Around 7 o'clock.

The Dongcheng District Courthouse, the judge's office, is at the pretrial conference.

The judge still wore gold-rimmed eyes, meticulously tied her hair behind her head, she raised her eyes and glanced at the prosecutor and Huo Ran neatly, and asked quickly, "Do both sides have any new evidence to submit?" ”

Huo Ran raised his eyes slightly: "No." ”

But the prosecutor had evidence to submit, and she handed the stack of papers in her hand to the judge.

She didn't even look at Huo Ran, and said cleanly: "Presiding judge, this is the information that Xie Shen made trouble and beat people in prison yesterday, according to the confessions of other prisoners, Xie Shen said when he beat them that if there was a knife, he would definitely stab them to death." ”

The presiding judge pursed his lips and did not speak, nodding lightly to indicate that he knew.

Huo Ran wrinkled his brows: "Presiding Judge, this matter has nothing to do with the facts of this case, even if Xie Shen has a short temper, he fights and makes trouble in prison, he threatens to kill someone, even if he really kills someone now, it can't prove that he is the murderer who stabbed Sheng Wan." ”

The prosecutor seemed to think it was ridiculous, but she still stood, lowered her eyelids, and stared at Huo Ran: "Xie Shen has a bad record, misconduct, and bad morals, and I think it is absolutely necessary for the court to know these facts." ”

As she spoke, she retracted her gaze and looked at the presiding judge seriously, her voice was dry: "Presiding judge, Xie Shen was short-tempered during the court trial, easily provoked, and even took the initiative to provoke, according to the prison guard in charge, Xie Shen's mental state was particularly manic. So, who can believe that when he had an argument with Sheng Wan, he wouldn't have been violent at will like yesterday, and then killed Sheng Wan by mistake? ”

Huo Ran's throat rolled silently, his brows furrowed, his voice remained calm, but his eyes were a little sharper: "Presiding Judge, we can't use the mistakes a person has made in the past to determine that he will definitely make them now, and we must not use the mistakes a person has made now to speculate on his past thoughts!" Whether Huo Ran committed the crime of intentional injury causing death, what we have to look at is only the evidence at the time. ”

The prosecutor's tone was a little heavier: "Yes, of course it depends on the evidence, Xie Shen's case has a confession, a certificate of presence, and fingerprints, which is enough to convict." As for the doubts in the evidence you raised, they can be directly attributed to minor mistakes in the course of the investigation. However, in addition, the court must also consider Xie Shen's harm to society, its impact on society, and whether it meets social expectations, so Xie Shen's past criminal record and latest criminal record must be taken into account in the sentencing consideration, and only such a trial will be a fair trial......"

Huo Ran's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was about to say something.

"Alright." The presiding judge did not look up, and directly interrupted the dispute between the two in a cold voice.

She quickly flipped through the evidence newly submitted by the prosecutor, didn't know what she was thinking, her eyes narrowed and narrowed, for a long time, she raised her eyelids, locked her brows tightly, and said unhappily, "Sir, madam, this is my court, I know how to judge fairly, I have my trial standards, I don't need you to attack each other at the same time, but also teach me how to judge." ”

The presiding judge's lips were straight, without any curvature, and his gaze swept indifferently over the two of them.

Huo Ran's eyebrows moved slightly, the prosecutor's breathing lasted for a moment, and both of them quieted down.

The presiding judge looked at the documents in her hand again, and then stood up, she didn't look at anyone, her face was indifferent, she packed up the things in her hand, and said officially: "The court will consider the newly submitted evidence, okay, the two of you go out, the pre-trial conference is over, please adjust your emotions and see you in court later." ”

The presiding judge's assistant had opened the door to his office.

The two were stunned for a moment before they realized that the judge meant that she would consider the new evidence submitted by the prosecutor.

The prosecutor walked out first, her heels colliding with the marble floor with a crisp thud, her pace fast.

Huo Ran also walked out, and he walked quickly as he rebuttoned his cufflinks.

