Chapter 663: Chapter 209: Just tell me if this evidence is authentic or not!
Chapter 663: Chapter 209: Just tell me if this evidence is authentic or not!
It’s not that Wen Weilin wants to do anything to Tang Fangjing, after all, he is a judge, so he can’t really go head-to-head with Tang Fangjing in a man-to-man battle, can he?
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though he would definitely get beaten up by Old Tang, with the way Old Tang is right now, he could even fight in an octagonal cage.
And when it really comes down to it, no judge can guarantee that their judgments are without flaws, but this time it’s really different.
Even now, despite the case having been overturned, Wen Weilin still feels aggrieved; he still believes that so-called “redress” by Tang Fangjing is just him flaunting his fame.
Just like he said to the leadership before, why were the past rulings fine and his this time is not?
Just ask any lawyer and they’ll know what the situation with self-defense is, it’s always been .
So isn’t it all about Tang Fangjing’s fame?
The public meddling with the judiciary, all those people online singing praises; they don’t even know what’s there to praise.
“Now it’s really the era of internet celebrities; I want to see how far this Tang Fangjing can go!” Wen Weilin muttered as he spoke to another colleague in the office.
“It’s only because I haven’t encountered him; otherwise, I would definitely have a good talk with him.”
The colleague at his side didn’t say much, clearly seeing that Wen Weilin was very disgruntled and naturally did not want to add fuel to the fire.
Meanwhile, in the case registration office at Changlv County Court, several staff members weren’t very busy, some were chatting casually, as the Changlv County Court doesn’t have many cases.
Many people say that the grassroots are busy, and it’s true; they are the busiest, and many grassroots courts are also swamped with work.
However, in some economically backward counties, the number of cases handled by courts is not so high, especially in the past years, when colleagues from the courts in The Capital and Magic City were working themselves bald, while judges in some county courts were mostly busy with work outside of law.
To find out whether the local court judges are busy or not is quite simple; look at the work reports made by the local court for the people’s congress to see how many cases they handle a year, and compare it with how many quota Judges have, that will give you an idea.
The staff members were naturally still talking about this case since it was a significant event for Changlv County Court recently.
Although the compensation for wrongful convictions is paid by the appellate court, it doesn’t mean that the court that issued the original verdict is off the hook; this year’s evaluation is definitely going to be unfavorable.
When it comes to who should bear the responsibility for a wrongful conviction, a case-by-case analysis is required.
There have been cases before where the judge at the first trial didn’t properly scrutinize the key evidence; even though the case was discussed by the court’s judicial committee, reported to the higher court for instructions, and the original judgement was upheld in the second trial, in the end, the judge was still convicted of dereliction of duty.
If we’re to be fair, the first trial judge, second trial judge, and even the judicial committee of the court should bear responsibility, so why was only that one judge convicted?
Her procedures were faultless; she reported to the judicial committee and sought instructions from the higher court and strictly followed the instructions for the judgment—it can be said she did it perfectly.
But, the judgment clearly stated that there were contradictions in the evidence used for conviction, yet this judge failed to spot them during the trial.
The suspect’s defense attorney also pointed out this issue, but for some reason, they didn’t listen at all.
And the key point was that when she reported to the higher authorities, she stated that the case had clear facts with sufficient evidence…
thus in the end, she was sentenced to one year and nine months for dereliction of duty.
“To think this case could be turned over, I remember that there was almost no controversy over this case before,” a staff member commented.
The person nearby nodded, indeed there was no controversy with this case before; setting aside the forced demolition, if you buy a knife in advance and stab someone on the spot, that is a crime, pure and simple.
If today you dare to stab someone after encountering a forced demolition, it’s frightening to think what you would dare do tomorrow…
There are many such cases; during forced demolitions, a lot of people lose their temper and take action, very few would think it’s self-defense.
As some legal experts say, even if the other party’s demolition actions are unreasonable or illegally forced, you still can’t take matters into your own hands.
Another staff member chimed in, “What’s so strange about that?
The lawyer for this case is Tang Fangjing, a big internet celebrity.
With such high public attention, is it so surprising to see this result?”
The other staff member shook their head, “Regardless, even if Lawyer Tang is amazing, it has nothing to do with us.
It’s a headache for the criminal court to deal with, not our problem…”
The few of them laughed at this comment when, at that moment, they saw a person walk through the front door, dressed casually but carrying a large briefcase, with a pale face.
The staff member who had just remarked it wasn’t their headache straightened up, looking at the person who had come in and said, “What are you here for?”
The person who had walked in was none other than Old Tang, who smiled and said, “Comrade, hello, I am Lawyer Tang Fangjing from Jingzhou Tengda Law Firm, I would like to file a criminal self-prosecution case.”
In fact, it had been unnecessary to confront Ding Deshui before; verbal sparring, even if you win, doesn’t help much, it only serves to further irritate the other party, it’s somewhat idiotic.