Chapter 496 The End of Justice (Part 1)
As the lifeblood city of China, Yanjing has many advantages.
For example, there are abundant educational resources.
For example, medical resources are advanced.
Another example is the blood-sucking cough, which has a strong ability to concentrate resources in the surrounding area.
But among the many advantages.
Yanjing also has many shortcomings.
For example, traffic jams directly change from the capital city to the first traffic jam on weekends.
For example, frequent traffic control. Of course, we can’t say much about this.
Another example.
its weather.
The temperature in Yanjing in the past two days was quite pleasant, the sunshine was soft, it seemed that the vegetation was about to turn green and the spring flowers were in full bloom.
As a result, I didn't expect that the night would pass.
The sun seemed to have been trapped with a 404 character. There was no trace of it and it disappeared without a trace.
The sky is filled with low, thick gray-yellow turbid clouds, which makes people feel a little depressed.
at the same time.
In a cheap hotel on the East Fourth Ring Road of Yanjing.
Meng Liang was standing by the window of his room on the seventh floor in his pajamas, staring blankly at the scene outside:
It was around 7:30 in the morning, and there were a lot of pedestrians coming and going on the road, making it very lively.
Some people are looking at their mobile phones and walking leisurely.
Some people were nibbling steamed buns or burritos while rushing to the subway entrance.
There is also a man wearing a plaid shirt, carrying a shoulder bag, chasing his wig that was blown away by the wind
Meng Liang also saw a young man with an immature appearance. He was touching his chin as he walked, as if he was worried about the unshaved beard. From time to time, he would look down at the tie on his chest.
It's obvious.
This is a newcomer who has just joined the workplace and has not yet been tempered. Maybe today is still his first day at work.
Seeing this scene, which many 'community beasts' were so accustomed to that they might vomit, Meng Liang's eyes flashed with a hint of envy:
“That’s great”
Just when Meng Liang was looking at the scenery outside the window.
Drop——
Behind him, there was a soft sound of the room card unlocking at the door.
After a while.
Meng Liang's father, Meng Dongguo, wiped the dust off his body and quickly walked out of the house, muttering:
"Oh Huo! Fortunately, this Yanjing is an imperial capital. The sand and dust make the skin turn and tremble."
As he spoke, Meng Dongguo placed another plastic bag and a cup of soy milk on the small desk in the room, and greeted Meng Liang:
"Son, I came to have breakfast. There was no busy work around (rice), so I just bought a few steamed buns and steamed buns."
"Here, here's the soy milk. Let's set off as soon as possible after eating. Don't keep those comrades waiting."
Only then did Meng Liang come back to his senses.
A simple oh:
"Oh, here it comes."
Then he walked to the desk in a few steps, picked up a steamed bun, and turned his attention to the solitary soy milk next to him:
"Dad, why did you just buy a cup of soy milk?"
Meng Dongguo was already chewing on the steamed bun. After hearing this, he chewed a few times quickly, then picked up a bottle of the hotel's standard mineral water from the corner of the table and took a sip.
When he was done, he wiped the corner of his mouth, shook his head and said:
"A cup of soy milk costs three and a half yuan. It's too expensive and I can't afford it."
"Anyway, the hotel provides mineral water, and this is it. Oh, the shell of the water dew is too soft, and you can’t feel it when you pinch it."
Meng Liang glanced at his father.
I didn’t correct that the name of the bottle of water was actually ice dew, and I didn’t say any kind words about you not drinking soy milk and me not drinking it either.
Instead, he silently picked up the soy milk cup, blew on it, and took a sip.
He softened the bun in his mouth and swallowed it.
Five or six minutes passed.
Meng Liang and his son finished the simple breakfast at the same time.
Meng Dongguo burped, rubbed his belly a few times, stood up quickly, and said to Meng Liang:
"Okay, son, it's almost time, let's set off now."
"."
Meng Liang muttered a few words, but in the end he remained silent.
He turned around dully, picked up the coat prepared on the bed, and slowly put it on.
And just when Meng Liang had just pulled the zipper halfway, Meng Dongguo's sigh suddenly sounded from behind him:
"Son, are you a little scared?"
Meng Liang's movements suddenly stagnated.
Then he turned his head in surprise and looked at his father.
It's obvious.
Meng Dongguo hit the mark on Meng Liang's mind.
"Why are you looking at me like this?"