The prosecutor originally walked in front of Huo Ran, but he didn't know what he thought, so he suddenly stopped, turned his head, raised his eyes, and stared at Huo Ran.

She smiled, her eyes narrowing slightly: "Lawyer Huo, the judge will accept new evidence that Xie Shen is making trouble in prison." ”

In her tone, there was a sense of confidence that was bound to be won.

"I still say that, I appreciate your eloquence and defense skills, but what I have to tell you is that the evidence is important in court. Lawyer Huo, instead of still thinking about how to defend Xie Shen's innocence, you should think about whether you can apply for a reduced sentence for him, but unfortunately, Xie Shen, from moral character to legal constraints, has no place in his whole body that can make people feel pity! ”

After the prosecutor finished speaking, she saw Su Yu standing not far away, and she didn't say the rest of the words, nodded politely to Su Yu, and went to the lounge with a large number of files.

Su Yu walked over, the small suit on her body was tightly covered by a white down jacket, she pulled her suitcase and asked, "What did the pre-trial conference say?" ”

Huo Ran pursed his lips: "Judging by the judge's reaction just now, the court seems to intend to ignore the doubts in the evidence, so Xie Shen's verdict should be a guilty verdict, and the evidence of his troubles in prison yesterday was also submitted to the court by the prosecutor." ”

Su Yu's fingertips curled up, and she frowned.

Huo Ran was in a good state of mind, his black eyes were calm and unwavering, and he couldn't look to the end, he said: "But it doesn't matter, this is only the first trial, and it is normal to make a guilty verdict, and we are ready to prosecute the second trial." ”

"Okay."

Su Yu let out a sigh of depression, but what made her feel strange was that the evidence in Xie Shen's case was so suspicious, but the police did not react, which inevitably gave her the illusion that the police closed the case indiscriminately and casually, as if they were hiding something.

Could it be that the New Year is approaching, and pressure has been exerted from above, hoping that the cases accumulated by the Public Security Bureau will be closed quickly so that the New Year can be celebrated?

Su Yu thought about it, this is also the disadvantage of the lawsuit at the end of the year.

The court has accumulated many cases that urgently need to be resolved before the year, and the judges are busy writing year-end summaries and holding summary meetings, and people's energy is limited, and the judges' energy is subdivided into each case, and there are very few of them.

She hesitated, but still brought it up: "Do you think the police closed the case a little hastily?" ”

When Huo Ran heard this, he said lightly: "The New Year is coming. ”

The short four words fell on Su Yu's ears, and she breathed a sigh of relief, Huo Ran said this, which showed that he had already prepared.

Su Yu said: "Have you already found someone to check?" ”

Huo Ran's dark eyes sharpened slightly: "Wait for the news of Lu Baptism." ”

*

At the court session again, there was still Xie Lao sitting next to Su Yu, Xie Lao's eyes were cold and gloomy, the wrinkles between his eyebrows were deep, and the whole person exuded the majesty of a long high position.

His eyes stared at Xie Shen for a second, clenching his teeth tightly.

Su Yu only glanced at Xie Lao, and then shifted his gaze to the woman next to Xie Lao.

It's Xie Shen's wife.

She looked very gentle, but her face was not very good, her complexion was pale, and she kept pursing her lips vigorously, and the blood on her lips was only pale by her.

She was wearing a thick woolen coat, and the whole person seemed to be very afraid of the cold, and when she arrived at the house, she didn't take off her coat, Su Yu's gaze went down, and her stomach had an undulating arc.

She didn't seem to notice Su Yu's gaze, and like Xie Lao, she looked at Xie Shen intently.

Xie Shen sat in the prison chair, hanging his head, pursing the corners of his lips, his black hair was slightly long, because of his low head, the broken hair in front of his forehead slid down, covering his eyes, only letting people see his cold and hard chin.

The presiding judge's gavel fell, and her serious voice spread through the courtroom: "According to the law, in addition to the defender defending the defendant in the court, the defendant also has the right to defend himself, defendant Xie Shen, do you need to defend yourself?" ”

Xie Shen was absent-minded, and after the presiding judge asked, he didn't react at all.

