Becoming a lawyer starts with raising a Xiezhi

Chapter 328 Appointed Defense
After meeting with Cao Yunlong and coming out of the detention center, Niu Zhao asked Meng Lang, "Cao Yunlong played a relatively small role in the whole process of the robbery and murder. Can you consider him an accomplice?"

Meng Lang pondered for a while and said, "The effect is relatively small, but not too much. It is more difficult to identify an accomplice."

Niu Zhaodao: "Wang Wei and Li Fengke played the same role. Cao Yunlong was just on the outside at the beginning, and then went in to assist in the murder. From the role played by the crime, I think it can be identified as an accessory, but this person And it's abhorrent, to collude with outsiders to rob his father-in-law and kill his wife. If such a person is not shot, it is really against social ethics. The judge should also consider the perception of society when deciding a case. I think he will He was sentenced to death like Wang Wei and Li Fengke."

Meng Lang said with a smile: "The death penalty is highly probable, and the role of our defense lawyers is to let the judge and the world see his unknown side. The public prosecutor wants to reveal the crime, but our purpose is not to cover up the crime. It is to show the other side of the crime, and at the same time make the evidence for the conviction of the crime more solid. If it is not solid, the prosecutor will fail, but this is not our victory, but a manifestation of legal justice. Others think that our purpose as lawyers is to let criminals escape attack, but that is not our purpose.”

Hearing this, Niu Zhao laughed: "Perhaps this is two sides of the same thing. We uphold the fairness of the law, and it happens that criminals escape from the law. In the eyes of the world, we are helping criminals." Avoid blows, don't you?"

Meng Lang said: "The fairness of the law not only refers to substantive justice, but also procedural justice. If there is only substantive justice, I think only God can decide the case. Why, because only God can know whether substantive justice is unfair, right? We all He is a mortal, and the judge is also a mortal. Can he see everything clearly and know whether the case is fair or not?
can't you?But we human beings can guarantee procedural fairness. I must have the necessary procedures, and the evidence must be convincing. If the evidence is not sufficient, you cannot convict a person. This is what we must abide by. Substantive justice can only be truly realized if procedural fairness is followed, otherwise it is very likely that wrong cases will be handled, but we Tao people just tend to ignore procedural fairness, always thinking that what we feel is the truth, regardless of whether the procedure is legal or not, we will judge like this, Substantial justice can be realized. In fact, this is to regard ourselves as an omniscient God. For example, are these things that Cao Yunlong told us true?We may think it is true, but we are not God, and we did not see it with our own eyes. If we directly and arbitrarily believe it to be true, then we can just shoot him. Is this okay?If there is no evidence and no procedural guarantee, a person can be sentenced to death, then there is no rule of law at all. Therefore, don't regard yourself as God, but strictly abide by procedural justice, so as to be infinitely close to God's requirements. In this way, the justice of the law sex can be realized. "

After hearing this, Niu Zhao laughed loudly: "Meng Lang, what you said sounds like a university professor."

Meng Lang smiled and said, "Aren't I a graduate student now? Listen to what the teacher said."

Niu Zhaodao: "Then do I want to be a graduate student too?"

Meng Lang said: "Yes, after coming out, she will be an older young woman."

Niu Zhao smiled all over his face and reached out to hit Meng Lang.

Meng Lang had already copied out the files from the court. There were several large files with on-site photos of the case.

The corpses in the photos were lying all over the place, stained with blood, and looked horrifying at first glance. Niu Zhao still dare not look at the photos of the murder scene.

But Meng Lang couldn't ignore it. As a defense lawyer, he must have some knowledge of the crime scene. The crime scene was first-hand information. If the defendant's statement did not match the description of the crime scene, there was a high possibility that something was wrong.

In addition to the photos of the scene, there are also photos of the autopsy in the dossier. Only through autopsy can the cause of death of the deceased be determined.

The photos of autopsies also look quite scary, with bloody organs appearing in front of you, just a pile of dead meat, people are dead, and they are really no different from animals.

After meeting with Cao Yunlong and reading the files, Meng Lang could prepare the materials for his defense. Although he was appointed to defend, Meng Lang still had to prepare seriously because he needed to earn experience points. The better the case was, the more money he could earn. The more experience points you get.

The clerk of the court called and informed him that he would go to court next week. As the designated defense, his participation was a necessary part of the trial, and he had to appear in court.

Of the three of them, only Li Fengke hired a lawyer himself, and Wang Wei, like Cao Yunlong, was appointed by the court.

Li Fengke has a criminal record, has a certain anti-investigation ability, and also knows the role of a lawyer, so his family hired a criminal lawyer for him.

There must be a difference between the lawyer you hire and the designated defense lawyer, because of what, first, because the lawyer you hire is paid for by yourself, he must do his best to defend himself, and the designated defense lawyer , There is no such contractual relationship with him, and at the same time, no money is spent. He is willing to do his duty for you. That is because he pays attention to professional ethics. If he does things for you hastily, what can you do?

The second is that the designated defense lawyers are basically young lawyers, old lawyers and barristers, and their time is limited. How can they handle such designated defense cases without money?After receiving a case appointed by the Bureau of Justice, young lawyers are basically allowed to practice in the firm. It’s like, you go to the hospital to see a doctor and let the interns use it to practice. Can your disease be cured?
Of course, the designated defense case is not without a penny. The state will allocate a little money for your hard work, which is only about 1000 yuan. Obviously, this reward is very meager.

Therefore, rich people must hire their own lawyers, and designated defense is basically done by the defendants whose families cannot afford to hire a lawyer, or who feel that their case is very bad, and hiring a lawyer is useless, so they just don’t hire a lawyer. , but as long as they can afford a lawyer, most people still want to.

Wang Wei has no money to hire a lawyer now, and at the same time feels that he has no hope of life, so he no longer hires a lawyer. Cao Yunlong's situation is similar to his, only Li Fengke has a strong desire to survive, so he asked his family to hire a lawyer for him. defense attorney.

(End of this chapter)