Chapter 5: Sweating Bullets, Aren't You, Younger Brother

After the court session began, the judge asked the plaintiff's lawyer what his demands were. Lin Chuan made a surprising statement:

First demand: Sentence the defendant He Tianyi to death;

Second demand: Sentence the defendant's lawyer Zhang Changming to three to five years of imprisonment and revoke his lawyer's practice qualification;

Third demand: Sentence the presiding judge of the court Qi Jun to more than ten years of imprisonment and deprive him of political rights for life.

The audience in the courtroom and the live - streaming room were all stunned. Because Lin Chuan's litigation demands were too outrageous. He not only wanted to bring the defendant He Tianyi to justice, but also wanted to sentence the defendant's lawyer. What was even more infuriating was that the presiding judge who was in charge of today's trial was also going to be sent to prison.

"Family, I can't hold on anymore. Is Lin Chuan really a high - achieving graduate from Kyoto Law School?"

"He is giving up on himself, isn't he?"

"Funny. I've heard for the first time that a lawyer wants to sentence a judge! It's completely against common sense."

"Sigh, free legal aid is really unreliable. I suspect Lin Chuan drank fake wine."

...

Because of Lin Chuan's unexpected moves, the number of barrage messages in the live - streaming room increased sharply. And the people in the courtroom were also completely confused.

"? " The defendant's lawyer Zhang Changming scratched his head. In his impression, Lin Chuan was a very stable person. Why did he look like a drunk madman today?

"Cough cough cough!"

"Plaintiff's lawyer, the court is a solemn and sacred place. Please don't talk nonsense and disrupt the order." The presiding judge Qi Jun slammed the table. He knew that Lin Chuan was presiding over a court trial for the first time and thought that Lin Chuan was too nervous and said the wrong thing.

"Give you another chance. Please state your demands again."

The presiding judge cast his eyes on Lin Chuan.

"First demand: Sentence the defendant He Tianyi to death without a suspended sentence and execute immediately."

"Second demand: Sentence the defendant's lawyer Zhang Changming to more than three years of imprisonment and revoke his lawyer's practice qualification."

"Third demand: Sentence the presiding judge Qi Jun to more than ten years of imprisonment, expel him from the Party, and deprive him of political rights for life."

Lin Chuan raised his voice, made no changes to any of the litigation demands, and restated them. This time, the expression of the presiding judge Qi Jun visibly became cold. Lin Chuan was unyielding. He was given a chance but didn't cherish it. Instead, he showed contempt for the court and made unreasonable litigation demands.

"Well, since that's the case."

"Plaintiff's lawyer Lin Chuan, we will accept your litigation demands one by one."

"Regarding the first litigation demand, please state the reasons for sentencing the defendant He Tianyi to death."

The presiding judge stretched out his hand, signaling Lin Chuan to speak, while at this time, the court recorder also began to concentrate and was ready to record the testimonies of both sides' rebuttals at any time.

"Our side accuses that the defendant He Tianyi deliberately threw stones on the highway for fun and committed the crime of intentional homicide."

"Sentence him to death."

Lin Chuan stated his reasons. At this time, the presiding judge Qi Jun's eyes fell on Zhang Changming. "Defendant's lawyer, do you have any rebuttals?"

"Yes!"

Zhang Changming pushed his gold - rimmed glasses and stood up confidently.

"The plaintiff's lawyer just said that He Tianyi deliberately threw stones."

"But according to the interrogation records obtained by the police investigation, He Tianyi throwing stones was just an inadvertent act, and subjectively it was not intentional homicide."

"If the plaintiff's lawyer has evidence, please present it."

"But if there is no evidence, I will accuse the plaintiff's lawyer Lin Chuan of improper remarks and suspect him of the crime of intentional slander."

"The plaintiff's lawyer must publicly apologize to our defendant."

