In the study, sitting opposite Lu Ming was Liu He, Deputy Director of the Supreme Procuratorate and also the leader of this special case team. In addition, there was Wang Xiaohu, a member of the special case team, who was the Director of the Criminal Prosecution Department of the Beiheishanbao District Procuratorate of the Supreme Procuratorate of the Republic.
Wang Xiaohu is an old acquaintance of Lu Ming. He was Lu Ming's little follower when he was in the Donghai Procuratorate. At that time, he admired Lu Ming very much.
Now he is introduced from the East China Sea as an elite talent and appointed as the head of the criminal prosecution department of the North Montenegro Prosecutor's Office, the most important regional prosecutor's office in the Republic.
The Supreme Prosecutor's Office also has a Criminal Prosecution Center, but its main focus is on research on criminal prosecution topics and interpretation of relevant laws and regulations.
The Supreme Procuratorate will not directly prosecute cases as the main body, and the specific cases are handled by the regional procuratorates.
For example, in the case of Kanjiazhuang, although the Deputy Director of the Supreme Procuratorate served as the leader of the joint special case team, if the relevant criminal suspects were to be prosecuted, it was handed over to the Beiheishanbao District Procuratorate, specifically the Criminal Prosecution Department of the Beiheishanbao District Procuratorate for investigation.
Nowadays, it is mainly Wang Xiaohu who reports to Lu Ming.
In this case, Wang Xiaohu led a team to investigate and visit almost all the villagers in Kanjiazhuang. They basically believed that it was true that the deceased Commissioner Li Fengshun raped a woman in the village and shot the woman's husband. However, it was difficult to explain the details of what exactly happened between Kan Xuewu and other villagers and Li Fengshun.
There are many possibilities. Perhaps, as Kan Xuewu and others said, the gun went off accidentally during the fight with Li Fengshun, killing Li Fengshun.
But the possibility of several people snatching guns and killing people cannot be ruled out.
In other words, the litigation department’s opinion was that they should continue with the investigation and release several people for the time being.
Lu Ming listened but said nothing.
After a while, seeing that Liu He didn't seem to have any objections, Lu Ming was a little surprised and asked him, "You agreed to release them, why don't you sue them for conspiracy to murder?"
Liu He hesitated and said, "I thought so at first, but Minister Xiaohu convinced me. First, if the truth is really what they said, and it was just an accidental discharge of the gun? Then, it would be difficult to convict them. A better lawyer could also argue that it was self-defense. Second, even if they killed Commissioner Li Fengshun together..."
Lu Ming waved his hand, "What commissioner? Although he is dead, his status as commissioner of the anti-corruption program will be revoked, and his pension and other things will naturally be gone."
Liu He nodded slightly and continued: "The second point is, even if they conspired to murder Li Fengshun, if the entire case is not clear, and they meet a particularly powerful lawyer, if..." After a cough, Liu He did not dare to continue, but Wang Xiaohu's face showed longing.
Lu Ming then understood that Xiaohu must be using himself and Liu He as examples.
Liu He continued, "If they had met a very skilled lawyer, then there is a high chance that they would have been acquitted. I personally think that Minister Xiaohu is right. We cannot be careless in handling cases just because the defense has no lawyer or the lawyer is not skilled enough."
Lu Ming nodded: "Okay, then you guys continue, I'm leaving tomorrow and going to Northern Xinjiang."
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After Liu He and Wang Xiaohu left, Lu Ming was in a good mood. Although it seemed like an obvious case, the prosecutors were restrained. Ordinary people would definitely think that this prosecution was too aggrieved and it was easy to let the criminals go. Where was the authority of the state organs? Where was the efficiency of solving cases
But Lu Ming was in a good mood and picked up the file to read.
If the prosecution charges several people with conspiracy to murder Li Fengshun, how would I fight back
In fact, if a jury is set up in Anshan, it will be very difficult to win, and most people will be found guilty.
If the situation happened in the East China Sea, where the benefit of the doubt was given to the defendant and everyone was convinced, there was a high chance that all of them would be acquitted.
There are some classic cases similar to this, where several people accused each other of shooting Li Fengshun.