Meng Dongguo took two steps forward, came to Meng Liang, patted his son on the shoulder and said:
"The ancestors said it right, no one knows more than his father."
"If you talk about how to use mobile phones and computers, or the differences between the Supreme People's Court, the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate, I will definitely not be able to tell you anything."
"But I raised you since you were a child, and you haven't spent a single moment (a little) away from me and your mother until now. Can I not tell what you are thinking?"
Meng Liang's face twitched.
Then Meng Dongguo threw the mineral water bottle in his hand into the trash can, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and waved it twice in front of Meng Liang:
"I could tell on the day we arrived in Yanjing that something was wrong with you. You kept saying that you should take a taxi to the Supreme People's Procuratorate for good luck today."
"It wasn't until I went downstairs just now that I asked the little girl at the hotel front desk to check for me, and then I discovered something."
"There is no direct subway to the Supreme People's Court near the hotel. If you want to go to the Supreme People's Court, you have to change stations. The only initial line available is the Batong Line."
"And inside the station on the Batong Line, there is the school you went to."
Heard the second half of Meng Dongguo's words.
Meng Liang's chest suddenly rose and fell several times, a flush suddenly appeared on his face, and his whole body became hesitant.
In Meng Dongguo's blind spot, the fingers of Meng Liang's left hand were trembling faintly.
As Meng Dongguo said.
At this time, Meng Liang was indeed a little scared in his heart.
More than a month ago.
When I learned from the female police officer named Wang Li that the Information Security Technology Department wanted him to come forward as a plaintiff to sue the big V who had spread rumors about him.
Meng Liang had only two thoughts in his mind:
Gratitude and joy.
I am grateful because the country finally gave him a chance to be honest.
I am happy because the big V who brought me so close to the destruction of my family is finally going to be punished.
Later, under the guidance of Wang Li and others.
Meng Liang also carried out the private prosecution process normally and took the big V who had spread rumors about him and the girl who had slandered him to court.
However, as one of many cases in this case, Meng Liang's lawsuit is just an introduction to the entire process - or the same is true for the "mission" of other plaintiffs similar to Meng Liang.
Then with the cooperation of relevant departments.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate took over these private prosecution files.
And a week ago, a public prosecution was launched as a criminal case to the First Criminal Tribunal of the Supreme People's Court, commonly known as the First Criminal Tribunal.
At the same time as a victim of the case.
Meng Liang and others were also invited to Yanjing by Wang Li to attend the trial as witnesses.
There is no doubt about it.
This is exciting news.
After all, reaching this step means that the case has reached the final stage of trial.
Those so-called big Vs who slander, spread rumors, and expose others online are destined to receive the punishment they deserve.
And it won’t take too long to implement.
However.
After learning that he was going to Yanjing.
Meng Liang suddenly felt an inexplicable fear in his heart.
Because
The 211 University he was admitted to is in Yanjing.
True.
It was the school that made Meng Liang's decision to drop out. Strictly speaking, it had nothing to do with the city of Yanjing.
But what most outsiders, including Meng Dongguo, don’t know.
At that time, the big V obtained his ticket information for leaving Yanjing from unknown sources and posted it directly on the Internet.
Because the incident received a lot of attention at the time.
So on the day Meng Liang left Yanjing, many people ran outside Yanjing Station and launched leaflets with Meng Liang's information.
Even on the high-speed train bound for his hometown, some people found their seats and insulted him.
In the end, Meng Liang could only hide in the dining car in embarrassment, huddled in the corner with a mask on, and just spent the journey home with difficulty.
Therefore, Meng Liang had almost no good impression of the city of Yanjing.
Of course.
At that time, a few passers-by stood up and righteously refuted those who distributed the leaflets, and some of them were girls.
So if he just came to Yanjing, a sad place, Meng Liang's mentality would not be too broken.
But the problem is
Before setting off from home.
In order to save travel expenses, Meng Dongguo, who had always been frugal, booked this cheap hotel on the East Fourth Ring Road without consulting Meng Liang.
At the beginning, Meng Liang didn't pay much attention.
After all, he is not a person who cannot bear hardships. He has suffered a lot over the years.
Besides, no matter how shabby the hotel is these days, it is still much better than the dormitory back then.
So while packing his luggage, he also searched for directions to the hotel and the route from the hotel to the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
And the moment the result appears.
