If you were asked to file a lawsuit, how come you were not found guilty?

Chapter 211 What’s the fuss about? When the court is your vegetable market?

After entering the detention center with Ren Zhen, Chang Jiahang couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Once again, he truly felt what Ren Zhen said, that bad luck only picks up misfortunes.

Duan Baiyun has lived in that small village all his life. The first time he set foot in the city was because his only daughter was about to go to court.

How sad.

The life of Yu Jiaming's family is not easy, but other Yu Jiaming and his wife have a fairly stable source of income.

But Duan Baiyun has nothing but his daughter.

"Hello, Wang Ziying, my name is Ren Zhen. If you have no objections, I will act as your defense lawyer."

Wang Ziying was wearing prison uniform and her hair was slightly disheveled, but her young and delicate face could still be seen.

"Hello, lawyer, I have no objection."

The detention center had informed her that the legal aid center would send a lawyer, so she didn't have too many surprises.

"Have you met my mother? How is she now?"

After a brief hello, Wang Ziying almost couldn't wait to ask.

"Your mother is just outside the detention center. I just saw her before I came in."

Ren Zhen hesitated for a moment and then said it: "She is staying with the staff of the legal aid center, so she should be in good health."

Ren Zhen looked at Chang Jiahang, and Chang Jiahang nodded quickly: "Very good, very good. The old man told me just now that many people in the village have been taking turns to see her recently. The neighbors basically call her to come over for dinner every day. Now even You don’t even have to cook the food yourself.”

"That's good, that's good"

Wang Ziying nodded dully, turned her head to one side, and hid the tears in her eyes.

"Then let's have a brief chat first, shall we?"

Ren Zhen was the first to speak. When he came in just now, he confirmed with the staff at the detention center that Wang Ziying's case has now been sent to the public prosecution agency. If nothing else happens, it will be sent to the court soon.

This case initially sounds like self-defense is indeed possible.

He hasn't had time to read the file materials yet, but since he's already here anyway, he might as well meet with Wang Ziying first to confirm what happened on the day of the crime.

"Not long after I left the unit that day, Zhang Minggang suddenly appeared from the roadside."

It was obviously not the first time that Wang Ziying described the incident, and she was already very skilled:

"When he came up, he asked me to have a drink with him. I smelled alcohol on him and knew he was drunk. I was too lazy to tell him more, so I just said I had something to do today and would wait until the next opportunity to talk."

"Wait, you guys know each other?"

Ren Zhen just opened his notebook and asked.

"I've seen him. He doesn't work all day long, just wandering between two villages. He has a meal at one house and a drink at that house. No one in the village doesn't know him."

Even though the person was dead, when Zhang Minggang was mentioned, Wang Ziying could not hide the disgust in her voice:

"He was hanging around the door of our unit for a few days. When he saw a young girl, he said he wanted to invite her out for a drink. I had been stopped by him several times before, but they were always at the door of the unit, and he never did anything out of the ordinary. "

"Um"

Ren Zhen nodded and signaled Wang Ziying to continue.

"But he didn't mean to give up. He grabbed my sleeve and pulled me back. Then he wanted to touch me and touch me."

Wang Ziying subconsciously looked at her chest and bit her lip:

"I didn't expect him to be so bold, so I resisted with all my strength, but he was too strong and I couldn't get away.

He kept scolding me, saying that the more I struggled, the more excited he became, and that he would beat me to death if I resisted.

I started to get a little scared."

After coming out of the detention center, Chang Jiahang couldn't help but cursed: "You deserve to be hit by this!"

"really."

Ren Zhen rarely said that whether he should die or not should be decided by the law, because he saw Duan Baiyun in a daze on the bench in the distance at a glance.

"I think this case is self-defense!"

Chang Jiahang was categorical.

"I think you're right."

Ren Zhen nodded.

"Eh?"

Chang Jiahang was stunned: "Real or false?"

"fake!"

Ren Zhen rolled his eyes: "I haven't read the file yet, so don't be so hasty in drawing conclusions."

"Sure enough, this is Ren Lu."

Chang Jiahang muttered and followed Ren Zhen towards Duan Baiyun.

Ren Zhen fell silent when he learned that Duan Baiyun and Wei Shuangyan lived in a small hotel that didn't even have air conditioning.

"Isn't this to save money? It only costs ten yuan per person a day."

Wei Shuangyan smiled awkwardly. Her mission was originally to accompany Duan Baiyun to see Ren Zhen. That amount of money was almost equivalent to no funds, which was not enough to support them in living in a better place.

