Lawyer: Send the Judge to Prison-Chapter 461 - 410: It’s Over—Gu Chen Is Sending a Bunch of People to Jail! (Part 2)
"Li Peng will be sentenced to at least five years. No matter how Lawyer Gu argues, since his client has consistently pled guilty, there’s no way this case will result in a reduced sentence."
Wang Ling was also watching the live broadcast at home.
Wang Ling said, "This case really isn’t that interesting. I started watching because I heard Gu Chen was great in court, wanted to see how he’d defend this one. But it turns out Gu Chen isn’t much—he hasn’t said a word from beginning to end. But since Li Peng keeps pleading guilty, Gu Chen, as the defense lawyer, has no chance to interject."
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Everyone believed Gu Chen would lose this case.
After all, Li Peng indeed broke the law.
But after the first trial, Li Peng was unsatisfied and insisted on appealing.
The second trial began, and Li Peng’s actions became even more laughable.
If he disagreed, why plead guilty and apologize like mad during the second trial?
This is the second trial!
If you’ve already pled guilty, why didn’t you just avoid appealing against the sentencing of the first trial?
Li Peng’s current behavior is almost as if he’s sabotaging himself.
It’s just wasting everyone’s time.
Gu Chen took this case, yet since the client continues to plead guilty, this case is doomed to lose no matter what.
There’s no lawyer who could win such a case.
Only Du Jingguang was gleefully dancing with joy.
And the media and reporters on the scene were all focused on Gu Chen.
Once the trial concludes, within one minute, news notifications could be sent out entirely.
Various conduct of Gu Chen in court would be big news by that time!
The parents of the client offered half a million for Gu Chen to defend, yet Gu Chen hasn’t spoken a word or defended from start to finish.
Admittedly, there’s an issue with Li Peng...
But if the media twists it slightly, saying that "Gu Chen didn’t say a word in court, didn’t defend," coupled with Gu Chen having fun outside yesterday, they could say Gu Chen took the case purely for the money and didn’t prepare seriously.
That would be big news.
Gu Chen’s reputation would be ruined.
After all, the live stream is only watched by a minority of netizens; the majority won’t watch a courtroom live stream.
They’d only see various news released by the media...
That way, many would stand up to criticize Gu Chen.
Gu Chen’s reputation would be irrevocably damaged.
Thinking of this, Du Jingguang grinned widely.
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Judge Gong Yuqing looked at Gu Chen and said, "Does the defense lawyer for the defendant have any rebuttals?"
All eyes turned to Gu Chen.
Now it was Gu Chen’s turn to defend.
The cameras of all major reporters also focused on Gu Chen.
They just wanted to see how Gu Chen planned to defend this case.
No matter how Gu Chen defended, their news bulletins were pretty much written.
They were just waiting for the case to conclude.
After that, who would still pay attention to this case?
This case, someone used the opportunity to try to destroy Gu Chen!
Prosecutor Wang Qing also looked at Gu Chen.
Gu Chen smiled a little.
He never thought he would lose this case. With such a case, he didn’t need any system to win.
Could anyone really think he’d lose the case?
Gu Chen said, "Judge, I have something to say."
Xia Ranran, Gao Yong, and Xue Qingqing were all looking at Gu Chen.
Their hearts were all suspended in suspense.
Whether Gu Chen could win the case depended on how he’d defend at this moment.
Could Gu Chen really win the case?
Gu Chen said, "I have reviewed the entire incident of this case. You claim Li Peng broke the law, right? By purchasing and keeping nationally protected animals, correct?"
Prosecutor Wang Qing replied, "Yes, Li Peng indeed broke the law, and there’s adequate evidence to prove that Li Peng indeed purchased protected animals on a certain platform and was keeping them. Li Peng has kept Sun Parrots and Moon Parrots for more than a month, and after being reported, his actions violated article 333 of our Criminal Law. Moreover, the animals Li Peng kept are endangered. He privately purchased and kept as many as ten, and should be sentenced to at least five years."
Wang Qing made it very clear.
Li Peng indeed broke the law.
Du Jingguang was also watching to see how Gu Chen planned to defend this case.
Surely he couldn’t argue Li Peng didn’t keep these protected animals?
Li Peng himself pled guilty and there are videos on TikTok.
In the videos, these parrots do appear to be protected species and are endangered.
Li Peng also pled guilty...
Could Gu Chen possibly turn this around?
Li Peng said, "Yes, I broke the law."
Li Peng added another sentence.
Li Peng’s parents were truly about to collapse from anger.
Even after Lawyer Gu’s attempts to defend, can Li Peng not see the situation clearly?
Stop pleading guilty so eagerly!
Let Lawyer Gu perform the defense!
Currently, it feels like Li Peng has already sided with the prosecution...
The prosecution wants to get Li Peng sentenced, wants him incarcerated!
Why does Li Peng keep nodding in agreement with the guilty plea? Doesn’t he understand what he’s doing to himself?
Gu Chen ignored whatever Li Peng was saying next.
Judge Gong Yuqing couldn’t be bothered to remind Li Peng again.
Li Peng just kept repeating the guilty plea crazily, still the same words.
Now the crucial part was how Gu Chen planned to defend.
Gu Chen continued, "What evidence is there to prove Li Peng broke the law? Is it simply because of the videos online? Do these videos prove Li Peng kept protected species, the Moon Parrot and the Sun Parrot?"
Prosecutor Wang Qing said, "Of course, we have the most complete evidence."
Gu Chen looked at Judge Gong Yuqing and said, "Is that so?"
Gong Yuqing spoke, "The evidence is all here; we have everything, including Li Peng’s order records for purchasing parrots and the videos posted online."
Gu Chen then asked, "Just having order records only proves Li Peng bought parrots. With just online videos, these parrots in the videos indeed look like Sun Parrots and Moon Parrots, but can that be proof on its own?"
Prosecutor Wang Qing replied, "But Li Peng has already pled guilty..."
Gu Chen said, "Does Li Peng clearly understand which are endangered species and which are nationally protected animals? If Li Peng were aware, would he have pled guilty? Can he genuinely be guilty if he admitted guilt unknowingly?"
Wang Qing: "?????"
Gu Chen continued, "I believe the existing evidence is insufficient to prove Li Peng purchased and kept endangered species. The videos might resemble them, but the evidence is not enough. Can you convict based on mere resemblance?"
"If A committed murder and happens to look a lot like B, would B be charged with murder too? You can’t convict B just because they look alike, right?"
"Moreover, in this world, there are twins, triplets, which are normal, including very similar animals; that’s normal too."
Prosecutor Wang Qing stated, "There is also a forensic report here, which has identified these parrots as Sun Parrots and Moon Parrots, both nationally protected animals."
Gu Chen glanced at these evidences and said, "I have seen this forensic report. This report, all sent for identification, were photos; there was not a single live parrot, correct?"
Prosecutor Wang Qing nodded, "Yes, there’s no doubt."
Gong Yuqing also nodded, "Indeed, that’s exactly it."
They hadn’t noticed anything amiss yet.
Gu Chen continued, "Then I must ask, how can you identify DNA through photos? I saw DNA identification in the forensic report; can you identify DNA with photos?"
After Gu Chen finished speaking, the prosecutor and the judge both lifted their heads, looking dazed.
Everyone was stunned.
Ah?
Is that even possible?
Wasn’t this implying that... the evidence was fabricated!
Everyone was somewhat shocked.
If this evidence was fabricated...
Then this case would become a massive scandal!
Submitting false evidence... is a crime!
