Escape From the Library

【Innocence Defense-14】

At 10 a.m. the next day, the Liu Jiajia beach poisoning case was publicly heard in the People's Court of Beishan City.

Yue Xingwen and his teammates went to the court early in the morning. Because of Liu Jiajia's case, Zhu Xiaoting was not a defendant but a witness. They didn't need to appear in court to defend Zhu Xiaoting, so they could only sit and listen.

Attending this trial, perhaps the library gave them the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the court in advance.

Yue Xingwen and his group of college students came to the court for the first time. Looking at the solemn and solemn court environment, everyone couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Even Lan Yarong, who had been to the court several times with his teacher before, couldn't To achieve real peace, this is the first time she has represented a case independently, and she only had to follow behind the teacher to help.

At 10 o'clock sharp, Liu Jiajia's case started on time.

The public prosecutor appointed by the procuratorate was a young and capable woman. She introduced the whole story of Liu Jiajia's case and clearly listed a series of evidence.

The police found more evidence than Yue Xingwen and the others.

"Potassium cyanide, a highly toxic substance, was detected in Liu Jiajia's body. The forensic doctor confirmed that Liu Jiajia's real cause of death was potassium cyanide poisoning. The following is Liu Jiajia's cause of death identification. The source of potassium cyanide is the chemical experiment of Beishan University. Room, and then we will play the video testimony of Professor Lin Ping from the Department of Chemistry."

Professor Lin said that the total loss of potassium cyanide stored in the laboratory was 10 grams. Since he had just checked the medicine cabinet on October 10, re-weighed the controlled drugs, checked the data, and locked the medicine cabinet, then the cyanide The loss of potassium chloride must have occurred between October 17 and October 10 (the day before the incident).

"We retrieved the list of classes in the Department of Chemistry who conducted experiments between October 10 and October 17. Only Class 10 and Class 25 of Applied Chemistry majors arranged experiments this week. After interviewing class members, we came to a conclusion——Chen Kaiming Lin Xuefei and Lin Xuefei stayed to clean after the experiment on October 1. The two were a couple. Chen Kaiming said that his girlfriend Lin Xuefei accidentally lost the key while on duty. People stay in the lab."

"After questioning Lin Xuefei, she confessed to the crime of stealing potassium cyanide..."

This result was also expected by Yue Xingwen.

In the beach case, the police found out the source of the poison. After Chen Kaiming learned of this incident, he did not cover up his girlfriend, but directly confessed the fact that she stayed alone in the laboratory.Lin Xuefei couldn't quibble, so she simply confessed under police interrogation.

The presiding judge asked defendant Lin Xuefei to state the facts of the crime.

Lin Xuefei cried out of breath in court, choked up and explained the reason to the judge——

It turned out that Chen Kaiming had been secretly in love with Liu Jiajia for many years, and always regarded Liu Jiajia as a goddess. After being with Lin Xuefei, he still couldn't let Liu Jiajia go, and even accidentally called out Liu Jiajia's name when he was making out with his girlfriend.Lin Xuefei admired Chen Kaiming for many years, and minded that Chen Kaiming had Bai Yueguang in her heart. She transferred her hatred to this Bai Yueguang who was better and more beautiful than herself.

Liu Jiajia knew nothing about all this.

As Liu Jiajia's best friend, Zhu Xiaoting's eyes were red when she heard the truth. She was so emotional that she clenched her fists. If she hadn't been handcuffed, seeing her angry look, she would almost pounce on Lin Xuefei's face .

The judge convicted Lin Xuefei of intentional homicide on the spot and sentenced him to death.

After walking out of the court, Zhu Xiaoting's face was ugly.

Lan Yarong and Yue Xingwen looked at each other, and immediately tried to find a way to meet her to calm her emotions: "You should empty your mind now and don't think about Liu Jiajia, the murderer who killed Jiajia has already been punished. There are more important cases in the afternoon, we must clear your charges. Once you are convicted of murder, you will also be sentenced to death!"

Thinking of Lin Xuefei's expression collapsed and almost unable to walk when she was sentenced to death, Zhu Xiaoting shuddered all over, nodded immediately and said, "I understand, I won't think about Jiajia anymore, I have to think for myself!"

Yue Xingwen said gently: "Before the court session, read the manuscript we gave you again. If you are nervous and forget your words, close your eyes, carefully recall what happened that day, and describe the process as realistically as possible."

Zhu Xiaoting took a deep breath, and said seriously to the two, "Thank you for your hard work."

After Zhu Xiaoting was taken away, Yue Xingwen and his party ordered a fast food nearby and ate it. They took the time to check the court defense process and prepared questions, and confirmed that all the witnesses were present.

Time passed by, and it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon.

Yue Xingwen, Lan Yarong and Lin Manluo packed up the materials and walked into the court room side by side.

The other teammates sat in the gallery ahead of time. Although they could not directly participate in the defense, everyone did their best for today, especially Jiang Pingce, Ke Shaobin and Xin Yan. sleep.

Everyone's spirits are highly tense.

Yue Xingwen looked relaxed, but his heart was beating drums.

He never dreamed before that one day, he would stand in court and help a girl defend that she didn't kill anyone!It's insane for a library to put such a heavy load on the shoulders of a group of students.

Lan Yarong looked at Yue Xingwen's serious face and asked, "Are you a little nervous?"

