Back at the police station, Watanabe saw me from afar and immediately walked over, I thought it was Chiyoko's neighbor Kumamoto who had news, but he glanced at the office behind him, "Section chief, someone is here, sent from above, saying that he is assisting in the investigation of the case." ”

"Assist in the investigation?" I frowned.

"It seems that the above is very dissatisfied with the progress of our case, so they sent someone down, and that person is said to be the first graduate of the Metropolitan Police Department's police academy, just like you, the section chief."

"What?" My eyes widened, and a figure appeared in front of me.

I quickly opened the office door as I transitioned, and my eyes widened as I looked at the person sitting in my seat, and memories came out of my mind like a spring.

It was 12 years ago, at the opening ceremony of the Metropolitan Police Department's Police Academy, when I was in my third year of college, the auditorium was full of students, and the speaker on the stage was Mr. Akai, the chief of the Kyoto Police Station, who was specially invited by the school to give us a lecture.

"Crime refers to a person who has committed an act that endangers others and endangers society and violates the law, and crime generally has very serious social harm, and every year there will be 100,000 crimes across the country, because of criminal acts, thousands of people are persecuted day and night."

"We have been making unremitting efforts to curb crime, but crime is still only increasing, so I would like to ask the students here how to most effectively curb crime, listen clearly is the most effective, and do any students can stand up and tell me their thoughts."

Matsuyama, who is in the same lineage, stood up, "Mr. Akai, I think we should increase the popularization of law and benevolence education for young people, as we all know, young people are like the sun, making the future of our country, and in the words of the Analects, people are inherently good, and their nature is similar and far away, which means that everyone is born with the same nature, they are all kind, but because of the influence of nurture, it leads to changes in nature, so I think we should increase our efforts to invest in young people, let them understand the law, and use benevolence to influence them, Keeping crime in its cradle is the most effective way to curb it. ”

There were many words of approval from the students, and Mr. Akai looked at everyone with a smile, "Very wonderful speech, did anyone stand up to express their thoughts?" ”

Kazama, a senior in his senior year, stood up and took the microphone, "Mr. Akai, I think that the social system should be improved, the welfare system and citizen employment should be improved, and the social order should be guaranteed, because the causes of crime are related to the chaos of social order and the low happiness of residents, and many people commit crimes out of dissatisfaction with social life and forced to survive, so I think that as long as the social system is improved, crime can be most effectively curbed." ”

Many students nodded their heads, but Mr. Akai still smiled and said, "Is there anyone else?" ”

The audience quickly fell silent, and the students looked at each other, all smiling and shaking their heads, all thinking that Matsuyama and Kazama had already made a lot of sense, and I finally couldn't stand it anymore and stood up.

"Mr. Akai, I don't think the first two are the most effective ways to curb crime."

The audience was in an uproar, because everyone recognized the student who won the first place in the overall score of the year for two consecutive years, that is, me.

Mr. Akai's eyes lit up and he looked at me with great interest, "Please explain your opinion." ”

"Crime, refers to the various internal and external characteristics of the crime, the height of the accuracy, is the connotation and extension of the crime exact, a brief explanation, simply put, crime includes all aspects, the reasons for the crime are countless, and the accident and inevitability of the crime are also both, take last year's shooting in Hiroshima to see, the murderer Oda Kiri family is wealthy, received the best education since childhood, and successfully studied for a doctorate after graduation, but he shot his friend because of a trivial matter, and then look at the father-killing case in Osaka the year before last, The murderer Heimiya murdered his father that night after his father, who was a businessman, decided to donate all his property to charity, and destroyed the will, from these two cases, we can know that Oda Kiri and Heinomiya are both wealthy and well-educated, but they still committed crimes, among which Oda Kiri was because of a very small matter, and Heimiya's object was his biological father, and there are countless such types of crimes in Japan. ”

"So the reason for crime is not only because of the family and social environment, the reason why people dare to commit crimes, but the reason why crime is so rampant in Japan is that there is only one reason in the final analysis, and that is the blurring of the line of the death penalty." My eyes lit up with a sharp light.

"There is a death penalty system in Japan, but it is very difficult to impose the death penalty on prisoners in Japan, and judges often do not prefer the death penalty when sentencing, and often want to give prisoners a chance, even if the judge sentences the death penalty, according to the law, there is a long appeal process to be completed after the death sentence, and even if all the opportunities for appeal are exhausted, the Minister of Justice must sign an execution order before it can be executed, and most of the Minister of Justice does not like to play the role of executioner and refuses to sign the execution. Therefore, it is very difficult to carry out the death penalty on a prisoner in Japan, so this also leads to the fact that the most common prisoners will commit crimes due to the imperfection of the criminal law, and I think that the only way to curb crime as much as possible is to improve the death penalty system! Only when the law truly acts as a deterrent can we curb the evil thoughts in everyone's heart. ”

After I finished speaking, I looked at Mr. Akai on the stage with sharp eyes, panting slightly, and at this moment the audience fell into silence, for a long time, I don't know who took the lead, the field resounded with thunderous applause, Mr. Akai's face gradually showed a smile, this smile is not perfunctory, but from the heart.

However, when I sat down, the applause from the audience stopped, and Mr. Akai was about to speak, when a loud voice resounded throughout the hall, "No, this is not the most effective method. ”

Everyone looked at him in amazement, and I was no exception, this student looked thin but very energetic, he was Kudo Shinzawa, and this was the first time I met him.

"Okay, Mr. Akai, I don't think the most effective way is to improve the law." As soon as he finished speaking, there was a crowd in the audience.

"Who is this man?" "I don't know, I think it's a freshman." Does he know who he's denying? That's Kawaki. ”

"Oh? So your approach? Mr. Akai had a look of surprise on his face.

"Although the cruelty of the criminal law will have a certain deterrent effect, it is absolutely impossible to curb crime in the real sense, because no matter whether the prisoner has a solid family background, whether he has a good education level, or whether he understands the law, when they commit a crime, their thoughts are to forget all the law, and they all have a kind of luck mentality, thinking that after committing a crime, they will be able to escape and will not be discovered by the police, so the crime occurs again and again." He blinked his shining eyes and looked at everyone present, "Therefore, I think the most effective way to curb crime is to effectively solve the case, only by quickly solving those cases one by one, and bringing the criminals to justice one by one, can people dispel the luck in their hearts, and before committing a crime, they will think that once they commit a crime, they will be arrested by the police immediately, so that no one will commit a crime, this is the most fundamental way to curb crime, because we are police, our duty is to fight crime, just like a forest fire." It is the police themselves who play the most crucial role in crime, and the prisoners are afraid that the police are far better than the law, because it is not the criminal law that hides the code that brings them to justice, but the police, that is, us. ”

This time, the audience did not hesitate, and the thunderous applause resounded in the hall again, and even Mr. Akai on the stage applauded, and I looked at Kudo with my eyes open, and I didn't leave it for a long time.