He was stunned:
The route from the train station to the hotel is not a problem, but
There is only one way to get from the hotel to the Supreme People's Procuratorate, which is what Meng Dongguo calls a transfer.
One of the stops on the initial line and also the transfer point of the line is surprisingly——
The ‘alma mater’ that left Meng Liang countless nightmares!
Tell the truth.
If it were just the city of Yanjing, Meng Liang would have a bad impression of it at best.
But Meng Liang could not let go of this station where the subway stopped.
That was a place name that would trigger nightmares for at least two days when Meng Liangguang heard its name.
Ever since.
With the blessing of this ‘alma mater feeling’.
The fear in Meng Liang's heart was instantly amplified.
Therefore, from the time he arrived in Yanjing to the present, he has had a strong sense of disobedience.
This kind of mentality even made him feel a little dazed.
On the one hand, he hopes to see the outcome of the trial and see those people imprisoned.
But on the other hand, he was somewhat evasive, unwilling to face those memories, and afraid of returning to that nightmare place.
This is a pain that only those who have experienced it know.
Meng Liang's original thoughts were not told to anyone, and he silently endured the pain.
But I didn’t expect
My father, who couldn't even operate a mobile phone for the elderly, actually showed a keen judgment comparable to that of a detective in this matter?
Then Meng Dongguo looked at Meng Liang distressedly and sighed:
"Son, why didn't you tell me earlier if you had this kind of psychological burden?"
"Your dad and I don't have much ability, but it's better for two people to fight this kind of thing than to hold it in alone, right? You."
As a result, I talked about it.
Meng Dongguo himself didn’t know what to say:
He is just a pipe repairman who has not graduated from high school. It is really difficult for him to provide psychological counseling.
So the father and son were silent for a long time, and finally Meng Dongguo spoke:
"Son, you really don't want to take that subway?"
Meng Liang was silent for a moment, a trace of struggle flashed in his eyes.
But in the end.
nodded.
Seeing this, Meng Dongguo's chest rose and fell, took a deep breath, and said decisively:
"Okay, if you don't want to sit down, don't sit down. It's okay. Let's take a taxi to the Supreme Inspection Bureau!"
When saying this.
A trace of bitterness flashed through Meng Dongguo's heart - in fact, he wanted to see Meng Liang answer no.
After all, although he has no academic qualifications, he still understands some principles.
He once heard an old Chinese doctor in a small town say something:
Sadness will cause Qi to disappear, fear will cause Qi to become chaotic, and fear will cause Qi to decline.
It means that sadness will dissipate people's "qi", panic will make "qi" disorder, and fear will make "qi" sink.
Now Meng Liang has all three, which is obviously not a good thing.
The best way to eliminate fear is naturally to face it.
When a person can face his trauma calmly, it means that he has let go of that matter.
Therefore, Meng Dongguo hoped that Meng Liang would choose to take the Batong Line. Even hiding behind him while wearing a mask was better than simply escaping.
But
Meng Dongguo was also worried that the forceful melon would not be sweet, and if he persisted, it would cause more serious psychological harm to Meng Liang.
Therefore, he could only follow his son's wishes and replace the subway with a taxi.
Ten minutes later.
After tidying up their appearance, the father and son left the hotel.
They took a taxi at the nearest bus stop and drove to Beiheyan Street, where the Supreme People's Procuratorate is located.
at the same time.
The Supreme Court Headquarters is only 2.1 kilometers away from the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
Xu Yun was led by a staff member to the gate of China's highest judicial institution.
It's quite strange to say.
Yesterday it was Yanjing Hospital, today it was the Supreme Court.
In just two days.
In this way, Xu Yun easily accomplished the 'achievement' that he could not achieve in his previous life.
It's a pity that Halo doesn't have an achievement system like Steam, otherwise the rewards for high and low would be some stuff.
Xu Yun then dismissed these stray thoughts and visited the trial building with great interest.
Students who have been sentenced by the Supreme Court should all know this.
There are 31 steps in total at the main entrance of the trial building. There is a saponaria tree growing on the steps - the tree grows under the steps and is located on the north side of the 15th step.
The origin of this saponaria tree is extraordinary.
It is a national first-class ancient tree numbered 11010100609. It has a history of hundreds of years. It is rumored that it was planted by Ji Xiaolan.
It has witnessed countless gunpowder smoke and beacon fires, heard the gunfire of the invaders and the cry of the Chinese people to save the nation.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Supreme Law.
