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

Chapter 238 Does this judge not understand the law?

There was no verdict in the case, but it was considered a satisfactory outcome.

The subsequent handling requires cooperation between Zhang C and the Jianming Law Enforcement Bureau to withdraw the prosecution and change the name. A lawyer is no longer needed.

So Ren Zhen and Chang Jiahang got on the plane back to H City.

"Ren Lu, there are many people @you on your account."

The plane hadn't taken off yet. After sitting down, Chang Jiahang opened the small station and saw the 99+ message reminder.

Ren Zhen was not very interested in the Internet, so he handed over his small website account to Chang Jiahang for operation.

Although it is said to be an operation, in fact, he only occasionally replies to netizens' private messages to see if anyone needs legal services, and appropriately expands the sources of cases online.

"Isn't this a normal thing? My obsessive-compulsive disorder can't stand seeing these red dots every day, so I asked you to deal with it. If I did it myself, I would definitely not give up until I saw the red dots. But where am I? With so much time, I still have to work on cases to support both of us."

Ren Zhen didn't even turn his head.

"You said this as if you were taking care of me."

Chang Jiahang muttered: "Today is different. I'll just click on a few of them, and they'll all be for you to see one case."

"What case?"

Ren Zhen didn't pay much attention to it. In so many cities across the country, one or two cases that attracted a lot of attention would come out every few days. At this time, many people would go to Ren Zhen's account to express their opinions. , there are also many voices who believe that it was an unjust, false and wrong case that made Ren Zhen come forward.

But you can't trust everything on the Internet. It's natural that Ren Zhen can't do whatever others say.

"It seems to be a case of intentional injury, with a life sentence."

Chang Jiahang had already found the case that netizens were talking about, and probably took a look at it: "Netizens all said it was self-defense, and called on you to bring order to the chaos."

justifiable defense?

Ren Zhen took out his mobile phone: "What case, let me take a look."

Since the two top leaders issued their guiding opinions on legitimate defense, cases in which legitimate defense has been applied have emerged one after another. Ren Zhen often sees people saying that he helped promote the development of the domestic legitimate defense system.

Although Ren Zhen knew that he just caught up with the Liu Chenglong case and was not in a high mood because of it, when he saw a case related to self-defense, he would still subconsciously take a second look.

Not to mention that in the past, the applicable standards for self-defense were relatively strict. Now that the guidelines from the two high authorities have been issued, courts at all levels have begun to become bolder, but there will always be judges who do not keep pace with the times.

If it is true that the judge is still conservative and if there is a chance, then Ren Zhen will naturally be obliged to do so.

Ren Zhen searched for a few keywords, and what came out were basically articles from marketing accounts. He frowned and continued to scroll down.

Regardless of the quality of these articles, the relevant facts are definitely not objective and comprehensive enough. Ren Zhen does not want to be affected by these messy things when he first learns about the facts of the case.

If you really want to thoroughly understand a case, the best way is of course the file materials, but as an outsider, the best way is of course the case judgment.

Before Ren Zhen could find the verdict, the plane was about to take off.

"Let's wait until we get back."

Ren Zhen turned on the airplane mode, put on the eye mask and started to relax.

"Perhaps after you get off the plane, the family members of the person involved will block you at the airport and take you directly back to the court to start the second trial on the spot."

Chang Jiahang also turned off his mobile phone and made a joke.

"I'm overthinking it. There aren't any lawyers locally, so why do you have to come all the way to find me?

You can't just ask me to handle all cases involving self-defense, right? Then I’ll be exhausted and can’t finish it. "

Ren Zhen shook his head.

"This case is in our H City, and you are the most famous criminal defense lawyer in the area."

Chang Jiahang also put on a blindfold: "How about a bet? The family will definitely ask you for a second trial."

As soon as he got off the plane, Ren Zhen's cell phone rang.

"Ren Lu, there is a client here who wants to entrust you to be her son's defense lawyer in the second trial."

When he received the call, Ren Zhen's expression turned strange. He couldn't really let this kid get it right, could he?

Returning to the lawyer, Ren Zhen saw this female client in her forties in the office. Her hair was tied back randomly and she looked very haggard. However, the valuable coat on her body showed that this client had outstanding personality. Economic strength.

"Hello, I'm Ren Zhen."

Ren Zhen asked the customer to sit down at the desk.

