Looking at the screen, he breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn’t been able to attend the trial at the court in person, so he rushed back as fast as he could. Fortunately, he hadn’t missed anything.
And on the live broadcast, he saw Wang Dachui and an elderly woman with a full head of white hair standing in the plaintiff’s box. In the defendant’s box sat four people: Jiang Daping, Jiang Erping, Jiang Sanping, and Jiang Siping. Beside them sat four defense lawyers, all looking ready and alert for the proceedings.
In the public gallery sat a uniform group of elderly people. Among them, he could even na a few, like Zhang Qingyuan, Li Weiguo, and others. From this group, he spotted Qin Mu at a glance.
This case... really is related to Qin Mu. Zhang Wei took a deep breath, his expression very serious. Previously, it had all been his conjecture, but now it seed to have been confird.
But Qin Mu had never obtained a lawyer’s license and couldn’t participate in the defense. This ti, Wang Dachui had co to help with the defense.
These few lawyers on the other side... seem quite strong. Can this Wang Dachui handle it? He frowned, feeling a bit worried. As a lawyer, he was very familiar with his peers in Jin City. He had interacted with these particular lawyers before; they charged very high fees, and their professional skills were also top-notch. And Wang Dachui... as far as he knew, seed to be a civil litigation lawyer. Although anyone with a lawyer’s license could technically handle any type of lawsuit, there was still a world of difference between civil and criminal cases. Therefore, he was very concerned that Wang Dachui would be out-argued by the opposing counsel. Unexpected situations were bound to arise in court. With Qin Mu sitting in the public gallery, unable to assist, Wang Dachui could only hope for the best.
BANG—
At this mont, the court rules had been announced. Judgnt Chief Zhou Quanmin scanned the courtroom below and said in a deep voice, "Now, we shall officially begin the trial of Feng Cuihua’s suit against Jiang Daping and his three brothers for abandonnt. The plaintiff will first read the complaint to state the reasons for the lawsuit."
As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Cuihua, who was over seventy years old, stood up nervously. She read from the script in her hands, "I... I-I... I am suing my four sons. For the past five years, they have failed to fulfill their duty to support , leaving ..."
Her voice was soft, and she spoke slowly and intermittently. There were even so characters she didn’t recognize. When she encountered words she couldn’t understand, she simply narrated them based on how she would say them. She detailed all the actions of Jiang Daping and his brothers towards her over the years: things like not calling to check on her during holidays, driving her out of the house, refusing her visits to see her grandchildren, never giving her any money, never returning to their old ho. When she was sick and needed surgery, not one of her four sons was present, aning no family mber was there to sign the necessary docunts, and so on.
Animals! Zhang Wei sat in front of his computer, his face crimson with rage, and swore under his breath. Having been a lawyer for so many years, he had seen all kinds of scum. But this was the first ti he had encountered ones like Jiang Daping and his brothers. Other scumbags were scumbags to others, but Jiang Daping and his brothers were scumbags to their own mother.
"Their behavior... has violated the cri of abandonnt. So, I request the court to hear this case." In court, Feng Cuihua finished reading her list of accusations, her voice faltering. She looked over at the defendant’s box again but found that her four sons showed absolutely no sign of sha or recognition of wrongdoing. Steeling her heart, she said tremblingly, "Additionally, I request the court sentence each of them to three years of imprisonnt and order them to cover my support paynts."
As soon as she finished speaking, her four sons in the defendant’s box finally reacted. They all looked at her with a mixture of anger and disbelief. Their eyes held every emotion except guilt.
These are... truly four ingrates she’s raised, Zhang Wei sighed softly. These four n had all been to his law firm before. He had talked with them, and they had angered him considerably. He had even advised them to apologize and reconcile, but they clearly hadn’t listened to him.
...
「Jin City Court.」
「Second Criminal Court.」
BANG—
After Feng Cuihua finished speaking, Zhou Quanmin turned his attention back to the defendant’s box and said in a deep voice, "Next, the defendants will make their statents one by one, starting with Jiang Daping."
The case involved four defendants, and each of their circumstances needed to be analyzed individually. Each individual had the right to make a defense. Jiang Daping swallowed, picked up his prepared defense statent, and read as his lawyer had instructed, "I... I-I have not committed any act of abandonnt. Towards my mother, I have never used harsh words..."
Facing the collegiate panel’s scrutiny, he showed no sign of sha, calmly justifying his actions by claiming his nurous grandchildren were all young. Therefore, he had no ti to care for his mother. He needed to look after several grandchildren at once and simply couldn’t manage to care for his mother as well. This defense statent, of course, had been prepared for him by his lawyer.
"Next, Jiang Erping, please make your defense," Zhou Quanmin said after listening, pausing briefly before turning his gaze to the second defendant.
Seeing this, Jiang Erping also stood up and argued, "I... I also did not commit any act of abandonnt."
"After getting married, I went to work in another city. We were often apart and rarely together, so it was inevitable that I neglected my mother’s feelings. These things couldn’t be helped. I have always tried to get my brothers to provide support together, but they all made excuses to avoid it, which led to this situation..."
In his defense, he also denied any abandonnt. He also stated that he had tried to get his other brothers to contribute money together for her support, but the other brothers had ignored him. The implication was that it wasn’t that he wouldn’t support her, but that he was unable to.
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