Who Made Him a Lawyer?-Chapter 70 - 66: Adjournment! Food Safety Offense!?

Chapter 70: Chapter 66: Adjournment! Food Safety Offense!?

Liu Xun was dumbfounded.

He was completely dumbfounded.

All the clever angles he had thought about to handle Xu Liang vanished in this moment.

In their place came the roar in his ears and his mind blanking out.

Zheng Mei signed the letter of forgiveness?

His client forgave the other party!?

In an instant, Liu Xun’s blood pressure rose suddenly, veins popping on his forehead, his face flushed red, staring incredulously at Zheng Mei’s guilty face.

The general hasn’t perished yet, why surrender so soon, Your Majesty!?

"You!"

Liu Xun glared at Zheng Mei, his face livid, wanting to say something but unable to, feeling as if he would explode.

Not just him, everyone else in the courtroom was stunned as well.

"Wait, the prosecution didn’t refute, Zheng Mei truly forgave him!?"

"Damn it, they chopped her son up like pieces and she can still forgive? Is she really his mother!?"

"Wait, I don’t understand, my mind is a bit muddled..."

"Why is this case getting more and more confusing, this can’t be right..."

"....."

Suddenly.

The whole courtroom burst like a boiling kettle, the chatter and noise exceeding anything before.

No wonder, the amount of information was astonishingly overwhelming.

They wrecked their brains but couldn’t comprehend how Zheng Mei forgave Sun Quan.

No, let’s not even mention them.

Even Sun Quan himself didn’t know.

At the defendant’s seat.

Sun Quan was staring blankly at his defense lawyer Xu Liang, several question marks popped up in his mind.

"Order, order!!!"

Zhang Bo, the judge having gone through the forgiveness letter, banged his gavel forcefully.

Sweat dripped from his forehead, his heart growing tense.

Once the courtroom quieted, he held his breath, looking at Zheng Mei.

"Prosecution, may I ask if you personally signed this letter of forgiveness?"

Zheng Mei, facing Liu Xun’s eyes like daggers, stiffened as she stood.

"I signed it myself."

Upon hearing.

Zhang Bo was truly about to lose control, feeling as if his head would split.

But he drew a deep breath, continuing to ask:

"May I ask, when you signed this letter, were you threatened by anyone?"

Zheng Mei said: "No."

"Prosecution, this is the courtroom, there’s no need to worry about anything."

Zhang Bo pursued further.

"If you were coerced, you can confess in court!"

Upon hearing.

Zheng Mei’s face actually showed anger and shame.

"No!"

"I signed this letter of forgiveness voluntarily, I forgive the party for killing Zhou Xu!"

"My son wasn’t a good person, he was a human trafficker, he deserved to die, his death was just, Sun Quan killed him, it was what he deserved!!!"

After these words fell.

Everyone on the scene fell silent, no one expected Zheng Mei would say such a thing.

Liu Xun was speechless.

He closed his eyes. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

It wasn’t that it wasn’t his turn to speak, but... he truly had no solution, the victim’s family said the victim deserved to die, what else could he say!?

Zhang Bo’s mind was in a bit of confusion.

He looked at the furious Zheng Mei, then at the calm-faced Xu Liang.

Finally, he raised the gavel.

"After deliberation by the panel, this trial will be adjourned!!!"

"All parties please leave in an orderly manner."

After speaking.

The judge and the panel members hurriedly rushed out.

He ran.

He had to run, the information was simply too much, making it impossible to judge properly in a short time!

In the courtroom.

For a long time, until the judges left, Xu Liang led Sun Quan out.

When only the despairing Liu Xun was left, everyone finally reacted.

"Damn..."

Li Ye, the cameraman from Langke Media, watched Xu Liang’s departing back with a stupefied expression.

He swallowed, his eyes wide open.

"Old Zhang, what... what’s going on!?"

Zhang Tao was baffled too.

