Lawyer: Send the Judge to Prison-Chapter 436 - 397: The Trial Begins! (Part 2)

One reason is Gu Chen’s reputation, with a 100% win rate in court cases so far.

Another is that the law firm’s compensation is very good...

With someone like Xue Qingqing as a wealthy patron, there’s fundamentally no financial crisis at the firm.

Moreover, the law firm has a lot of business now; just earning money brings in quite a lot, so there’s no way it could be losing money.

There are already a number of top-tier lawyers in the firm, and many cases don’t require Gu Chen’s personal attention.

Du Jingguang spoke up, "Are you ready to tarnish Gu Chen’s image? Stir up some trouble for Gu Chen. Once Gu Chen loses this case, we can smear him everywhere. By then, Gu Chen won’t be a 100% win-rate lawyer, and his law firm won’t be as popular as it is now."

Du Jingguang thought the reason Gu Chen’s firm was doing so well was because of Gu Chen’s name...

Gu Chen’s individual reputation spread far and wide, so many people sought him out for their court cases.

If Gu Chen is too busy to take on a case, there are plenty of other lawyers underneath him.

So, as long as Gu Chen loses this case...

They can start stirring up trouble...

In this way, the title of 100% win-rate lawyer for Gu Chen would cease to exist.

At that point, internet users won’t care about so much...

Du Jingguang said, "I don’t know if Gu Chen has lost his mind or what, taking on this case. How can he win this case? How could he possibly win? Li Long killed three people, and you still want to help him defend? If you can reduce it to a suspended death sentence, I’d say you’re cheating the system. Even if you were cheating, you couldn’t reduce it to a suspended death sentence! The evidence of murder is conclusive, unless Li Long didn’t do it, but that’s impossible because there’s surveillance, and Li Long confessed himself."

"So this case, Gu Chen is surely going to lose!"

Du Jingguang thought Gu Chen had completely lost his mind, giving up everything for money?

This case... Li Long’s father, Li Haoran, offered thirty thousand for the case, and Du Jingguang knew about it too.

At that time, they’d smear Gu Chen online...

Say that Gu Chen took the money and did nothing, that he took the case just for the money.

Then Du Jingguang would say that hiring Gu Chen for a case costs twenty or thirty thousand...

With that kind of internet smear campaign, who would still hire Gu Chen for their cases?

"Gu Chen, if you dig your own grave, don’t blame me. If you can win this case, I swear I’ll eat shit," Du Jingguang said.

...

There are only three days left until the trial begins.

At Gu Chen’s law firm, not many people were worried about this case.

Even if Gu Chen lost, so what?

It’s completely normal for lawyers to lose cases, isn’t it?

Many people were gathered together discussing.

"I see a lot of netizens online saying that if the boss loses this case, he won’t be a 100% win-rate lawyer anymore. Do you think someone will start trouble then? Smear our firm?"

"In these matters, the media also likes to stir things up, taking things out of context. Isn’t it normal for lawyers to lose cases?" 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"This case... if we lose, so be it. Besides, the boss hasn’t taken a cent from them. Charging money for cases like this is normal. How many lawyers in this field don’t charge? The boss has already gone above and beyond by helping pro bono. If someone stirs up trouble online, I’ll sue them directly."

"But can the boss really win this case?"

"Nonsense, have you ever seen the boss lose a case? Even if it takes a miracle to win this case, I believe the boss can create that miracle!"

"..."

There are only three days left until the trial.

Gu Chen, however, wasn’t worried at all.

Because he had already thought through how he would defend in court!

No matter what, he wouldn’t let Li Long be sentenced to death.

In recent times, Li Haoran had already been hospitalized.

Li Haoran was very concerned about his son’s safety... coupled with his poor health, he went straight to the hospital.

Fortunately, the law firm had people taking care of Li Haoran all this time.

Gu Chen also went to see Li Haoran many times, telling him that his son could still be saved.

Li Long kept attempting suicide in the detention center... under the persuasion of the police, fortunately, he finally calmed down.

Gu Chen also went to the school to teach, giving lessons on "Criminal Law".

Gu Chen shared case after case in the classroom... making the students laugh.

When it came to the Q&A session, students posed one question after another, various inquiries...

Gu Chen could answer them all with ease.

His expertise in law made him a top-tier lawyer, perhaps even surpassing other current top-tier lawyers.

Moreover, Gu Chen’s strongest subject was criminal law.

Gu Chen rarely took civil cases, typically handling criminal ones.

But in actual teaching, whether it was the civil code, criminal law, or various laws, Gu Chen could explain them vividly and thoroughly.

Even international law... Gu Chen was thoroughly familiar with it.

This made the students at the school increasingly admire Gu Chen...

Gu Chen was still very young but was essentially at the level of a professor.

Every time Gu Chen taught a class, the classroom was packed.

Every semester when Gu Chen’s classes opened, they were immediately filled, and students scrambled to enroll.

Even students from other majors, like English, Physics... even those from sports institutes, would come to Gu Chen’s classes to learn.

Even the aisles in the classroom were filled with students sitting.

Some students even sat right in front of the podium...

They had no choice; there were just too many people.

If you came late, forget about seats; there wasn’t even space on the floor to sit.

Gu Chen said, "That’s the case, does anyone have any more questions? I’ve already finished the lecture, and I have no classes this week. Next Monday’s class, I’ll have to take a day off. I have to take on a case, so the class schedule needs to be adjusted."

A student said, "Teacher, can you talk about the case you’re taking on recently? Li Long killed three people, I have some questions I’d like to ask."

Gu Chen said, "You can ask."

The student said, "Teacher, I know defending this case is extremely difficult, and there’s almost no hope of a successful defense. We all felt heartbroken over the murder of Li Long’s mom, and we’re happy Li Long avenged her. We all believe that what Li Long did was right."

"What Li Long did was satisfying, he already avenged his mother. But.... we’re law school students, and we know that such matters need evidence in court, and the law does not excuse emotion..."

"No matter how we look at it, the win rate for this case is zero. Li Long’s murder of three people is extremely heinous. This case isn’t as complex as others, but the defense difficulty is the highest."

"Trying to defend Li Long to avoid a death sentence, we’ve all thought of ways, but in the end, there’s no way...."

"Even Xia Ranran lost, and with the teacher personally taking on the case, I don’t know how it can be won....."

"Teacher, the question I want to ask is... do you think Li Long is guilty? If so, how should one defend to prevent a death sentence for Li Long?"

The students at the school were all very capable.

Faced with this question, Gu Chen just smiled slightly.

Gu Chen said, "Is Li Long guilty? That’s a question that needs pondering."

"From a legal standpoint, Li Long’s act of killing others is intentional homicide, and indeed guilty, with extremely heinous characteristics. Li Long is guilty."

"Emotionally, Li Long merely wanted to punish the murderer, to avenge his mother, a grudge from decades ago, and chose to avenge it personally."

"This is a very good question, but what we should be concerned with shouldn’t be the question itself, but what exactly drove Li Long to this point?"

"This is also a question we need to contemplate, as well as something the whole society needs to think about."

"As for how to defend Li Long...."

"Everyone will know in time."

"There’s no one who can guarantee a successful defense in this case, and I am no exception."

"I’m just a lawyer, doing the things I should do, regardless of the result."

"Today’s class is concluded."

After Gu Chen finished speaking, the room erupted with applause.

Everyone began to look forward to the trial three days later...

Soon, the three days passed.

Li Long’s second trial... was about to begin!

Everyone was looking forward to it!!

On this day, students in the school, people in the law firm, and all walks of life in society paid attention to this trial!