Due to the shortage of office space, the Supreme People's Court approved the construction of a new trial building.
And this saponaria tree is located exactly within the blue line of the building’s construction drawings.
When the decision-makers of the project faced this ancient tree at that time, they seemed very embarrassed:
The honey locust tree is very old. If the old tree is moved to another place, improper transplantation may lead to the death of the old tree.
First-class ancient trees are clearly protected by law, and the court, as a judicial organ, is also the guardian of the spirit of the law.
If the judiciary cannot take the lead in setting an example, how can the judiciary be trusted by the people?
So after discussion.
The final plan is to protect the ancient trees in situ, move the building back 5 meters, and dig holes in the steps.
Ever since.
This ancient tree stands like a sentinel on the 15th step of the trial building of the Supreme People's Court.
Since then.
This ancient tree has also become a living judicial totem of the Supreme People's Court, and many judges have composed poems for it.
For example, Mr. Ge Xingjun's "Hymn to the Saponaria Tree" is about this tree.
Taking photos with the tree has gradually become a reserved item when old judges retire, grassroots judges visit, and guests visit.
Even law students who went to the Supreme People's Court for internships took "encountering the honey locust tree and realizing their dreams in the Supreme Court" as their assembly order.
So Xu Yun also took advantage of it and asked the staff to take a photo of him and the honey locust tree.
After taking the photo.
The staff took Xu Yun into the building.
Compared with the softness of the soap locust trees outside, the interior of the trial building reveals another two-character painting style:
solemn.
The building is covered with dark marble tiles, which looks very low-key at first glance.
There are no luxurious decorations of crystals and gems on the walls and top, but there is a majestic atmosphere inside and out.
If you were a young person coming here, your feet would probably become weak after just a few steps.
No wonder the Supreme Court’s trial building is known as the center of Yanjing’s efforts to suppress evil spirits. It is indeed extraordinary in temperament
Then the staff took Xu Yun forward and soon came to a visitor room and said:
"Dr. Xu, Prosecutor Chen is already waiting for you in the room."
Xu Yun thanked her and knocked on the door after she left.
After a while.
A very steady female voice sounded in the room:
"Please come in."
Xu Yun pushed open the door and entered.
This visitor room is not large, only about ten square meters. It is simply equipped with a desk and two pairs of ergonomic chairs.
At this time, a 40-year-old lesbian was sitting behind the desk.
The lesbian has short hair and fair skin, and looks capable and intellectual.
Seeing Xu Yun enter the room, the other party quickly stood up and took the initiative to greet him:
"Hello Dr. Xu, let me introduce myself. I am Prosecutor Chen Ling of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the prosecutor of this trial."
Xu Yun also shook hands with the other party enthusiastically:
"Hello, Inspector Chen."
Wait until the greetings are over.
Chen Ling invited Xu Yun to take a seat, took the initiative to pour him a cup of tea, and said straight to the point:
"Dr. Xu, our time is limited, so I won't be polite to you and will introduce the situation to you directly."
Xu Yun quickly made a gesture of all ears.
Then Chen Ling organized some speech and said:
"Our trial can be said to be the largest trial on online violence and rumor-mongering since the founding of the People's Republic of China, so social attention is very high."
"If nothing else happens, the peak number of live broadcast viewers should easily exceed 10 million, and the pressure on us will be great."
"At the same time, more importantly, in the current laws and regulations, it is still controversial whether the victim should be notified to appear in court."
"So we have had many heated discussions internally about whether we should invite you and other victims."
Xu Yun was stunned:
"Is there still such a thing?"
Chen Ling nodded, picked up a book from the table, and explained:
"Currently, there are three main types of criminal trials."
"They are criminal private prosecution cases, public prosecution cases with attached civil lawsuits, and public prosecution cases without criminal attached civil lawsuits."
"The victim in a criminal private prosecution case is usually a private prosecutor, and he has the status of "prosecution" in the case. The court will definitely summon him to appear in court, otherwise the trial cannot proceed normally."
"The second is that the victim filed a criminal incidental civil lawsuit. He is the plaintiff in the incidental civil lawsuit, so he will also be summoned to court."
“But according to the third paragraph of Article 187 of the Criminal Law, the people the court should notify are not clearly explained whether they include the victim or his family members.”
Xu Yun couldn't help but blink.
In the past period of time, he had understood the difference between private prosecution and public prosecution.