Coupled with the eloquent lawyers, it is very difficult for the jurors to accurately determine who killed Li Fengshun, so it is difficult to reach a consensus on guilt that everyone agrees on, and it is likely that several people will be declared not guilty in the end.
Therefore, in this type of lawsuit involving multiple people, the details of what happened must be sorted out as much as possible and presented clearly to the jury.
The main purpose is to attack the minds of several suspects and disrupt their collusion in giving false testimony.
In fact, in this case, it is hard to imagine how perfect the confessions made up by a few villagers could be.
In particular, the more people there are in collusion, the easier it is for small details to be missed when several people separately tell the story of the case.
With Wang Xiaohu's current interrogation skills, it is easy to break through their psychological defenses.
But I haven't found any flaws in their confessions so far. Personally, I tend to believe that they were really trying to grab guns in the chaos and the guns went off accidentally.
Of course, if they had been charged with conspiracy to commit murder regardless of the consequences, the jury at North Black Mountain would have found them guilty.
Lu Ming's expression gradually became solemn. There was no doubt that in lawsuits in Northern Xinjiang, there was also the issue of jury bias.
After all, ordinary people in the northern border must regard the Sanyuan Horse Bandit Gang as their own army.
Our own troops are burning, killing and looting outside, and they may feel relieved.
Those atrocities will be whitewashed as acts of war. If I were the lawyer of the Sanyuan Ma gang, I would attack in this direction.
For example, linking the militia’s resistance to the massacre of the people.
The defense was that this militia behavior made it difficult for Ma Quanyou's army to distinguish between civilians and soldiers.
The people of northern Xinjiang would also feel that these were actions taken out of necessity.
In particular, if we prosecute Ma Quanyou's gang, we will definitely not be able to find the specific individual soldier who committed the atrocities. Instead, we will prosecute Ma Quanyou and the group of officers under him.
Then, the opposing lawyers can even explain away many of the atrocities by saying that they were not ordered by Ma Quanyou and his commanders, but were uncontrollable acts in the war.
Just like in the past, if the war criminals who invaded their own country were tried by a jury, and if the jurors were citizens of their own country, they would probably all be acquitted.
As he pondered over this, Lu Ming picked up a pen and paper and began to sketch out a plan. If his firm's Donghai lawyer team failed to realize this, there would be no chance of winning the lawsuit.
Knock, knock, there was a gentle knock on the study door, and the Kan sisters came in.
"Master, Gao's mother just came and cried to thank you, Master, saying that she has been released from martial arts training!"
As the elder sister, Kan Shouxi has always been the spokesperson for the two sisters. The two sisters are two years apart in age, Kan Shouxi is 20 years old and Kan Shouyi is 18 years old.
It has been less than half a year since she got married to An Minghan, the thirteenth son of An Laoheng.
They got married relatively late, mainly because the Kan family originally wanted to use their sisters for marriage, so they were engaged to An Minghan at a very young age. They got married when An Minghan just turned sixteen.
Lu Ming smiled when he heard what Kan Shouxi said: "They have only temporarily regained their freedom and still have to cooperate with the investigation. They were also told not to leave the area of Kanjiazhuang, right? And you two should know that this has nothing to do with me."
Kan Shouxi nodded gently: "We also said this to Gao Mama, but she didn't believe it and was very grateful to the Master."
Lu Ming waved his hand, "Let's not discuss this. By the way, I think your cousin Kan Jiayuan is a good guy. You can ask him if he is interested in working for the Ministry of Education. I can write a letter of recommendation. Of course, whether he can be hired depends on his talent and the results of the interview."
Kan Shouxi and Kan Shouyi looked at each other, both with joy in their beautiful eyes, and Kan Shouxi said, "Yes."
Lu Ming smiled again and said, "It seems like you two sisters are co-writing a novel. Bring it to me later."
The Kan sisters were majored in literature, but neither of them had ever thought that one day they would write novels. They did not expect to have such freedom and such time.
"Are you watching now?" Kan Shouxi asked in a low voice.
In fact, for new creators, it is a bit shameful to show their novels to people close to them.
Lu Ming didn't expect her to agree so readily. He coughed and said, "Wait until I come back from Northern Xinjiang."
"Okay!" The Kan sisters all breathed a sigh of relief.