Chapter X: Judgment
Isaac sat in the judge's seat, stared solemnly at the crowd below, knocked on the table with a mallet, and solemnly announced, "The trial begins." General Longfellow www.biquge.info, you have brought a complaint against King Bryan for his wartime indiscipline before the Courts, please state your reasons. ”
Longfellow stood up, bowed to Isaac, and said, "As we all know, in this war against the orcs, I was the highest commander of the battlefield. This means that everyone on the battlefield must obey my commands, including the King. Out of concern for the king's safety and for the stability of the kingdom, I did not agree with Mr. Brian personally participating in the battle, but he did not follow the command and acted on his own with the Grand Sect Master, Mr. Cumberland. As a general, I personally believe that he has seriously violated battlefield discipline, so I filed a petition and asked the chief justice to make a ruling. ”
Isaac turned his head to Brian, "Your Excellency, is what General Longfellow said true?"
"Truly, I confess that I did commit a serious violation of the discipline of war and acted on my own initiative. "At that time, I was anxious, worried about my wife's safety, and I didn't want this war to continue, so I wanted to try and solve the problem with my own way." ”
"Your Majesty, your mood and the situation at the time do not change the fact that you have violated discipline, and we do not take these factors into account when determining whether or not you have committed a crime. The Chief Justice said.
"I disagree, Your Honor, may I defend Mr. Brian?" said Cumberland, standing up.
"Yes, you are one of the parties after all. ”
"Your Excellency, although it is a fact that I have violated discipline with Mr. Brian. "But then, we saved the queen, routed the bear-man army to the northeast, and then crossed the river and infiltrated the enemy's interior, and after negotiation, prevented the war from escalating further." I think that Mr. Bryan, although he did something wrong, has an indelible and important effect on the consequences of doing so, shouldn't you consider it as appropriate to offset the merits and demerits to make the final decision?"
"Do you think so, Your Majesty?" asked Brian again.
Brian said: "My mouth, no Grand Sect Master will say, but I feel that such a ruling seems more reasonable." ”
Isaac slapped the table angrily and said: "In the face of serious laws, there is no reason to speak of, if everything is considered at the discretion, then the words that fall on the code will lose its fundamental meaning, as a judge, how can I judge the final result, is it like buying vegetables in the vegetable market, bargaining with you?"
"But don't you think this system is too rigid?"
"Only by being rigid can we reflect the justice and solemnity of the law!"
"I don't think so, indeed, it is written in the code that the murderer should be hanged, but it should also be considered from the perspective of the murderer, why he killed, out of helplessness or unintentional mistake, and then sentenced in light of the actual situation, is the real fairness and justice. "Cumberland Drive.
"Well said, I agree with the archbishop. A member of the public who was watching shouted.
"No noise, courtroom, please be solemn!" Isaac knocked on the table again in anger, "I want to hear the bishop's opinion, under what circumstances should a murderer not be put to death?"
"For example, if you give a wife a life example, her husband is very hot-tempered and always beats her, and one day she can't be in pain, and finally decides to resist, but in the process of fighting, unfortunately kills her husband, do you think the wife should be sentenced to death?" asked Cumberland rhetorically.
"Although the wife is pitiful and worthy of sympathy, it is a fact that she kills, and we have no legal basis for relieving her guilt. Isaac softened a little.
This shows that our current judicial system is very unreasonable. "Now, it is the king who is being prosecuted, and he is a big man, so a public trial has been held for him, and I have the opportunity to defend him, but if he is a soldier, I am afraid that he will not have such an opportunity, and he will not even have the power to justify, so he will be sentenced directly, right?"
"That's generally the case. Isaac said.
"There is another situation, that is, the person's eloquence is not good, he can't talk eloquently like me, he can't defend himself smoothly, he has grievances but can't say it, should he be sentenced more heavily because he can't speak?"
"Mr. Archbishop, it seems that you have come prepared today, not to defend you and the King, but to defend the current system of justice, right?"
"Yes, I just hope that the Grand Court can reduce the number of wrongful trials, treat the indicted from the perspective of care, even if he commits a heinous crime, we will care for him and give him a chance to defend himself!"
The audience all stood up and applauded Cumberland, and they shouted, "Lord King is not guilty, not guilty!"
"This is the voice of the people, the justices, who may not know the law, but who have made the right judgment, and who have read the law and come to a conclusion that is contrary. Perhaps, even the prosecutors don't want to punish Lord Brian. "Cumberland Drive.
"Yes, Mr. Longfellow, you also think that the King is not guilty?"
Longfellow shook his head and said: "No, he is guilty, he disrupted my deployment, disobeyed my orders, as a soldier, I cannot accept his behavior, in duty, I take him to court." However, he is more meritorious, he not only rescued us, but also rescued the orcs, he let this battle, lose 100,000 lives, so I don't want to give him any punishment. ”
"However, since you have sued him, we can only sentence him according to the provisions of the Code, and I can find no basis for mitigating his guilt. Isaac was helpless.
"That's your thing. Longfellow shrugged.
"The king is not guilty, the king is not guilty!" shouted louder from the auditorium.
"Is it okay for me to say a few words, speaking as a king, not as a warlord. "Obviously, our code is just a dead book, it only formulates the methods of adjudicating various criminal acts, but does not take into account some special reasons and specific circumstances, and when these circumstances occur, the code and the court appear powerless, which shows that such a court system really needs to be improved." I agree with Mr. Archbishop's suggestion that every person on trial should have a chance to be heard, and that the voice of the people should be taken into account, and on that basis, Mr. Chancellor, how about you think of a more perfect system to replace the current one?"
"Since the King has said so, of course I will seriously consider it, and I think it is better to ask all the people for advice, let them all come up with ideas, and then we can come up with the most reasonable method?" Isaac
"Very well, I agree with you. ”
"I adjourn the trial, His Majesty, until the new system is promulgated, and then re-judge. Isaac raised his gavel and struck it three times in succession.
Brian and Cumberland glanced at each other and smiled, everyone knew that this good drama from top to bottom was well played, and there was only one purpose, that is, to make the stubborn and old-fashioned Isaac change his attitude and completely change the court system.