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Chapter 715: Counterattack (2)

Unfortunately, there is no evidence to support what Chen Guowei said, which cannot prove that he was telling the truth.

There were only a few witnesses in this case, and they all pointed out that he had killed people with a knife. Except for his sister Chen Le, no one could prove his innocence.

The most important thing is that after the police arrived at the scene, they did not find the knife, so they could not extract Feng Shouyi's fingerprints, let alone prove that the knife belonged to Feng Shouyi.

However, it is a fact that Chen Guowei stabbed Feng Shouyi to death. Even if the murder weapon has not been found, in the process of convicting a criminal case, the murder weapon is one of the important physical evidences, but it is not a necessary condition for conviction.

The key to conviction in a criminal case lies in the integrity of the chain of evidence and mutual corroboration to ensure that the facts of the case are clear and the evidence is sufficient.

Such evidence may include physical evidence, documentary evidence, witness testimony, victim statements, confessions and defenses of suspects, expert opinions, and records of investigations, examinations, identifications, and investigative experiments.

Therefore, even if the knife was not found, the other evidence has formed a complete chain of evidence, which is the fact that Chen Guowei committed murder.

In the end, the prosecution directly charged him with intentional homicide, and the first-instance verdict was that Chen Guowei was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve.

After the trial and the verdict, Chen Guowei's mother collapsed to the ground, looking at her son with tears on her face, her mouth wide open, and for a moment she was speechless and unable to utter anything.

Sister Chen Le squatted beside her mother, crying. If she hadn't been afraid that she would die and her mother would have no one to take care of her, she would have drunk the pesticide she had bought long ago.

Chen Guowei, who had a bright future, also knelt in the courtroom in handcuffs, kowtowed in the direction of his mother and sister, and said:

"The son is unfilial, not waiting to provide for his mother until her death. He said he was not a good brother and failed to protect his sister."

Cheng Wenjing, the lawyer who defended Chen Guowei, actually has some connection with Han Tao. She is a senior of his apprentice Luo Yun. The two have a good relationship and she often shares experiences with Luo Yun.

Luo Yun also respected this senior student very much, because Cheng Wenjing had been engaged in public interest litigation since graduation and was considered a well-known lawyer in the local area.

According to Luo Yun, Cheng Wenjing argued with the judge for a long time that day, but the verdict had already been made and her efforts were in vain.

After seeking help from many sources without success, Cheng Wenjing thought of his junior sister Luo Yun. He knew that his junior sister was now a salaried lawyer in a top law firm and had a master behind her, so he thought of asking her for help.

"Oh, Chen Wenjing is too greedy!" After reading the entire process of the case and the information provided by Luo Yun, Han Tao fell into deep thought.

In the case of Chen Guowei, in addition to the insult to Chen Guowei's sister, according to the confession, there are some shadows of the Lijiang revenge killing case and the Kunshan Long Ge revenge killing case.

Han Tao does intend to take over this case. Cheng Wenjing is also a good talent. She has a nickname in the local area called the Justice Lawyer. Most of the lawsuits she has handled are free of charge. She is very suitable for the public welfare department of Mingtang Law Firm.

Now the Public Welfare Department of Mingtang Law Firm is led by Chen Ran’s senior. Although some lawyers were assigned there later, there is still a need for some lawyers dedicated to public interest litigation and legal aid.

Although this is a department that has no profit and even costs money, Han Tao must pay attention to it.

You should know that legal aid has many benefits for law firms and lawyers, including expanding case sources and business scope.

It can also improve the professional quality and social responsibility of lawyers in law firms, enhance social influence and credibility, convert potential case sources, and comply with the professional ethics requirements of lawyers, etc.

After Chen Guowei's case came out, Chen's mother and Chen Le had no money to hire a lawyer, and the court's public lawyers had limited skills, so Cheng Wenjing's proactive assistance was a life-saving straw for the mother and daughter.

After reading the information, Han Tao knew that Chen Wenjing did have a certain level of ability, but she made a mistake in this case, which was that she was too greedy.

In Chen Guowei's case, if she was just trying to defend herself, it would be fine, but she was defending her innocence, not commuting her sentence. Although she listed the crimes of Feng Shouyi's gangsters to prove that Chen Guowei's side was retaliating after being oppressed, it was legitimate defense.

However, the defense of innocence places great emphasis on evidence, especially when suing against the prosecution. The most troublesome thing is to have complete evidence. Even if there is a problem in a small link, it will be difficult to win the case.

In Chen Guowei's case, the prosecution's evidence all shows that he committed intentional homicide with a knife, and in order to close the case quickly, the prosecution used the most favorable evidence.

Therefore, no matter how much Cheng Wenjing argued with the crowd and tried her best to argue, she was unsuccessful. Because if you can't provide evidence to prove Chen Guowei's innocence, then everything is in vain.

Moreover, during the entire process, she did not raise any defense opinion to the judge to reduce Chen Guowei's sentence, which ultimately led to the failure of the innocence defense. The judge sentenced him to death based on the prosecution's lawsuit application.

Therefore, Han Tao felt that Cheng Wenjing's considerations were not comprehensive enough. You must know that when defending a not guilty party, the defense lawyer can put forward sentencing opinions.

Therefore, she could have made both a not guilty plea and a lesser offense plea at the same time, which would have at least prevented Liu Guowei from being sentenced to death.

But Han Tao also understood her idea. In such cases, most lawyers would initially conduct a not guilty defense, especially since this case had already attracted a certain amount of attention on the Internet.

After all, from a moral perspective, Chen Guowei's reasons for killing have been forgiven by the whole society and have won the sympathy and support of countless people.

In everyone's eyes, the man dedicated his entire family to Chen Guowei's future and sacrificed his own innocence rather than tell his sister that she was humiliated like that. Who else could swallow this?

What's more, Chen Guowei's confession was that he picked up the knife and killed the other party. Most lawyers would try to defend his innocence in order to save this kind child.

Unfortunately, he failed. Han Tao felt sympathy for him. Combined with his apprentice's pleading, he decided to help Chen Guowei and save this poor child.

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Just as Han Tao picked up the phone and talked to Lina and others, the Internet was also in an uproar.

The result of this case even topped the hot search list. Everyone's attention to this case reached a very high level, and some people in the industry also began to pay attention to this matter.

Many netizens are calling for help, “Is there any lawyer who can help save Chen Guowei?”

The anger in the hearts of the people has been ignited. They cannot comprehend and cannot understand the criteria for determining self-defense, excessive defense, and intentional homicide.

Therefore, the comments were overwhelmingly in favor of Chen Guowei, and some of Chen Guowei's classmates, alumni and teachers also spoke out.

"Chen Guowei is a very good student. Professor Liu is planning to let him go straight to a PhD!"

"Senior Brother Chen is a very good person. If he wasn't forced into a corner, how could he be so cruel? There must be something hidden behind this."

"Alas, we were classmates and had a bright future, but now it's been ruined by bad people."

“In fact, Chen Guowei started receiving scholarships in his sophomore year, and worked part-time during the winter and summer vacations just to avoid putting too much pressure on his family.

But his sister still gave him living expenses to make his life better. If I saw such a good sister being bullied, I would kill those bastards too."

"That's right, those bad guys deserved to die. It's a pity that Chen Guowei's family was ruined like this!"

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