The hatred of killing one’s child!

Such irreconcilable hatred, so atrocious, yet Xu Liang managed to make the other party choose forgiveness...

"No wonder he’s Lawyer Xu!"

When Zhang Tao came back to his senses, he was practically astonished by Xu Liang.

He also became excited.

"Highlight... I knew, Lawyer Xu can always handle some sensational cases!!!"

"There’s a headline for the news this time, let’s go quickly!"

With that said, the two left in haste, carrying their excitement.

...

...

Some are excited, some are worried.

In the courtroom.

Zhang Bo, having left the trial site, along with the judges, couldn’t even bother to eat, urgently seeking the tribunal and various court staff.

When he revealed the whole trial process, everyone was shocked.

"You mean in your case, the prosecution forgave the accused!?"

In the meeting room.

Judge Liu Jian was originally smoking, but froze upon hearing this.

"The biggest issue right now isn’t the forgiveness!"

Zhang Bo sat in the chair, a stressed expression on his face.

He directed his gaze towards the tribunal’s president and vice president.

"It’s how this case should be judged!"

The president and vice president were also at a loss.

"The case’s disputed points are none other than Sui Shan and Zhou Xu being killed."

"The evidence and clues regarding Sui Shan’s self-defense are complete, leaving no angles for rebuttal, undoubtedly not guilty."

The vice president, quite elderly, nearly sixty.

At this time, he was massaging his forehead, deeply troubled, thinking.

"On Zhou Xu’s side..."

Zhang Bo once again spoke to supplement:

"Sun Quan’s intentions and personal affair are muddled, difficult to differentiate, the defense lawyer has also submitted testimony, ready for summoning."

"As it stands, the charge of intentional homicide doesn’t hold, if judged lightly..."

If judged lightly, then killing Sui Shan is self-defense, killing Zhou Xu is acting courageously for a just cause!

If judged to the end, the court might even need to award Sun Quan a few hundred dollars!

Just thinking about it, Zhang Bo felt his scalp tingle.

Killing three people, resulting in the court rewarding...

If judged this way, the entire societal discourse would go into chaos!

"What about manslaughter?"

"And the crime of desecration of a corpse..."

The president spoke, a deep sadness in his eyes.

"This..."

Zhang Bo looked at the president, his face displaying an expression of helplessness.

"The prosecution signed the letter of forgiveness..."

The charge of intentional homicide, generally speaking, wouldn’t be reduced much even if a letter of forgiveness is signed.

But manslaughter and desecration of a corpse are different.

It was mentioned before.

The desecration of a corpse isn’t a particularly serious crime in itself, the response from the victim’s family matters.

Once the family doesn’t press charges, the court can only impose fines and probation.

Manslaughter holds more weight.

But...

"This involves manslaughter for acting courageously for a just cause, and the deceased was a trafficker, abducting over a dozen children..."

The president muttered aloud.

Considering this situation.

Manslaughter must also be lightly judged, plus the letter of forgiveness....

Honestly speaking, if it weren’t for Sui Shan and the others, just killing Zhou Xu alone, Zhang Bo could have ruled self-defense without hesitation.

But killing three people is different, even if it’s all self-defense, they ought to judge something!

Yet, how to judge now, what to judge has become the greatest dilemma.

The whole tribunal exchanged glances.

They looked at each other, speechless, unable to think of any legal precedent.

Judge Liu Jian held back for a long time.

In the end, he couldn’t help but speak.

"How exactly should we judge, please say something!"

"If worse comes to worst, can we rule it as a food safety crime?!"

Food safety crime?

Killed someone, chopped them up and sold them in the market as a food safety crime!?

Liu Jian’s original intention was to push them a bit.

But as soon as his words fell...

The whole tribunal suddenly paused, then unanimously turned to look at Liu Jian.

Liu Jian felt a ’thud’ in his heart.

"No way..."

"Why are you all looking at me!?"