Zhang Changming was indeed one of the top three lawyers in Lüzhou. His speech was logically coherent. First, he pointed out the loopholes in Lin Chuan's words and overturned Lin Chuan's accusation reasons with the police interrogation records, making them untenable. Then, he turned around and accused Lin Chuan, as a lawyer, of slandering He Tianyi in court without any evidence and demanded that he apologize publicly. This kind of defensive tactic of killing two birds with one stone was Zhang Changming's usual trick. Although apologizing in court was not a heavy punishment, it could humiliate Lin Chuan and was a form of mental attack.

"It's over. Lin Chuan might as well not have spoken. Now he has got into trouble, hasn't he?"

"He still has to apologize in court. It's so embarrassing!"

"Zhang Changming is really awesome. With a slight effort, he has got hold of Lin Chuan. This is the difference between a gold - medal lawyer and an intern lawyer."

"I estimate that this court trial will end in five minutes. Lin Chuan, this greenhorn, is simply no match for Zhang Changming. He is too inexperienced!"

...

The live - streaming room allows free communication, unlike the serious courtroom. Everyone thought that Lin Chuan had been caught in a dilemma, but unexpectedly, Lin Chuan was not flustered at all. "Presiding judge, I request to play the video on the USB flash drive."

"This is the on - site video of the highway traffic accident in Lüzhou on September 26th, which records the process of He Tianyi throwing stones. Please play it in court."

Lin Chuan calmly handed a USB flash drive to the law enforcement officer.

"Allowed to play."

The presiding judge Qi Jun gave the order. The law enforcement officer immediately inserted the USB flash drive into the computer, and the video on the USB flash drive began to play on the screen in the courtroom immediately.

"What!"

As soon as the video started playing, the defendant He Tianyi panicked. Because the content in the video really recorded his process of throwing stones. Once it was played out, the consequences would be unimaginable!

"No, where did he get this video? Didn't dad say it had been destroyed?"

He Tianyi sweated profusely on his forehead and struggled to rush up to pull out the USB flash drive. But the two police law enforcement officers beside him restricted his movement. Helplessly, he could only look at his lawyer Zhang Changming with a pleading look. But Zhang Changming didn't make any move. On the court, any rash behavior would cost money. So he chose to wait and see. Because even if the video was leaked, it didn't matter. After all, He Tianyi had all his invincibility BUFFs stacked up. Minor, depression, first - time offender. When these three labels were added together, according to Zhang Changming's legal experience, the defendant would definitely not be sentenced, and at most he would stay in the labor re - education camp for a while.

In the courtroom, the pictures in the video were played frame by frame. After the playback was over, He Tianyi's false innocent face was finally stripped off by Lin Chuan.

"Presiding judge, members of the jury, from the surveillance video, you can clearly see whether He Tianyi's behavior is suspected of intentional homicide."

"First of all, he didn't throw just one stone."

"I counted carefully. From the beginning to the traffic accident, he threw a total of twenty - four stones."

"During this period, four cars were hit by his stones."

"I have already recorded their license plate numbers and contacted the car owners."

"Presiding judge, if necessary, we can make a live connection and let the four car owners appear in court to testify and verify the truth."

Lin Chuan handed over a form with four license plate numbers and phone numbers on it.

"No need."

"The video is real, not synthesized by AI."

"We have professional technicians to evaluate it, and his evaluation result is true."

The presiding judge Qi Jun shook his head, and then his eyes fell on Zhang Changming. For the first time, Zhang Changming felt pressured and silently thought about his response. But Lin Chuan didn't give him a chance to catch his breath.

Section 8: Bombarding with Questions One after Another.

"He Tianyi threw more than twenty stones continuously. Was it an inadvertent act?"

"When the stone hit the car on the highway, He Tianyi laughed heartily. Wasn't he taking pleasure in other people's lives?"

"Lawyer Zhang, you are an elder. Please answer directly."

Zhang Changming was forced to stand up, facing Lin Chuan's sharp eyes, sweating profusely. He didn't expect that this court trial, which he thought was just a bronze - level game to fry fish and would soon end the battle, but the lawyer opposite him had cheated!