The presiding judge struck the gavel again, and his voice became louder: "Defendant Xie Shen!" ”

The bailiff shoved Xie Shen to remind him that the judge was asking him questions.

Xie Shen didn't know why, he suddenly became furious, he raised his head suddenly, his black eyes were gloomy, and his eyes were fierce, through the cracks of his black hair, and shot straight at the bailiff's body.

"You're sick, aren't you?"

The presiding judge's voice was dyed with strong anger: "Defendant Xie Shen, please pay attention to the order of the court and abide by the discipline of the court!" Do you need to defend yourself now? ”

The sound of the hammer in her hand hitting hard was extremely harsh because of the force, and Su Yu's heart curled up.

Xie Shen's fingers were clenched tightly, and the green tendons were knotted, and thick tendons floated on the back of his hand.

His bones were pale, and the eyes that suddenly revealed were fierce, reflecting the bruises and purple marks on his face, which looked particularly terrifying.

He sneered, his Adam's apple rolling up and down, and his thin lips were two thin, sharp blades.

He was dull for a while, then rolled his eyes and looked at Huo Ran.

Huo Ran's dark eyes were deep and indifferent.

Xie Shen moved his lips, the sneer on his lips became deeper and deeper, he did it on purpose, and said in a hoarse voice: "There is nothing to defend, I plead guilty, that is, I killed Sheng Wan, tortured and killed, first stabbed her in the chest, more than a dozen knives, and finally saw that she didn't react, motionless, I stabbed her right neck again." ”

The strength in his hands became heavier and heavier, and his emotions became more and more intense as the strength in his hands increased.

He gritted his teeth: "Isn't Sheng Wan supposed to die?" She is innocent, she seduces me to cheat, she forces me to sleep with her, she deliberately designs pregnancy several times, and wants to use the child to coerce me into divorce! I was tired of her, I told me that my wife was pregnant and I was going to break up with her, but she was insatiable and wanted a large breakup fee! ”

"So she should be damned, as soon as I woke up, I stabbed her to death! My life can only be normal if she dies! His eyes were scarlet, he stared at the presiding judge, and exclaimed, "See? My wife is still sitting in the auditorium, she is pregnant, she can't stand the stimulation, but Sheng Wan wants to threaten my wife, a woman like her, she doesn't feel sorry to die a hundred times. ”

The presiding judge's face was very bad, a little dark, with the lines of the outline, and his right hand quickly recorded something on the paper, and the prosecutor was stunned for a moment, and then a trace of joy flashed in his eyes.

No matter why Xie Shen committed such self-destruction in court, if he did so, it was tantamount to taking the initiative to send evidence of conviction again, and it would be difficult to escape the punishment of the law.

Su Yu was so angry by his words that his fingers trembled uncontrollably, and his chest ached faintly.

Xie Shen did it on purpose.

It was clear that he could have been acquitted, but he verbally abused in court to show his motive for the killing, and even temporarily changed his confession and pleaded guilty directly.

Xie Shen's last sentence was: "Therefore, my actions are justified in self-defense, and I ask the court to issue a not guilty verdict against me." ”

Su Yu's eyelashes fluttered, and her red lips straightened.

Sure enough, when his words fell, there was a stumbling discussion in the courtroom, which was nothing more than that Xie Shen was brazen, and he admitted that he had killed maliciously, and he shamelessly claimed that he was innocent, and everyone scolded Xie Shen, and began to scold Huo Ran for being a lawyer with no moral bottom line, there was no fairness and justice at all, lawyers are all deceitful lawyers, and there is schadenfreude, today Xie Shen should be sentenced guilty, they all admit to murder, and Lawyer Huo is finally going to lose.

Su Yu's fingers slowly curled together, a little nervous, and his heart hung up.

The presiding judge raised his head and glanced at everyone present solemnly: "Now adjourn the court for fifteen minutes, wait for the collegial panel to deliberate, and then announce the verdict in court." ”