Lawyer: Send the Judge to Prison-Chapter 451 - 405: The Parrot Case! Another New Case!
In the past, she always called him boss...
"Hmm, sit down." Gu Chen led Xue Qingqing to a pavilion by the lake.
"Qingqing, why did you call me by my name today? You always called me boss before." Gu Chen smiled.
"Hehe, you don’t like it?" Xue Qingqing asked.
"I like hearing you call my name, and I like you calling me boss too."
"Gu Chen, Gu Chen, Gu Chen, Gu Chen, Gu Chen, Gu Chen, Gu Chen." Xue Qingqing chanted.
"I hear you, I hear you." Gu Chen replied.
"Gu Chen." Xue Qingqing turned her head to look at Gu Chen.
"Hmm." Gu Chen also looked at Xue Qingqing.
"Gu Chen." Xue Qingqing called again.
"Hmm." Gu Chen nodded.
"Gu Chen, I like you." Xue Qingqing spoke up.
After saying that, Xue Qingqing leaned on Gu Chen’s arm and fell asleep.
Earlier, Xue Qingqing and Gu Chen had dinner together, and both had a little to drink.
"Low tolerance, eh? Get some rest." Gu Chen said, looking at the girl beside him, already asleep.
Gu Chen smiled and gently touched her cheek.
"I like you too." Gu Chen whispered.
"But there’s no way. Your family is so wealthy, your relatives, parents, and grandfather are all so impressive."
"How could I be with you if I’m not successful?" Gu Chen looked at Xue Qingqing, sleeping, as he carried her on his back, heading towards the park exit.
"So I can only fight lawsuits, strive to be a good lawyer, and do my job well."
"With your help, I’ve been able to grow the law firm to this size. Without you, my firm might have taken ten or twenty years to reach where it is now."
"I can only work hard on every case, do what I should, and wait until I become truly excellent and can be by your side, gaining your family’s approval." Gu Chen said.
Gu Chen had always known...
Xue Qingqing’s family was very wealthy, she was practically a little rich girl.
She was beautiful, kind, and from a good family.
And Gu Chen’s family?
Gu Chen’s family was ordinary.
Their families were mismatched, making it difficult to be together.
That’s why Gu Chen had never dared to express his feelings; he only wanted to excel in every lawsuit...
But Xue Qingqing didn’t hear any of this.
She was truly asleep.
The next day, Xue Qingqing woke up at her own home.
After waking up, Xue Qingqing had forgotten what she said the night before.
She only remembered having some wine, feeling dazed on the way back, and then lying in the boss’s embrace...
By the time she woke up, it was already this hour.
Upon arriving at the company, Gu Chen was already working in the office.
Xue Qingqing knocked on the door and walked in.
"Boss, I didn’t spout anything nonsense last night, did I?" Xue Qingqing asked softly.
"No." Gu Chen smiled.
It doesn’t matter if she forgets.
It’s not important...
He thought he could wait until he had developed the law firm into a top national Red Circle Law Firm before being with her.
"Hehe, that’s good then." Xue Qingqing said.
"Boss, let me pour you some water. You’ve been working all morning; you must be exhausted." Xue Qingqing said.
"Alright." Gu Chen nodded.
"Sit down and go through this file with me." Gu Chen said.
"This is today’s dossier, and this case is hard to handle. The client’s parents offered five hundred thousand to have our law firm take on this case. Other lawyers don’t have confidence in it, so I took a look." Gu Chen said.
Xue Qingqing took the document and glanced at it.
Just a glance, and Xue Qingqing felt this case was very complex.
Aren’t these cases all one difficult case after another?
The process of this case is simple, but the difficulty in defense is exceptionally high.
While not as complicated as previous cases, the defense difficulty is even higher.
Some cases are simple, but defending them is very challenging.
For example, the simplest murder case...
Luckily, Li Long is a mental patient, so defending the last case wasn’t too difficult. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
The difficulty in the last case was in identifying that Li Long was a mental patient.
But this case... there’s no way to defend it.
The evidence is conclusive; even the client has confessed!
The client’s parents are unhappy and want to reduce their son’s sentence, so they offered a hefty sum to Gu Chen’s law firm.
The client’s parents are wealthy...
But that’s not the focus; the focus is the difficulty in defending this case.
Conclusive evidence, the client has already confessed.
How to defend against the client’s case now?
This is what happened.
The client’s name is Li Peng.
Li Peng just graduated from college this year, got a beautiful girlfriend, and had a bright future.
Li Peng’s family is wealthy, and he doesn’t work.
So during his leisure time, Li Peng would often go out and play.
Li Peng loved keeping small animals.
Just two months ago, Li Peng bought ten parrots online.
Li Peng loved parrots and, after buying them, fed them well.
He took good care of the parrots...
Some parrots could even learn to talk...
So Li Peng picked up his phone and became a social media influencer.
He filmed his daily parrot care, turning them into videos and posting them on Douyin.
After posting for over half a month, someone realized these parrots were a protected species.
So someone reported Li Peng for illegally keeping protected animals.
Li Peng didn’t know that among the ten parrots, three were "sun parrots," which are a protected and very rare species.
According to our criminal law, privately buying and keeping such animals is illegal.
The case is clear, evidence conclusive.
Li Peng was arrested and learned only then that three of the parrots he kept were protected.
Li Peng then confessed to the course of events.
Upon realizing his crime, he didn’t argue much, confessing directly.
After all, the evidence was solid, and the case was clear, proceeding normally.
The first trial has ended.
The first trial sentenced Li Peng to five years in prison, and Li Peng pled guilty.
Li Peng’s parents were very dissatisfied upon hearing this.
They believed the sentence was too harsh for Li Peng in the first trial; they argued that Li Peng was unaware that these were protected animals and had not harmed the parrots, even taking good care of them.
How could Li Peng be sentenced to five years?
Li Peng accepted it...
But Li Peng’s parents felt sorry for their son.
They thought their son should be acquitted.
They argued their son was neither deliberately keeping nor trading these parrots, nor did he pose a threat to society...
But it was to no avail.
The first trial sentence remained unchanged.
Li Peng’s parents disagreed with the verdict, deciding to appeal!
Even if he can’t be acquitted, surely the penalty could be reduced, right?
How could he be sentenced to five years right away?
Thus... Li Peng’s parents approached Gu Chen’s firm.
They weren’t short of money, so they immediately increased the fee to half a million, asking Gu Chen to take on this case.
Gu Chen was busy at that time, and this case was delayed until now.
Now it’s just one day before the second trial.
Now, defending the client Li Peng...
Xue Qingqing shook her head.
No, this case is too difficult.
Conclusive evidence, the client has confessed...
How can it be defended?
Even though Li Peng didn’t know he was keeping and buying protected animals, this is still illegal.
The law doesn’t pardon someone just because they’re unaware of their crime.
The court’s sentence wasn’t wrong, and sentencing five years isn’t overly harsh.
With the evidence as it is, reducing the penalty is really difficult...
Trying to mount an innocent defense would be impossible.
This case, already judged, now asks Gu Chen to help defend.
But this case...
Who could defend it successfully?
The client has confessed... can he possibly be acquitted?
Even if the boss steps in to take on this case, it couldn’t be done!
If seeking to reduce the penalty... this case is very hard to argue for reduced sentencing let alone an innocent defense.
