee.

The adjudication committee, China's unique form of adjudication organization, which is not known to the general public at the highest level of adjudication in every court, often has the power to make the final decision.

If a judge has doubts about a major and difficult case that he or she cannot handle, he or she will put it in front of these people through layers of declarations, and let them express their stance in accordance with the principle of democratic centralism, so as to decide the outcome of the case.

Zhu Jinchuan looked down at Ling Li, who was still asleep, and gently raised his hand to open the clips. As expected, what was in the folder was indeed the papers that Ling Li had searched for that had been publicly published by the members of the Adjudication Committee of the Funan High Court.

She went one step ahead of him and gathered together the views of the members of the adjudication committee of the Provincial High Court.

He chuckled and looked down at the girl Ono who was lying on the table. She actually thought of going with him, and although it seemed that she was trying in the wrong direction, it was already a great progress.

Under the orange light, Ling Li was sleeping deeply, a tuft of black hair pinned behind her small and round ears, and the others spread out and draped over her shoulders, reflecting a colorful halo under the warm light of the table lamp.

However, the most conspicuous thing is the two stubborn spinners above her head......

He couldn't help but raise his hand, wanting to caress the hair in front of him. However, his fingertips touched the soft silkiness, and he suddenly woke up and withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted.

Zhu Jinchuan sighed lightly, took off his coat, and gently put it on her shoulder.

Unexpectedly, although the movements were much lighter, she still woke her up.

As soon as Ling Li raised his head, he noticed the tall figure beside him, and turned his face to meet his gaze, obviously a little flustered.

She was still a little dazed, and said in her mouth, "I'm sorry Master, I was too sleepy just now, and I didn't mean to be lazy." ”

The wet eyes, as well as the panicked caution, saw that a corner of his heart quickly collapsed.

Sure enough, it was right to let Lu Xiaoxiao take her to buy clothes, not only did she buy a passable suit, but also asked Ling Li to take off the heavy glasses she had been wearing, untie the old-fashioned bun that was coiled in the back of her head, completely change her image, and finally have a little smart appearance.

In fact, he has been unhappy with these two things for a long time, but when he says it, it seems to interfere with the aesthetics of girls, which not only hurts people's face, but also does not have a good effect.

Zhu Jinchuan smiled lightly and stretched his eyebrows. didn't say much, just a gentle and mellow sentence: "Get up, I'll send you home." ”