Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 391 Tired

"No...not guilty?" Morimoto opened his eyes wide in disbelief, his hands trembling slightly, "This... is this true."

"However, Dr. Morimoto, I have to explain to you." Bei Yuan said, "It is one thing for me to think you are innocent legally, but it is another matter which defense strategy is more effective for you. Criminal cases The probability of acquittal is less than five in [-]."

"Although the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that the police, the procuratorate, and the court must restrain each other, the actual criminal procedure process is like an assembly line in a factory. After a criminal case is started, it continues to roll forward. The procuratorate and the court are like a complete assembly line. The standard business on the Internet is generally for the purpose of conclusively determining the guilt of the defendant.”

"In other words." Beiyuan paused for a moment, and then continued, "Once this process is started, even if there were mistakes at the initial point, the procuratorial organs and courts are unwilling and will I don’t want to make corrections. Therefore, even if we try our best in court, what we finally get is still likely to be a cold guilty verdict.”

"Therefore, Dr. Morimoto, we have two options before us. The first is to accept the affidavit of plea and punishment you signed with the Procuratorate before, and to bear 8 years of fixed-term imprisonment. The second is to claim innocence to the court , to overturn the plea affidavit. But the corresponding consequence is that once the defense of innocence fails, the court will impose a heavy sentence."

Morimoto clenched his hands and swallowed.Once the plea of ​​innocence fails, the sentence will be more serious. It is an all-or-nothing wheel of fortune.

Morimoto unconsciously lowered his head, grabbed his hair with both hands, and fell into a difficult thought...

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7 p.m., Room 1306, The Liston Hotel.

With a "click", Bei Yuan pushed the door open, loosened his tie, and threw the briefcase on the table.Following Beiyuan was Miyakawa.The expressions of these two young men were quite tired. After a few days of high-intensity court review, research on case materials, and interviews in the detention center, even hard-nosed people could not stand such exhaustion.

Miyagawa didn't care that this was Beiyuan's room, and fell directly on the bed, squinting his eyes for a while, and Beiyuan also sat on the soft office chair in the room, closing his eyes and resting his mind.Both of them took a short rest, preparing to wait for the next case to be discussed.

Bei Yuan pinched his brows slightly, although he closed his eyes, he couldn't help but continue to think about this case in his mind.This case is really tricky.The dossier materials are huge and complex, involving many enterprises.And the court time is very tight, and the court will start next week.If you really want to plead not guilty, there is no doubt that you will continue to be overloaded with work in the past few days until the trial.

At the beginning, I thought that this case might involve at most the use of funds for certain scientific research projects, but I didn't expect it to involve such a wide range of subjects.

It was only after reviewing the papers that I realized that the Faculty of Engineering of Kyoto University, which implements the joint strategy of industry and research, has such a close relationship with the enterprise.

In this way, it will be even more headache.

If Morimoto is found not guilty, then this means that the prosecutor's office needs to catch a new scapegoat.

Then it is bound to set off a storm of rectification of the Faculty of Engineering of Kyoto University.Considering Ogawara's intricate forces, it is unknown how many secret relationships will be exposed.

Morimoto's innocence is not just a simple criminal verdict of innocence, but complex university interests will also be involved behind it.It is conceivable that in this case, Kyoto University must want to push all the irregularities in the industry-research joint ventures related to the Ministry of Engineering to Morimoto's head.Therefore, the university was very active in introducing lawyers to Morimoto before.

In this way, it is time to start a war with Kyoto University.

Beiyuan rested for a while, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw that Miyakawa had sat up, shaking out a stack of documents on the desktop.

Miyagawa rubbed his sleepy eyes, and said, "Beihara. What do you think of the presiding judge of this case? The judge presiding over Morimoto's case this time is Shinsuke Sakuma. Judge Sakuma is a criminal law majoring monk from Kyoto University." After graduating, he passed the civil service selection examination and directly entered the Second Criminal Division of the Sakyo District Magistrate as a judge."

Miyagawa looked at Sakuma's brief resume and said, "Judge Sakuma is very young at present, and has only served as a judge for less than two years. There is too little information about the chief referee of this case."

"However, I really didn't expect..." Miyagawa curled his lips, "The judge assigned this time is a student who graduated from Kyoto University. How many students from Kyoto University have been recruited by the Sakyo District Magistrate. Cases like this, Kyoto A judge with a university background is definitely another factor that is even more unfavorable to us."

Kitahara thought for a while, leaned back on the chair, and said, "The most unfavorable factor for us is not that the chief referee graduated from Kyoto University, but that he is very young. In criminal trials, there is such a trend. Then It’s just that younger judges often hand down heavier sentences than older judges.”

"In addition to some vicious crimes, in some criminal cases, the defendant finally chooses to commit a crime, and there are often very complicated social factors. Judges who are too young and lack corresponding social experience often cannot understand the difficulties behind them, so they are more They tend to impose relatively heavy penalties in accordance with the law."

Hearing Kitahara's words, Miyagawa's crescent eyebrows drooped, and then he sighed helplessly: "Dr. Morimoto hasn't made a decision yet. If he really decides to defend his innocence, we will definitely do it thoroughly." Annoy the prosecutor. At that time, the scene will be even more difficult to deal with."

Miyakawa unscrewed the mineral water, took a sip, and continued, "The court also received the affidavit of plea signed by Morimoto. Judge Sakuma must have made preparations for a speedy judgment in this case. The guilty plea, in addition to irritating the prosecutor, might even irritate the judge."

Kitahara nodded, expressing his agreement with Miyagawa's words.The defense of innocence is the most difficult case in criminal cases.If it is not handled carefully, it may even lead to a deadlock in the relationship with the powerful judicial organs present.If this kind of situation really happens... No, or this kind of situation will almost definitely happen, then how to deal with this kind of relationship is another difficult problem to solve.

This is the state of criminal justice.

It's easy to catch an innocent person.

However, it is more difficult than going to heaven to release an innocent person.

The two lawyers in the guest room each looked at the documents in their hands, and fell into a wordless silence.The tremendous pressure of defending innocence is also tormenting the mentality of these two young people...

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While Kitahara and Miyagawa continued to discuss the case, two taxis drove up from the downstairs of the Liston Hotel and slowly stopped at the entrance of the lobby.

In the leading taxi, a dusty woman got off. She looked like she was in her 30s, and she perfectly combined the maturity and charm of a woman.When the woman came to the hotel, she didn't immediately step into the lobby, but took out a pack of cigarettes, lit a fire, stood outside the hotel, and smoked.

This woman is the former Fourth Bureau of the General Bureau of Accounting and Inspectorate, Yuki Fengzi, the chief investigator, who was seconded by the Academic Promotion Committee to audit the allocation of scientific research funds at Kyoto University.

Yuki spit out a mouthful of white mist, turned to look at the subordinate next to him, and asked, "Is the defense lawyer of Morimoto living in this hotel?"

"Yes," replied an auditor, "in room 1306."

(End of this chapter)