312. Procedural justice vs. consequential justice

Looking at the hesitant look at the crowd, Black Star seemed to have expected it, and continued: "Hesitation is not a bad thing now, of course, it can say such things as self-sacrifice...... Not a bad thing either. ”

"After all, it is always only a very small number of people who can encounter such extreme events, and for the vast majority of other people, things have not happened to them, and they will always be just scratching their boots...... Outsiders, it doesn't matter what they say. ”

"However, if one day, everyone here really encounters such a thing, then you don't have to care about the high-sounding truth that you have said...... When it comes to the line of life and death, no one will accuse you of how inhumane your actions are. ”

"Of course, I also look forward to the day when all people in the world will not have to be completely coerced by the so-called universal values, and it may be a rare thing to be able to make their voices heard in the same political correctness......" Black Star sighed at this last sentence, and then kept silent.

The judge knew that his words had been finished, and although he was a little puzzled by Black Star's final exclamation, he still didn't get too entangled in this aspect and went straight to the next link......

After a heated jury discussion, as well as the verdict of the people involved...... Starting from the Texas District Court, the Thomas murder case, which lasted for nearly twenty days, finally came to an end.

Contrary to what most people think, Thomas was eventually convicted of manslaughter, although the charge was still a little less serious than intentional homicide, but it was still far from the justifiable defense that Thomas was fighting for, and in this case, De Witz actually won.

……

Yan Xiuze walked through the corridor and ran to a lounge, where he slammed the door open.

Whew-

Blackstar was in the room at this time, having just taken off the formal clothes he had worn in the courtroom and changed into his original coat.

And when Yan Xiuze was running in the corridor, he already knew that his target was himself, and at this time, Yan Xiuze broke in, but he didn't even bother to raise his head, just said lightly: "It's not polite to break in when someone is changing clothes, right?" ”

But Yan Xiuze was in no mood to pay attention to Heixing's ridicule at this time, he just stared at him and asked, "What the hell are you doing?" ”

"What the hell?"

"You're almost the same as giving up on the epilogue, what's that?"

"Because I can't win...... I'm not an immortal, how can I win a lawsuit that is almost certain to lose? Moreover, the opponent is still Barrister De Witz who is at the top of the industry...... "Blackstar shrugged his shoulders indifferently, looking at him, it seemed that he was completely devoid of the frustration after losing the lawsuit.

"Then who boasted that Haikou was going to help Thomas defend his innocence? Where is the previous sharp teeth? Yan Xiuze said angrily: "I originally thought that in the end, you would engage in a Jedi counterattack like an earth-shattering reversal...... The result? There is simply no reversal I want to see! ”

"How can there be so many reversals in real life?" Black Star said slowly as he packed up the clothes in his hand, "But...... Isn't the expected reversal also a different kind of 'reversal'? ”

"What kind of is this!" Yan Xiuze scolded: "You know that what I want to know is not this!" ”

"I felt something was wrong from the start...... Since the case emerged, including the power of local media terror in Texas...... and the rapid fermentation of the matter after the trouble reached New York...... The intensity of the unusually loud discussion on the Internet...... And the De Wittz you secretly invited! ”

"By the way, and you will go down in person afterwards and fight in the ring with the lawyer you hired...... In the end, I lost so badly! Isn't that shooting yourself in the foot? ”

"A series of things have happened, how do you look at it, how do you feel weird......" Yan Xiuze frowned and said: "I thought about it, but I didn't understand what kind of goal you want to achieve after doing so many things!" ”

"I told you my purpose a long time ago." Black Star said slowly: "Regarding this case, what matters is not the win or loss after the court debate, but the court debate itself. ”

"The courtroom argument itself?" Yan Xiuze frowned, and carefully thought about the specific meaning of Black Star's words.

"Or to put it another way, the most important thing is actually the national discussion that this courtroom debate has generated." Blackstar further explained, "And I didn't lose too completely! ”

With that, Heixing took out the smartphone he was carrying, swiped the screen, and pointed it at Yan Xiuze.

At this time, Blackstar's mobile phone screen seems to be intercepted from a netizen comment on a social networking site, which is the public opinion on the outcome of Thomas's murder......

The comments captured on the mobile phone screen alone are almost overwhelmingly in favor of Thomas, and many legal people even say that although Thomas does need to be sanctioned legally, they are still very sympathetic to Thomas's plight in terms of personal feelings.

"What do you mean by showing me this?" Yan Xiuze wondered: "Even if public opinion sympathizes with Thomas, there is no way to get him out of prison, right?" ”

"So what if I have the ability to get Thomas out of the New York courthouse as innocent?" Blackstar asked rhetorically, "Without my early publicity, even with Thomas's superpower's identity bonus, this case is just a piece of news that can occupy the headlines of a certain second-floor tabloid for a day." ”

"Actually, I don't care if Thomas will be sent to prison or not." Black Star said lazily: "In the process of defending, De Witz has a sentence that has won my heart, human beings are indeed just higher animals, and they still like to act according to instinct. ”

"Perhaps in the eyes of most ordinary people, since the deceased's car has been checked for firearms and equipment, and it has been confirmed that he is a robber with a strong tendency to attack, then there is no problem with Thomas striking first...... Anyway, the result is good, the bad guy was punished before he had time to do evil, but the brave good guy survived in the end, isn't it a perfect ending? ”

"This is typical result justice, and of course, it is only the 'result justice' of some people."

In his eyes, Myeron was an innocent passer-by before he did anything substantial against Thomas, so Thomas was intentional homicide no matter what the purpose was...... And he only needs to sanction him in accordance with the corresponding laws and regulations, and that's enough...... As for whether he has sympathy for Thomas from a personal emotional point of view, I don't know, and it doesn't matter. ”

"Because he executes what he believes in as 'procedural justice,' that's all that matters