Finding a nearby ATM, Ren Zhen withdrew 500 yuan and handed it to Wei Shuangyan.

"We can't take this, we can't take it, Yanzi, lawyer Ren, take it back as soon as possible. You have already done a great help by being my daughter's lawyer. How can I ask for your money? Yanzi, give it back to me as soon as possible."

Although Duan Baiyun has bad eyesight, she is not blind, and she repeatedly asked Wei Shuangyan to return the money to Ren Zhen.

"Auntie is getting old now, so it's better to find a better place to stay for one night."

Seeing that it was getting dark, Ren Zhen shook his head and asked Wei Shuangyan to accept it: "It's already a bit cold, and the old man is too frozen to row.

You can go back tomorrow. This matter won't be over in three or two days. I'll call you when the court is in session, so you don't have to stay here all the time. "

Turning to Duan Baiyun again, Ren Zhen shouted: "Auntie, go home and eat well and sleep well. Leave this matter to me!"

"Hey, okay, okay, I'll leave it to you. Thank you so much, Lawyer Ren."

Duan Baiyun's tone didn't change much, but his tears couldn't stop flowing.

After meeting the prosecutor in charge of Wang Ziying's case, the prosecutor poured cold water on them with a sympathetic look:

"We have decided to prosecute this case."

"What? Isn't this self-defense obvious?"

Ren Zhen silently looked through the files brought by the prosecutor's assistant, and Chang Jiahang expressed his dissent.

Yuan Youming spread his hands helplessly: "I don't have any say in this. The decision-making power lies in the hands of the prosecutor. I am just an assistant."

"Where's the prosecutor, can you let us meet?"

Yuan Youming shook his head: "The prosecutor in charge of this case is on a business trip today and is not in the hospital.

But it's useless even if you meet him. We discussed this case after we got it, and he didn't think it constituted legitimate defense. "

"What's the reason?"

Ren Zhen finally put down the file and asked.

"I can't tell you this. You will know when you read the indictment."

Yuan Youming stuck out his tongue and expressed that he was helpless. “Okay, we get it, thank you.”

Ren Zhen stood up and said, "Please help us make a copy of the file."

"Yes."

Yuan Youming did not refuse and walked to the printer with the dossier.

Amidst the dull sound of the machine, Yuan Youming turned around and looked around, then suddenly came closer and whispered:

“The deceased’s family was in quite a quarrel, and we were under a lot of pressure.

You should discuss with the defendant's family. If you can provide some money to let the deceased's family calm down, the sentence will probably be much lighter.

After all, in this case, the deceased was at fault first. If the family of the deceased can be asked to issue a letter of understanding, the judge will definitely take it into consideration. "

Coming out of the Public Prosecution Court, Chang Jiahang looked depressed: "Who doesn't want to get forgiveness? The problem is, how can Wang Ziying's family have the money to compensate? It doesn't hurt to stand and talk!"

"I just wanted to remind you that you are complaining to the wrong person."

Ren Zhen stretched out his hand to take a taxi while thinking back: "We must think this case is self-defense, but if we look at it from the perspective of the prosecutor and insist on finding fault, there are actually several places where we can start.

The law enforcement agency sends the case to the Public Prosecution Court, which either returns the case or initiates a public prosecution.

Now that the prosecutor has discovered the possibility that self-defense was not established in the case, and the family members of the deceased are making trouble, it is understandable that the two aspects are taken together, and it is actually understandable that the case will be prosecuted. "

"I don't understand."

Chang Jiahang disagreed: "Family members can just make trouble and take the case to court whenever they feel pressure. Isn't this too irresponsible? Can you stick to your own judgment?"

"I told you, there is still a possibility that self-defense may not be established."

As soon as Chang Jiahang became so stunned, Ren Zhen felt a little helpless: "Let's go back and study it carefully. Whether Wang Ziying can provide for her mother until her death is in our hands."

Wang Ziying is only twenty-nine years old this year, and Duan Baiyun is actually not that old, but after years of hard work, her physical condition is visibly poor.

If Wang Ziying really goes in this time, Duan Baiyun may not be able to wait for her to come out.

"Ren Lu, how about we ask the media for help and expose it for a while?"

Thinking of the public opinion issue Zhu Jianfei had raised in an interview, Chang Jiahang had a sudden idea.

The successful outcome of Shi Hao's case and Hu Jitu's case has a lot to do with the exposure of the case.

"What's the exposure?"

