Happy May Day! I will post 1 more extra chapter today~
At 10 am the next day, Liu Jiajia’s beach poisoning case’s trial was publicly held at Beishan City People’s Court.
Yue Xingwen and his teammates went to the court early in the morning. Due to Liu Jiajia’s case, Zhu Xiaoting was not a defendant, but a witness. They did not need to appear in court to defend Zhu Xiaoting, but could only sit in the audience and listen.
Observing the trial might have given them the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the courtroom in advance.
Yue Xingwen and their group of university students came to the court for the first time, looking at the solemn courtroom environment, everyone couldn’t help but feel a little nervous. Even Lan Yarong, who had been to the court with her teacher several times before, couldn’t achieve real calm. This was the first time she had independently represented a case, and previously only needed to follow her teacher to help.
At 10 o’clock, the trial of Liu Jiajia’s case started on time.
The prosecutor appointed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, a young and capable woman, presented Liu Jiajia’s case and set out a series of evidence in a clear and organized manner.
The police found more evidence than Yue Xingwen and the others.
“The highly toxic substance potassium cyanide was detected in Liu Jiajia’ body. The forensic doctor confirmed that the real cause of death of Liu Jiajia was potassium cyanide poisoning, and the following is Liu Jiajia’s cause of death identification certificate. The source of potassium cyanide is the Chemistry Laboratory of Beishan University, and the video testimony of Professor Lin Ping of the Chemistry Department will be played next.”
Professor Lin said that the total loss of potassium cyanide stored in the laboratory was 10 grams, and because he had just checked the medicine cabinet on October 17th, re-weighed the controlled drugs, checked the data, and locked the medicine cabinet, then the loss of potassium cyanide must have been between October 17th to October 25th (the day before the crime).
“We compiled the list of classes in the Chemistry Department that conducted experiments between October 17th to October 25rh, and only Applied Chemistry Class 1 and Class 2 had experiments scheduled during the week. After visiting class members, we concluded—— Chen Kaiming and Lin Xuefei had stayed to clean up after the experiment on October 20th, and the two were a couple. Chen Kaiming said that his girlfriend Lin Xuefei accidentally lost the key while on duty, so he hurried to get the key outside the school, and only Lin Xuefei was left alone in the laboratory at that time.”
“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 the source of the poison, and after Chen Kaiming learned of this, he did not shield his girlfriend, but directly confessed the fact that she was left alone in the laboratory.
The presiding judge asked the defendant Lin Xuefei to state the facts of the crime.
Lin Xuefei cried breathlessly in the courtroom, choked up and explained the reason to the judge——
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It turned out that Chen Kaiming had a crush for Liu Jiajia for many years and always regarded Liu Jiajia as a goddess. After being with Lin Xuefei, he still couldn’t let go of Liu Jiajia, and even accidentally called out Liu Jiajia’s name when making out with his girlfriend. Lin Xuefei loved Chen Kaiming for many years, minding that Chen Kaiming had a White Moonlight in his heart, she transferred her hatred for this White Moonlight who was better and more beautiful than herself. After arguing with Chen Kaiming for this reason, she killed Liu Jiajia.
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The judge sentenced Lin Xuefei guilty of intentional homicide on the spot and sentenced her to death.
After walking out of the courtroom, Zhu Xiaoting’s face was ugly.
Lan Yarong and Yue Xingwen looked at each other and immediately managed to meet her and calm her emotions. “You have to empty your mind now, don’t think about Liu Jiajia’s matter, the murderer of Jiajia has been punished. There were more important cases in the afternoon, and we must clear your name. Once convicted of murder, you will also be sentenced to death!”
Thinking of Lin Xuefei’s expression collapsed when she was sentenced to death and almost couldn’t walk. Zhu Xiaoting’s whole body trembled, and she immediately nodded and said, “I understand, I won’t think about Jiajia anymore, I have to plan for myself!”
Yue Xingwen said warmly, “Before the trial, read the manuscript we gave you again, and if you are nervous and forget your words, close your eyes and carefully recall the day and describe the process as realistically as possible.”
Zhu Xiaoting took a deep breath and said seriously to both of them, “Thank you, it’s been hard for you.”
After Zhu Xiaoting was taken away, Yue Xingwen and his party only ordered a fast food and ate it at random nearby, hurriedly checked the process of the court’s defense and prepared questions, and then confirmed that the witnesses were all present.
Time passed minute by minute, and it was almost 2:00 pm in the afternoon.
Yue Xingwen, Lan Yarong and Lin Manluo packed up their materials and walked into the courtroom lounge side by side.
The other teammates sat in the audience in advance. Although they could not directly participate in the defense, for today, everyone did their best, especially Jiang Pingce, Ke Shaobin and Xin Yan. In order to sort out the relevant evidence of the boys’ dormitory 105, they did not sleep at all last night.
Everyone’s spirit was highly tense.
Yue Xingwen looked relaxed, but his heart was actually drumming.
He never dreamed that one day, he would stand in court and help a girl defend that she hadn’t killed anyone! The library was crazy to put such a heavy burden on the shoulders of a group of students.
Lan Yarong looked at Yue Xingwen’s serious face and asked, “Aren’t you a little nervous?”
Yue Xingwen coughed lightly, “A little bit.”