Yue Xingwen coughed lightly: "A little bit."

Lan Yarong said: "Last year's college student debate competition, I also went to watch it live. Your speech was very exciting. You were not stage fright at all in the auditorium with thousands of people. I even applauded you in the audience. Treat it as a debate."

She smiled slightly and encouraged Yue Xingwen: "Believe in yourself and our team."

Facing the gentle gaze of the senior sister, Yue Xingwen suddenly calmed down: "That's right. Although we are the only ones who can sit in the lawyer's seat, there are teammates behind us. This is the result of everyone's hard work!"

Lan Yarong nodded: "So, we can't let everyone down."

Lin Manluo stretched out her hand: "Come on!"

Yue Xingwen and Lan Yarong also extended their hands together, and the three cheered each other on.

There were only a few minutes left before the trial, and the three drank some water to moisten their throats. They did not walk into the court together until the official hearing was notified, and sat in the seat of the defendant's defense lawyer.

There are only two defense lawyers who can speak. Lan Yarong sits on the left, Yue Xingwen sits on the right, and Lin Manluo sits in the first row as an assistant to sort out the documents.

The court clerk said: "Please preside, the members of the collegial panel enter the court."

A group of people walked into the court and sat down on the highest seats one by one.

The presiding judge sitting in the middle is a woman about 50 years old with gray hair but full of energy.Her calm gaze swept across the audience, and she whispered, "Quiet."

With her voice, the audience instantly became silent.

The presiding judge said: "The murder case in the 703 dormitory has officially opened, and the defendant Zhu Xiaoting is summoned to appear in court."

Zhu Xiaoting was escorted to the court and stood in the dock.She glanced at the positions of Yue Xingwen and Lan Yarong, and seemed to have some courage to stand upright in the dock.

The presiding judge asked: "The defendant, Zhu Xiaoting, female, aged 22, is a senior student at the Beishan University School of Translation and Translation, and her current address is Room 6, Building 703, Female Dormitory, Beishan University. Is the above information accurate?"

Zhu Xiaoting nodded: "Exactly."

"The following announces the list of members of this court trial..." The presiding judge read a series of names, and then looked at Zhu Xiaoting: "The parties have the right to apply for recusal from the members of the collegial panel, the public prosecutor, and the appraiser. Do you need to apply for recusal?"

After hesitating for a few seconds, Zhu Xiaoting said seriously, "No need."

An application for recusal is generally a request for a member of the court to withdraw from the trial when there is a relative or other relationship of the plaintiff or the defendant among the members of the court trial, which may affect the correct handling of the case.

The members of the court trial are all fine, and the presiding judge is only making routine inquiries.

The presiding judge continued: "Zhu Xiaoting, as a defendant, you still enjoy the legitimate rights and interests of citizens such as defense and litigation. Is it clear?"

Zhu Xiaoting nodded.

The presiding judge said: "Next, please read the indictment to the public prosecutor."

The public prosecutor sent by the procuratorate this time is a handsome young man, wearing glasses, with a good appearance, and his tone of statement is like a speech, full of sense of justice.

He finished reading Zhu Xiaoting's basic information first, and then began to read the source of the case——

"The murder case of the defendant Zhu Xiaoting has been investigated by the Public Security Bureau of Binjiang District, Beishan City, and the Procuratorate of Binjiang District, Beishan City has filed a public prosecution in the People's Court."

"At 2021:10 in the morning on October 26, 4, Zhu Xiaoting took the Didi Express from Binjiang Bay to Beishan University, arrived at the school gate at 30:5, and took the elevator on the west side of Building 10 to the 5 dormitory at 20:6. Friends Xie Xiangqin got into a dispute, picked up a fruit knife bought in the school supermarket, and stabbed Xie Xiangqin's heart artery with one knife, causing Xie Xiangqin to lose too much blood and die."

"Defendant Zhu Xiaoting has a crush on Zou Yijia, a third-year boy from the School of Translation and Translation. Zou Yijia is Xie Xiangqin's official boyfriend. In addition, Zhu Xiaoting and Xie Xiangqin have been at odds for a long time, and they had many disputes. They have a clear motive for killing."

"The murder weapon was seized by the public security organs on the spot. After identification, the fingerprints of Zhu Xiaoting alone were on the murder weapon; after the on-site inspection, it was found that there were and only the footprints of Xie Xiangqin and Zhu Xiaoting in the dormitory that day, and there was no third person present. traces; roommate Mao Yue returned to the dormitory and witnessed the scene where Zhu Xiaoting was holding a murder weapon..."

The evidence listed one by one made Zhu Xiaoting's face turn pale.Especially the footprints, she couldn't figure it out, there was already so much blood on the ground at that time, how could the murderer not have left any fingerprints and footprints?

"The defendant Zhu Xiaoting's criminal motives are clear, the witnesses and material evidence are complete, and the evidence is definite and sufficient to determine the facts of the crime. This court believes that Zhu Xiaoting's murder with a knife has caused extremely bad social impact and violated the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" 2 Thirty articles of intentional homicide, please be punished severely by the court according to law!"

The audience was silent.

The public prosecutor's stern reprimand echoed throughout the courtroom. The voice rang in his ears like thunder. Zhu Xiaoting's face was pale, and she seemed to have been frightened stupid by the situation.