Ren Zhen flatly refused: "In the past, there was really no way to break the situation through this method.

This case has not reached that point yet, so why use this method? "

“The deceased’s family can make a fuss to put pressure on the public prosecution agency, why can’t we use the media to expose it?

If the attention increases, the court will come."

Before Chang Jiahang finished speaking, he saw Ren Zhen's face darken and his voice gradually became quieter.

"Using public opinion to influence the judiciary is inherently a matter of mixed benefits and disadvantages. As a lawyer, what you have to do is to use your professional abilities to fight for the interests of the client based on facts and evidence."

Ren Zhen's tone sounded unfriendly: "If people learn about this case through other channels and form public opinion and have an impact on this case, then we have nothing to do with it.

But as a lawyer, if you think of using this method every time you encounter a case, will there be any consequences? "

Chang Jiahang was silent.

"For yourself, the more often you rely on external forces, the more you will ignore the case itself. This is not what a legal person should do."

Ren Zhen was silent for a while, feeling that he still had to make the seriousness of this matter clear:

“For society, if every case has to be told to the media and to the public, sooner or later people’s attention to justice will tire.

In the long run, the role of public opinion in supervising the judiciary will only become smaller and smaller.

What was originally a mixed bag of advantages and disadvantages will eventually turn out to be more harmful than beneficial, until it becomes a mixed bag of disadvantages and no benefits.

It may not matter to me personally, as long as I do a good job on the case in my hand, but is this really what a lawyer should do? "

Ren Zhen's words that night left an indelible mark on Chang Jiahang's heart.

Sure enough, the case was transferred to the court, and the court date was quickly confirmed.

On the court day, accompanied by Wei Shuangyan, Duan Baiyun came to the H City Intermediate Court.

At the door of the court, a middle-aged couple who looked to be in their fifties were already waiting for the door to open. As soon as they saw Duan Baiyun, they rushed forward in a few steps.

"Duan, your daughter killed my son, you are not going to be responsible, are you?"

The shaved man had a hoarse voice and yelled at Duan Baiyun viciously.

Chang Jiahang turned around and blocked Duan Baiyun and Wei Shuangyan.

"Responsible, why should I be responsible?"

Duan Baiyun couldn't see clearly who the man was, but he could tell from the voice that the man speaking was Zhang Minggang's father, Zhang Jiaping.

Duan Baiyun trembled and pointed his finger in the direction of Zhang Jiaping, "Your son bullied my daughter, and I haven't settled the score with you yet. Are you embarrassed to hold us responsible?

I'm responsible for your spicy ****! "

It was obviously not the first time they met. Even Duan Baiyun could curse her in a telegram. I guess Zhang Jiaping often went to her house to cause trouble in private.

"Okay, it makes sense to you that your daughter is a murderer, right? You are such an old man, no wonder you gave birth to such a bitch. Neither of you are a good thing!"

Yang Shuzhen on the side became angry when she saw her husband being scolded.

"Your family is not a good thing!"

Duan Baiyun's lips trembled in anger, and his stooped waist even straightened a bit, as if he was trying to reach the same level as them.

"I'm telling you, if you don't come up with one or two hundred thousand to compensate us, I will sue you to death!

I will make your daughter pay for it with her life! "

Zhang Jiaping's dark face turned red at this moment. It was hard to imagine how such a grown man could behave like a shrew.

"And you, lawyers, right? You even dare to earn the money of a murderer? You really are not afraid of giving birth to a son without an asshole!"

Yang Shuzhen looked at Ren Zhen and Chang Jiahang, then realized something, and then looked at Duan Baiyun:

“Okay, okay, you have money to hire a lawyer, but you don’t have money to compensate us, right?

I finally see you, you old guy, we are not”

"Why are you making such a fuss! Do you think this is your vegetable market?!"

An angry shout came from not far away, and the entire corridor fell silent.

The uniformed clerk glared at the Zhang couple, walked over with a bang, took out the key and opened the court door.

"Come in, everyone, and be quiet!"

Before anyone could speak again, the clerk who looked very unpleasant yelled again.

Zhang Jiaping and Yang Shuzhen shrank their necks at the same time and followed the clerk into the court obediently.

"Who is it?"

Wei Shuangyan cursed in a low voice. It was also the first time for her to see Zhang Jiaping and his wife. She didn't know that there would be two such tasks.

"Aunt Duan, slow down, there is a step ahead."

He helped Duan Baiyun sit down in the auditorium, and not long after, Wang Ziying was brought in.

(End of this chapter)