"I have finally met you, Lawyer Ren. Just now your colleague couldn't get through to you on the phone. I thought I would miss you today."

As soon as the woman in front of her saw Ren Zhen, her face turned bitter and she was about to cry.

"I was on the plane just now and couldn't receive the call."

Ren Zhen apologized and wiped his sweat at the same time. Those who didn't know thought he had done something to the person involved. Could you please stop crying as soon as it came up?

"Lawyer Ren, I'm here to ask you to defend my son. His case was just judged at the first instance yesterday and he was sentenced to life. Don't you think this will cost the lives of our family?"

At the mention of his son, this client burst into tears.

Chang Jiahang came in with a glass of water, and his eyes lit up when he heard these words.

Put the water on the table and take out your phone.

If I remember correctly, the case I told Ren Lu was the one that was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday. Is it the same one?

While checking, Chang Jiahang winked at Ren Zhen, "What, am I right?"

Seeing Chang Jiahang's appearance, Ren Zhen also knew that he seemed to have misled this guy.

"My name is Cai Meijuan. I opened a company in our city. When the market was good a few years ago, I could be considered a multimillionaire."

After briefly wiping away her tears, Cai Meijuan began to tell her story:

"The situation in the past two years has not been good, and the factory gradually began to lose money. By the year before last, there was really no other way, so I asked someone to borrow some money.

We didn't sign the contract at the beginning, and the monthly interest was agreed to be 10%. After a year, the money we paid back already exceeded the principal, but..."

When he heard that the monthly interest rate was ten percent, Ren Zhen had already started scratching his head.

If you are involved with loan sharking, you will probably end up with nothing good in the end.

"By April this year, they started coming to ask for debts."

When Cai Meijuan said this, Ren Zhen and Chang Jiahang straightened their backs.

The previous ones are all background introduction, and what follows should be the key.

"On the 14th, they went directly to my company, but none of us were there. We only found out about it when the employees called us. At eight or nine o'clock in the evening, my son and I went over to deal with the matter. Yes. Oh, by the way, my son’s name is Zhang Chi.”

Recalling what happened that day, Cai Meijuan's face was obviously painful:

"After we passed, we took the people who wanted the debt to the reception room on the first floor of the office building. My son and two other employees went in with me.

After entering, they, they”

At this point, Cai Meijuan started to choke up and couldn't speak a word anymore.

Ren Zhen didn't urge him, just waited quietly.

After Cai Meijuan calmed down for a long time, she slowly continued to speak.

There were four people collecting the debt. After they entered the reception room, the four people first kicked out the two employees who were following Cai Meijuan and warned them not to meddle in their own business.

The employee originally just followed the boss's instructions and followed Cai Meijuan in to help her strengthen her courage. However, after seeing such a ferocious scene, they left the reception room in despair.

Then the four debt collectors closed the door and took away Cai Meijuan and Zhang Chi's mobile phones.

Du Jinliang, Li Fujun, Yan Zhaosheng, and Guo Tianming were the four people who collected debts that day.

After taking away their mobile phones, the four people first asked them to pay back the money. After a few words of conversation, the words gradually became heated.

Later, Du Jinliang began to intimidate and threaten him, including some dirty words.

They forced Cai Meijuan and Zhang Chi to sit on the sofa. Du Jinliang flicked the cigarette ashes into Cai Meijuan's chest in front of everyone. Although it did not cause any harm to her, it made her feel extremely humiliated.

After discovering that Cai Meijuan's reaction was so intense, Du Jinliang became even more unscrupulous, taking off all the obligations on his lower body and spinning around in front of everyone.

Later, the other three debt collectors couldn't stand it anymore, so they told him to put on his pants.

After Du Jinliang put on his pants, he pulled off Zhang Chi's shoes and forced them to Cai Meijuan's nose to let her smell them.

After being knocked out by Cai Meijuan, the situation instantly became tense.

Du Jinliang slapped Zhang Chi on the face who wanted to resist. Several other people grabbed Cai Meijuan's hair, held down Zhang Chi's shoulders, and pushed him down on the sofa to prevent him from getting up.

At this time, the employees outside the reception room saw the situation inside through the window and quickly called the police.

"Isn't this just a credit offer?!"

Chang Jiahang almost jumped up in anger: "After calling the police, you didn't arrest them all?"

