Chapter 914: Case
The interesting case that Song Tingchuan said was a real case that happened in Taipei two years ago.
Zheng Jie, a 21-year-old college student, was sentenced to death after randomly slashing people at the Jiangzicui station of the Taipei MRT, killing four people and injuring 21 people.
At the beginning of this year, a 4-year-old girl "Little Light Bulb" was cut to the ground by a man with a kitchen knife on the streets of Taipei, and "Little Light Bulb" died on the spot, but the defendant was exempted from the death penalty due to "mental illness".
In public opinion, many people do not agree with such a sentence.
Some people compare the two cases, the same indiscriminate crime, the victim and the suspect do not have any grudges, the former was sentenced to death, but the latter was exempted, the public, the media, all expressed their disagreement with this verdict.
However, it is interesting that the mother of the victim, "Little Light Bulb", has publicly expressed her position not to support the death penalty.
The mother of the "little bulb" has only one problem
He died, and then what
Her daughter won't be coming back.
Zheng Jie's case is in front, but is Zheng Jie's death over?
Yes, the carnival of media and public opinion came to an end, and everyone felt happy.
But two years later, those who were behind the screen tapping on the keyboard and shouting frantically that he should be executed, who took care of and comforted the victim's family, did this kind of case end because of Zheng Jie's death?
If it had been terminated, how could her daughter have died now?
The media has tried their best to exaggerate the tragic situation of her daughter, but no media has ever spoken out to discuss the reasons for such cases and how everyone can prevent similar cases from happening in the future
Netizens stood on the moral high ground, thinking that they were righteously helping her speak out and demanding the death penalty for the suspect, but no one ever thought about why the law would rule out the law this way is to exonerate criminals, the law is to protect human rights and maintain fairness.
But these seem to have become a joke in front of angry netizens, they don't want the so-called fairness, they don't want the so-called rule of law, they just want to calm their anger and meet their demands for justice, but is the justice in their minds really justice?
Many netizens went to the families of criminals for this reason, thinking that they raised such criminals to be family members, so they began to carry out cyberviolence, the family received all kinds of threats and intimidation messages every day, the parents of criminals were chased and beaten by people, and their younger siblings were dropped out of school, as if they were the families of criminals, they deserved to pay for the mistakes of criminals.
The victim unknowingly became the perpetrator, but never thought that the family might be innocent.
The legal aid lawyer who helped defend the convict was also condemned by netizens for his ruthless aiding and abetting, but no one ever thought that it was just his duty as a lawyer.
Song Tingchuan's mentor analyzed the case from various angles, and finally gave them a series of questions.
Where is the bottom line of news reporting, whether the media is pursuing the truth or fueling the fire
Whether mentally ill persons should be isolated when they commit crimes, and whether their sentences should be commuted when they commit crimes
Whether criminals have human rights to treat their families, and whether they should be empathetic and considerate
Why did a group of innocent people cause a tragedy for a whole society?
What exactly is good, what is evil, what is good, what is bad, what is right, and what is evil
Is there really an accurate definition of these?