Lan Yarong said, “Last year’s college debate tournament, I also went to the scene to see. Your speech was very wonderful, you don’t have a stage fright in the auditorium of thousands of people, I even applauded you offstage. Just think of it as a debate.”
She smiled slightly and encouraged Yue Xingwen. “Believe in yourself and believe in our team.”
Meeting senior sister’s gentle gaze, Yue Xingwen’s mood suddenly calmed down and he said, “That’s right. Although there are only a few of us who can sit in the lawyer’s seat, there are teammates behind us, and this is everyone together!”
Lan Yarong nodded and said, “So, we can’t let everyone down.”
Lin Manluo stretched out her hand. “Fighting!”
Yue Xingwen and Lan Yarong also extended their hands together, and the three of them cheered each other on.
A few minutes before the trial, the three drank some water to moisten their throats. It was not until the official start of the trial was announced that they walked into the courtroom together and sat in the seat of the defendant’s defense lawyer.
There were only two defense lawyers who could speak. Lan Yarong sat on the left, Yue Xingwen on the right, and Lin Manluo as an assistant sat in the first row to organize the information.
The secretary of the court said, “Please invite the presiding judge and the members of the full court to enter the courtroom.”
The group walked into the courtroom and took their seats at the top.
The presiding judge, sitting in the middle, was a woman of about 50 years old, with white hair, but in high spirits. She swept a glance to the audience calmly and whispered, “Silence.”
With her voice, the audience instantly became silent.
The presiding judge said, “The dormitory 703 murder case is officially opened, and the defendant Zhu Xiaoting is summoned to the court.”
Zhu Xiaoting was escorted to the courtroom and stood in the defendant’s chair. She glanced at the positions of Yue Xingwen and Lan Yarong, and seemed to have some courage to stand straight at the defendant’s seat.
The presiding judge asked, “The defendant, Zhu Xiaoting, female, age 22, a senior student at the Translation Department of Beishan University, and her current address is girls’ dormitory Building 6, room 703 of Beishan University, is the above information accurate?”
Zhu Xiaoting nodded. “Accurate.”
“The following is the list of members of this courtroom 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 collegial panel*, public prosecutor, and evaluators, do you need to apply for recusal?”
*A collegial panel is composed of three to seven judges, the number of which must be odd. Simple civil cases, economic cases, minor criminal cases and cases that are otherwise provided for in law can be tried by a single judge. Cases of second trial are heard by a collegial panel of three to five judges.
Zhu Xiaoting hesitated for a few seconds, and said seriously, “No need.”
An application for recusal was generally a request for a trial member to withdraw from the trial when the plaintiff, the defendant’s relatives, or other relationships might affect the correct handling of the case.
The members of this court trial were fine, and the presiding judge only made 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, I invite the prosecutor to read out the indictment.”
The prosecutor sent by the Public Prosecutor’s Office this time was a young man with glasses and a decent appearance. He presented his case in a tone as if he were giving a speech, with a sense of justice.
He finished reading out Zhu Xiaoting’s basic information first, and then started to read out the source of the case——
“The defendant Zhu Xiaoting was investigated by the Beishan Binjiang District Public Security, and the Beishan Binjiang District Procuratorate filed a public prosecution in the People’s Court.”
“At 4:30 am on October 26th, 2021, Zhu Xiaoting took the Didi Express from Binjian Bay to Beishan University, arrived at the entrance of the school at 5:10 am, took the west elevators to dormitory 703 of Building 6 at 5:20 am. You had a dispute with your roommate Xie Xiangqin, picked up the fruit knife purchased in the school supermarket, and stabbed through Xie Xiangqin’s heart artery, causing Xie Xiangqin to lose too much blood and die.”
“The defendant Zhu Xiaoting had a secret crush on Zou Yijia, a third year boy from the Translation Department, who was Xie Xiangqin’s official boyfriend. In addition, Zhu Xiaoting and Xie Xiangqin have been at odds for a long time, and have had many arguments, with a clear motive for murder.”
“The murder weapon was seized on the spot by the Public Security Force, and after identification, the murder weapon only had Zhu Xiaoting’s fingerprints on it; After investigating the scene, it was found that there were only footprints of Xie Xiangqin and Zhu Xiaoting in the dormitory that day, and there were no traces of a third party present; Roommate Mao Yue returned to the dormitory and witnessed the scene of Zhu Xiaoting holding the murder weapon…”
The evidence listed one by one made Zhu Xiaoting’s face turn pale. Especially the footprints, she could not figure out how. When there was already much blood on the ground, how could the murderer not leave any fingerprints and footprints?
“The defendant Zhu Xiaoting’s motive for committing the crime is clear, the personal and material evidence is complete, and the evidence is certain and sufficient, which is sufficient to determine the facts of the crime. The court believes that Zhu Xiaoting committed the murder with a knife, which caused an extremely bad social impact and violated Article 230 of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China for the crime of intentional homicide, and requests the court to punish it severely according to the law!”
The audience was silent.
The entire court echoed with the prosecutor’s harsh rebuke, the voice sounded in her ears like thunder, and Zhu Xiaoting’s face was bloodless. She seemed to have been frightened and stunned by this situation.
so nervous 😫
Everything ending good!
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