Becoming a lawyer starts with raising a Xiezhi

Chapter 196 The Victim's Fault

After returning to the law firm, Meng Lang summoned Qiu Xuanxiang, Liu Hu, and Shao Haibo to study the case.

Gambling, killing, dismemberment, and three times a week, when Meng Lang explained the situation, Qiu Xuanxiang and Liu Hu's eyes widened, and they immediately developed a strong personal interest.

What does this woman look like?
They wanted to know very much. They knew that they had followed meng lang to meet the little nurse.

"I used to only know that men kill their wives and lovers, but I didn't expect that there are women who kill men and mutilate their corpses. Compared with men, this criminal method is even worse." Qiu Xuanxiang sighed.

Liu Hu also said: "This woman is simply a femme fatale, the most poisonous woman's heart, what she said is true."

After saying this, Niu Zhao became unhappy. She was sitting next to her, isn't she a woman?What is the most poisonous woman's heart?

"This man made a serious mistake. He lent Wu Qing money, but asked her to repay it with her body. His morals are extremely corrupt. Such a man deserves to be killed. We must find a way to save Wu Qing's life. Meng Lang, what do you think?" "Niu Zhao glanced at Qiu Xuanxiang and Liu Hu, but said to Meng Lang.

Meng Lang pondered for a long time in his heart, whether Wu Qing could save her life?How can defense help her save her life?
"This case is very difficult. Wu Qing committed the crime with cruel methods. It is difficult to say whether it is enough to reduce Wu Qing's responsibility if the victim is at fault. Please tell me where you should start to provide Wu Qing with effective services. Defend." Meng Langwen asked them.

Qiu Xuanxiang heard the words and said: "If you want to save Wu Qing's life, you must obtain forgiveness from the victim's family. Wu Qing has to compensate the victim's family a large sum of money. But does Wu Qing have money now? If she has money, Can I still borrow it from the victim? I think there is a high probability that she will lose her life."

Seeing what he said, Meng Lang took a look at him and said, "What do you talk about to make you think of ways to save your life and things that don't?"

After hearing this, Qiu Xuanxiang collapsed on the chair and stopped talking.

Liu Hu pondered for a while and said, "I think we should start with the victim's fault to alleviate Wu Qing's responsibility. There is really no other way."

After listening to Liu Hu's words, Meng Lang nodded. What he said was still on point.

"Hai Bo, tell me?" Meng Lang asked Shao Haibo.

Shao Haibo thought for a while and said: "I'm not very proficient in criminal cases, but I know that the current criminal policy is to kill less and kill carefully. On the one hand, Wu Qing should actively compensate the families of the victims. There is a way to find out the fault of the victim, and the combination of the two aspects may turn things around."

Shao Haibo synthesized Qiu Xuanxiang's and Liu Hu's opinions, Meng Lang nodded again, and then turned to Niu Zhao, "Niumei, do you have a good defense strategy?"

After hearing this, Niu Zhao frowned, and said, "Isn't that man's behavior a serious fault, and isn't it enough to alleviate Wu Qing's responsibility?"

Meng Lang said: "Whether it was a serious fault or not, it's really hard to say now, even if she is asked to pay the debt with flesh, she is willing, right? Since she is willing, but now she says she can't bear it, so she killed him. I can only say that the man He had ordinary faults, and it’s probably not appropriate to say that he had serious faults. The key is that her body was cut into pieces. This situation is too egregious.”

After hearing his words, Niu Zhao became discouraged, and Wu Qing might not be able to save her life in the end.

Meng Lang said after a while, "If there is no way to do it physically, can you think of a way to do it procedurally?"

When Qiu Xuanxiang heard this, he laughed and said, "Are we going to resort to the tactics of fighting against the sect?"

There is a kind of lawyer in the Jianghu called the dead-knocking lawyer, who specializes in finding loopholes in the procedure, catches them and doesn't let them go, and fights the prosecution to the death.

Meng Lang glanced at him and said, "It's not completely unreasonable to be deadly. At least it can promote the improvement of the procedure. If there is a problem with the procedure in this case, we can also argue it. As for whether it will work or not, don't worry about it. In short , we must go all out to have a chance to save Wu Qing's life."

What meng lang said made sense. Criminal defense required not only substantive defense, but also procedural loopholes to protect the interests of the parties to the greatest extent.

After some time, the case entered the stage of review and prosecution. Meng Lang asked Niu Zhao to copy the file. This was the first time Niu Zhao had come into contact with this kind of murder case. After looking through the file, he was almost not frightened. Photos of body parts are disgusting.

After she came back, she didn't have enough to eat for several days.

Meng Lang actually wanted her to be the lead lawyer in this case and let her go to court to defend Wu Qing.Niu Zhao was also eager to give it a try, but she didn't expect that the body parts disgusted her.

Less than a month later, the case was brought to the court. Since it was a case of intentional homicide, the court of first instance was the intermediate court.

Sitting on the defense bench, Niu Zhao was very nervous, and Meng Lang sat next to her to cheer her up, telling her to defend boldly and not to be afraid of anything.

The public prosecutor was a middle-aged man who seemed to be experienced, which made Niu Zhao feel even less confident.

"Niu Zhao, we have to focus on two points. One is the victim's fault, and the other is Wu Qing's willingness to actively compensate. When we ask questions later, we must ask her carefully." Meng Lang said secretly.

Niu Zhao nodded, but she didn't know if she would finish asking Wu Qing smoothly when she became nervous.

After the hearing, the investigation quickly entered the court, and the prosecutor first interrogated Wu Qing.

"Defendant, is your statement during the investigation true?"

"True." Wu Qing replied.

"How old are you this year?"

"22."

"Did you know the victim before the incident?"

"know."

"How did you know each other?"

"I work as a nurse in the county hospital, and he is the deputy chief physician of the orthopedics department. We are colleagues."

"Is there any conflict between you and the victim?"

"Yes. I borrowed money from him, but he didn't have the money to pay him back, so he asked me to have sex with him three times a week, and then the money wouldn't have to be repaid, but then he broke his promise and broke his promise , and asked me to pay back the money I borrowed from him, I wanted to get rid of his control and couldn’t get rid of it, so I wanted to die with him, kill him first, and then commit suicide.”

"Did you kill yourself afterwards?"

"No."

"Why didn't you commit suicide?"

"I fear pain."

"Defendant, let me tell you that the confession to the court must be factual. After you killed the victim, you concealed his body by dismembering his body and trying to cover up your crime. Do you know this is a premeditated plan? You didn't Suicidal thoughts and actions, the prosecutor expects you to answer questions truthfully."

The public prosecutor gave Wu Qing a hard time, and had to say that although Wu Qing was weak, she was very cunning. When answering questions, she tried to say things that were beneficial to herself, instead of just saying one thing and answering honestly. question.

(End of this chapter)