Becoming a lawyer starts with raising a Xiezhi

Chapter 359
Li nodded in agreement. He was a man working in the city, his wife and children were in the countryside, he didn't have much income, and he broke the law out of ignorance.

Meng Lang thought his behavior was relatively minor, and as long as Li Yi pleaded guilty with a good attitude, it was possible to be sentenced to criminal detention or something.

After meeting Li Yi, Meng Lang said to Niu Zhao, "We are going to Li Yi's home to take a look."

Niu Zhao asked in surprise, "Why?"

Meng Lang said: "The law is nothing more than human feelings. We can't just talk about the law and ignore human feelings. If we want to achieve the best defense effect, we must find out the human feelings in it."

"What kind of favor is there? Meng Lang, are you insane? We are defending for free, and we have to go to his house. His house is in the countryside. It's a hundred miles away. It doesn't cost gas?" Niu Zhao didn't understand. His thoughts.

Meng Lang said with a smile: "There is a saying that a good man will go to the end. Since we have accepted this case, we must do our best to strive for Li Yi to have the best ending."

Niu Zhao sighed and said, "Well, you are a good person, and your life will be safe, and you can be a role model to learn from."

Meng Lang laughed when he heard this. If Niu Zhao knew that he could earn experience points, he wouldn't have said so. The more he defended for free, the more experience points he would earn and the greater his income.

Taking Niu Zhao with him, Meng Lang drove more than 100 miles to the village where Li Yi lived.

This is a small mountain village. People in the village live on the mountain, and it is very difficult to drink water. People in the city can drink clean and sanitary tap water, but here, they still need to get water from the well. In contrast, Meng Lang felt It seems to have returned to the last century all of a sudden.

What are the social roots of crime?Why are crime rates high in slums?Isn't it because of poverty?However, although Li Yi was poor, he did not steal or rob. He just sold his bank card opportunistically. However, even so, it was poverty that led him to commit crimes.

After getting out of the car, Meng Lang walked into the village, and suddenly a big yellow dog rushed over, startling Niu Zhao a lot.

Niu Zhao was from the city and had never lived in the countryside. When he came here, he couldn't move his footsteps. Meng Lang grew up with his grandparents and was very familiar with the countryside.

After chasing the big yellow dog away, Meng Lang inquired and found Li Yi's father's house.

Li Yi's father lived in a low tile-roofed house. When he came out to see the two of them, he looked very surprised. After Meng Lang saw him, he walked over and handed 5000 yuan into his hand. Said: "Uncle, this is the legal fee you gave us. Now I will give it back to you, and we will defend your son for free."

Li Yi's father hurriedly flinched and waved his hands. Meng Lang saw his callused hands and his face was also wrinkled and weathered. The 5000 yuan was probably his annual income.

Forget it, give it back to him. His son has committed a crime, and he also wants to get his son out of it as soon as possible. He also knows how to find a lawyer. How pitiful the hearts of parents in the world are.

Under his strong request, Li Yi's father finally took the 5000 yuan and took them to Li Yi's home.

Li Yi's home was a one-story house. When they arrived at the door of his house, Li Yi's wife was feeding the baby, who was only a little over one year old. When she saw someone coming, she hurriedly stood up.

The baby burst into tears, and Li Yi's father said: "The baby can't eat milk powder, so he cries from hunger all day long."

When Meng Lang heard this, he thought that there are still children who can't drink milk powder?

Walking over, I looked at Li Yi's house, which was completely bare. Li gave birth to three children, his wife was doing farm work at home, and he was working outside alone. His life was tight.

Meng lang asked Niu Zhao to take some photos.

When Niu Zhao saw the situation of Li's family, he was a little shocked. Some people ate, drank and played every day without worrying about food and clothing, while some were starving and suffering from hunger and cold. Meng Lang was right, society needs fairness and justice too much.

To make criminal defense full of human warmth, some hard work must be done, allowing the judge to see the three-dimensional image of the defendant. However, lawyers seldom do this kind of hard work, because they feel that doing so would It's too much work, and you will feel that it is probably useless, because some people will say that poverty is not a reason for you to commit a crime, but Meng Lang doesn't think so.

He gave Li Yi's wife 1000 yuan on the spot. When Niu Zhao saw him, he frowned again, feeling that he was not here to defend the client, but to help the poor. How could there be such a lawyer.

Li Yi's father and his wife were so moved that they wanted to kneel down for him, and Meng Lang hurriedly supported them.

Meng Lang no longer wanted to be a lawyer who only knew how to get money, but wanted to be a respected lawyer.

Meng Lang found the village committee and asked the village committee to issue him a certificate of poverty in Li Yi's family before leaving Li Yi's house.

After returning, he submitted the proof and relevant materials to the court. Although such evidence has no direct connection with Li Yi's crime, it can allow the judge to have an intuitive and comprehensive understanding of Li Yi's crime.

On the day of the trial, Li Yi stood in the dock and Meng Lang asked him, "What were you doing at the time of the crime?"

Li Yi replied: "I was doing odd jobs in the city at the time. After I sent the money to my family, I had no money. I can make money, so I asked how much I could make, and he said that I could make four to five thousand, and I was happy when I heard it. I didn’t know it was illegal, so I gave my ID card to my friend and asked him to help me apply for a bank card. , After finishing it, he gave me 4000 yuan, and then I don’t know what happened.”

"What did you do with the 4000 yuan?"

"I sent it home and bought milk powder for my child. Now that the milk powder has been drunk, I have no money to buy it."

"Do you realize your mistake now?"

"I understand now that it is wrong to do this, but I really didn't know it at the time. Just now the public prosecutor said that I knew it was wrong because bank cards cannot be sold. I knew it when I sold it. I am uneducated. I really don't know. Bank cards cannot be sold, and I don’t know what they did after buying them. If they were confused for a moment, they would have committed a serious crime.”

Li Yi's answer was honest, and Meng Lang handed in the photo and the certificate from the village committee, proving that Li Yi's family was poor, and he sold the bank card to others because he wanted to buy milk powder for his child in a moment of confusion. I am willing to plead guilty and repent, and hope that the court will give me a lighter sentence.

A week after the court session, the court issued a verdict and sentenced him to two months' detention and a fine of 2000 yuan.Meng Lang helped him hand in 2000 yuan. This was the court's maximum lenient punishment for him. Because he knew that his family was poor, he was not sentenced to too much fine. 2000 yuan was the minimum, because the law stipulated that A fine must be imposed.

(End of this chapter)