Lawyer: Send the Judge to Prison-Chapter 458 - 409: Gu Chen Prepares to Act! Who Cares What the Defendant Says?
Upon hearing Li Peng’s words, everyone present was utterly baffled.
Li Peng just got up there and confessed!
Is there even a confession like this?
This is just too unbelievable.
Normally, shouldn’t you be cooperating with your lawyer to reduce your sentence?
Li Peng just admitted guilt right off, leaving everyone in shock.
If Li Peng doesn’t cooperate, even Gu Chen can’t defend this case, right?
Xue Qingqing shook her head, "What’s going on with Li Peng? In the last case, Li Long kept admitting guilt and nearly lost the case. This time, the trial barely started, and Li Peng is already admitting guilt. If he’s going to plead guilty, why appeal then? Isn’t this a waste of time? The boss worked so hard to defend him, and he’s just undermining it."
Xia Ranran said, "I don’t know, it feels like these people are all sick. Admitting guilt right away — how can any defense attorney help with that?"
Gao Yong also sighed.
After dealing with a lot of lawsuits, you come across some real characters.
This Li Peng just goes all out admitting guilt...
Which lawyer can even perform well here?
Du Jingguang happily clenched his fist, "Beautiful! Hahaha, Gu Chen, you didn’t expect this, did you? Your client, just like Hidden Dragon, won’t cooperate at all, and just surrendered without a fight."
Du Jingguang was honestly a bit excited this time.
Gu Chen, you can’t just claim Li Peng is mentally ill, right?
Li Peng just confessed outright!
Now Gu Chen can just wait for a loss.
The viewers in the live stream were speechless.
[What is Li Peng even doing?]
[Just confessed directly like that? Your defense attorney is Gu Chen, yet you didn’t even put up a fight, and you just admitted guilt?]
[What’s Li Peng even afraid of? Your defense attorney is Lawless Madman, and you’re scared of this?]
[That can’t be true, with Gu Chen helping defend, you didn’t have to go and plead guilty right away. What if they could later reduce your sentence?]
[This Li Peng, I’m honestly speechless, has no brains at all.]
[If I were Gu Chen, I’d just not bother defending this case, leave it to whoever wants it.]
The netizens were quite exasperated.
They all knew that if their lawyer was Gu Chen, they wouldn’t have to do anything in court.
Just leave everything to Gu Chen.
After all, Gu Chen is the Lawless Madman, who’s so reliable.
But Li Peng seemed to have no brains at all...
Li Peng then spoke up: "Judge, I plead guilty."
Li Peng repeated it again.
Many people on the scene turned their gaze toward Li Peng.
Only Li Peng’s parents were really anxious.
What is Li Peng doing?
They hired a lawyer at a high cost, and Li Peng just went up and pleaded guilty.
How can anyone defend this?
Li Zhongnan and Zhang Yaru felt like ants on a hot stove but had no solutions.
For now, they could only rely on Gu Chen.
But Li Peng is really acting as a counterproductive force.
If Li Peng were even a bit more rational, this case wouldn’t be so hard to fight.
This is a courtroom, not a detention center.
In a detention center, admitting guilt actively might lessen the punishment.
Here in a courtroom, admitting guilt directly makes it hard for the court proceedings to continue.
The public prosecutor spoke up: "Judge, the first trial already ruled on Li Peng’s case, with ample evidence showing Li Peng’s purchase and possession of the country’s level-two protected animals. Sun Parrot and Moon Parrot are rare species in the country. Li Peng bought and kept them privately, violating Article 333 of the Criminal Law, with a minimum sentence of five years in prison."
"Li Peng kept a total of ten endangered species, irrefutable evidence. Even if Li Peng previously didn’t know these were endangered species, he still broke the law."
"The ruling from the first trial for Li Peng was already the lightest possible sentence. By law, Li Peng’s crime should be sentenced to more than ten years."
"Li Peng’s dissatisfaction with the first trial’s ruling indicates he hasn’t fully recognized his mistakes, nor has he reflected on his wrongful actions. I request that the first trial’s decision be overturned, and Li Peng be sentenced to ten years of imprisonment," said public prosecutor Wang Qing. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
At this point, Judge Gong Yuqing looked over at Gu Chen.
Gong Yuqing said, "What defense does the defendant’s lawyer have?"
Everyone’s eyes were on Gu Chen.
Li Peng was long resigned.
Whether five years or ten years, he’s going to prison.
This is why he decided to plead guilty directly in court.
His parents initially wanted him to appeal, and he initially refused.
But when a verdict wasn’t reached, Li Peng chose to reject the ruling and appeal.
However, the second trial might impose an even heavier sentence.
From five years to ten years.
The reason Li Peng confessed directly in court was quite simple; he believed he was definitely going to jail.
The absolute minimum would be five years...
Since that’s the case, why not plead guilty directly? Maybe not lessen the punishment, but at least not make it worse.
If the punishment gets heavier, who can withstand it?
Five years are already too long, let alone ten years.
If it extends to ten years, then he’ll be imprisoned even longer.
Li Peng is really the one feeling helpless here.
He definitely doesn’t want his second trial to sentence him to ten years.
He just wants to plead guilty, then serve a five-year sentence and be released.
Five years are already the lightest punishment, and it couldn’t be milder than this.
This is why Li Peng always wanted to plead guilty actively.
He doesn’t want the public prosecutor to say he hasn’t realized his mistakes or repented...
He absolutely doesn’t want his sentence to be increased.
Hiring a lawyer... does it even help?
Really doesn’t help at all.