These two concepts are actually very simple and can be understood almost literally.
The so-called private prosecution means that you become the plaintiff and sue others.
As for the public prosecution, it is conducted with the procuratorate as the plaintiff.
This smear case involved a large number of people and spanned all parts of the country, so the process was from private prosecution to public prosecution - that's why victims like Meng Liang were allowed to sue first.
It’s just that Xu Yun didn’t expect it.
In the rules on public prosecution, there is actually a dispute over whether to notify the victim or his family?
In fact, what Xu Yun didn't know was.
In criminal cases where no accompanying civil litigation has been filed, it is actually rare for the victim or family members to be notified to attend court to participate in the proceedings.
Because this approach usually has little significance for the judgment result:
Criminal cases are public prosecution cases, and the conviction and sentencing recommendations for the defendant are opinions independently expressed by the procuratorate based on their authority.
If the victim attends the trial.
Most of the time, they disagree with the prosecutor's opinions and feel that the crime is light and the sentence is light. It is quite common
To give a very typical example:
Cases of property theft and theft.
If the victim's family comes to participate in the trial, most of them will say that the procuratorate made a mistake in this case. It is not an ordinary embezzlement, but murder.
The undertaker could only explain to him the difference between the two, but in fact doing this would have no meaning for the final verdict.
At present, the only cases that must be notified are generally personal injury, that is, traffic accidents and intentional injuries - and this is actually the second type of public prosecution case that Chen Ling mentioned, with civil litigation attached.
However, although Xu Yun did not understand the specific situation, he quickly understood Chen Ling's thoughts:
“So Prosecutor Chen, what you are saying is that the Supreme Court is going to use this live broadcast to decide whether the public prosecution should notify the victim or not?”
Chen Ling gave him a thumbs up, smiled and nodded:
"Yes, this is also the purpose of our contact with you, Dr. Xu, before the trial."
Only then did Xu Yun realize.
That’s it
As everyone knows.
Domestic or to be precise, global.
Globally, almost no country's laws are fully interpreted clearly.
Many times, different regions have their own understandings of the same legal terms.
Therefore, at this time, the Supreme Court will come out to determine:
There should be no dispute over a certain clause, and its interpretation should be unique.
For example, our country’s supreme law.
The Supreme People's Court selects some files to be made public every year for the purpose of interpreting them.
So it's obvious.
This court hearing has also become one of the cases of interpretation.
But it’s normal when you think about it.
After all, the cases used for interpretation by the Supreme Court are basically typical and well-known cases, and the current trial obviously meets this requirement.
Throughout the years in China, there has been almost no court trial that has attracted more attention than the smear case—perhaps only the two cases of Lao Renmin and Liu Xin can barely be compared.
Of course.
Now that we are talking about interpretation, let me refute a rumor about the Supreme Law.
There was a topic on the hot search before, which must have impressed many people.
The topic was that the first-instance judgment of a lesbian case was shortlisted for the top 100 documents in the country, so many people criticized the Supreme Court for being black.
But actually.
This matter is somewhat similar to the original Baijiu Academician:
They are candidates promoted locally - any province has this power, and the specific decision on who to nominate is made locally.
Xiangchu Province selected a total of fifteen candidates for this selection, and a certain Lala was one of them.
However, after it was shortlisted, it was not officially selected by the Supreme Court.
As for the certain line directed by the Supreme Law, it is another matter, and I will not go into details here.
Overall.
The Supreme Court still stands very upright.
Then Xu Yun brought his mind back to reality, thought for a while, and asked Chen Ling:
“Prosecutor Chen, I don’t know what the interpretation of the victim’s presence in this trial is”
Chen Ling raised her eyelids and glanced at him, pointing to another book on the table:
"According to Article 106 of the Criminal Procedure Law, parties refer to victims, private prosecutors, criminal suspects, defendants, plaintiffs and defendants in attached civil litigation."
"Therefore, strictly speaking, the parties involved in the trial notice should not only refer to the defendant, but should also include the victim - even if it is a public prosecution."
"Nowadays, many people have lost property due to fraud cases, but they have only received a notice of victim rights and obligations from the procuratorate. The rest do not even know the verdict or even whether the trial will be held."
"There are many similar situations, so after discussion at the top, we decided to interpret this through this court hearing."
"But this way."
"Dr. Xu, you may have to bear more pressure." (End of Chapter)