Ren Zhen motioned to him to calm down, and then glanced at Cai Meijuan.

Chang Jiahang didn't have much social experience. After listening to Cai Meijuan's words, he just saw them being bullied, so he was filled with righteous indignation. This is normal.

Ren Zhen does not deny that so far, Cai Meijuan and her son Zhang Chi have always been in the role of victims in Cai Meijuan's narration.

But as mentioned just now, if it is involved with loan sharking, no matter which party it is, there will be some problems.

Listening to Cai Meijuan's description of this kind of debt collection method, full credit, the method seems to be bad, but it is very good in the criminal law.

It is definitely unbearable for the person involved, but even after calling the police, it is often difficult for law enforcement officers to do anything when they come to the scene.

Even if they were given a mild punishment, they would come back in a few days.

This is what these people do for a living. Can you afford it?

Although he hasn't heard the details of what happened yet, Ren Zhen's evaluation of Cai Meijuan has become cautious in his heart.

A female entrepreneur in her forties is worth millions. Ren Zhen believes that she must be capable, but as lawyers, they must be extremely careful not to accidentally fall into a trap and cause themselves more trouble.

"If calling the police would have worked, my son wouldn't have killed anyone!"

Hearing Chang Jiahang say this, Cai Meijuan's eyes suddenly became extremely gloomy, and her tone was full of dissatisfaction with the law enforcement officers:

"The law enforcement officer who came is a woman. She is young. She is probably about the same age as you, Lawyer Ren. She looks very unreliable at first glance!"

Ren Zhen's face turned dark, and Chang Jiahang almost laughed out loud.

What does it mean to be unreliable if you are the same age as me? Or do you think she is unreliable because she is a woman?

You are a woman yourself, right?

Cai Meijuan didn't realize that she was speaking with high emotional intelligence, so she continued:

"The woman came, and she brought two auxiliary police officers with her. As soon as she came in, she said she wanted to know the situation first.

I told my son that these people were beating us, but they didn't take it seriously at all.

Du Jinliang said he was here to collect debts and it was a financial dispute. When the woman heard that, it was obvious that she didn't want to take care of it, so she said not to fight and took the people out.

My son and I also wanted to go out, but the four people immediately stopped us, closed the door, and threatened my son to sit down immediately or else they would kill him."

Then, tragedy happened.

Four debt collectors asked Zhang Chi to sit down. The young and energetic Zhang Chi could no longer bear it and resisted desperately. Du Jinliang and Li Fujun pinched Zhang Chi's neck and pushed him to a corner of the reception room.

Cai Meijuan remembered and called the law enforcement officer to come back to help, while the other two held her down and refused to move.

In the process of pulling Zhang Chi and Du Jinliang, Zhang Chi touched a knife from the table in the reception room and warned Du Jinliang and Li Fujun not to approach. At the same time, he wanted to rush out of the reception room and seek help from law enforcement officers.

But Du Jinliang was not only not afraid of the knife in Zhang Chi's hand, but also walked towards Zhang Chi while mocking and provoking him.

In the chaos, Zhang Chi stabbed him out with a single knife. The scene suddenly became chaotic. The other three debt collectors quickly stepped forward and surrounded Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi swung his knife again and again, stabbing everyone around him, one in the chest, one in the abdomen, and one in the back.

A few minutes later, the law enforcement officer returned to the reception room with the auxiliary police. After being ordered, Zhang Chi handed over the knife and was taken away on the spot.

After the four debt collectors were sent to the hospital, two were seriously injured and one was slightly injured. Du Jinliang, who was stabbed first, failed to be rescued and died in the hospital that night.

The first-instance verdict came out yesterday, finding Zhang Chi guilty of intentional injury and sentenced him to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life, and compensation for the economic losses suffered by the plaintiff in the accompanying civil lawsuit.

"Lawyer Ren, tell me, the four of them used this method to collect debts, insult us, beat us, and illegally detain us. This was in my company, in front of my employees."

Cai Meijuan burst into tears: "Even after calling the police, they dared to be so arrogant in front of law enforcement officers. Do you think it was wrong for my son to stab them?

Did this guy named Du deserve to die? How could the judge convict my son of murder?

And he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Does this judge not understand the law?

Isn't this standard self-defense for my son? "

(End of this chapter)