Chapter 127: The Evidence for Direct Accusation That You Call This?!

Inside Baijun law Firm.

Inside the office.

Su Bai, Li Xuezhen, and Li Xiangfang each had their own thoughts in mind.

Su Bai extracted the key content from Li Xiangfang’s statements.

He learned that.

At that time in this case someone had prevented Li Xiangfang from continuing the appeal.

That certainly meant they did not want this case to be overturned.

There were not small problems within this.

Su Bai asked:

“At that time the person who told you not to continue the appeal, do you still clearly remember who it was?”

“Or rather do you know that person?”

This question was very crucial.

It also belonged to the key point of this case.

The judicial side must not interfere with the wishes of the actor or the actor’s family members through other conduct.

Otherwise it constitutes a violation.

This was similar to Chu Lei’s case at that time.

Someone had told them that if they continued the appeal there would also be such a result.

And what was the result?

There were major problems hidden in the case and a whole chain of people were implicated.

It was only unfortunate that.

Li Xiangfang shook her head and spoke:

“This time has been too long ago and I cannot remember clearly, I only remember that at that time that person said that he himself was from the court side and said that he kindly reminded me once, and also said some miscellaneous things, and at that time I believed it.”

“I do not know that person’s identity or anything else.”

“Lawyer Su, if I cannot find that person, will this influence be very great?”

“Does this have a very great relation with my son’s case?”

“I will try again and look again for this person, Lawyer Su, I will definitely be able to find this person.”

Facing Su Bai’s inquiry, Li Xiangfang’s answering tone appeared somewhat anxious.

Su Bai comforted her:

“It does not matter, this question only provides one direction and does not have too great a relation with overturning the case itself, I only asked casually once.”

Moreover.

Several years had already passed.

If they searched again the possibility of being able to find that person was not great.

And moreover this statement did not have evidence that could prove the other party’s subjective intention and in addition the time span was long so it would be difficult to define.

After hearing Su Bai’s reassurance, Li Xiangfang’s nervous expression gradually relaxed.

Su Bai’s inquiry just now had truly made her worry that because of her own problem her child had been delayed.

Su Bai could see Li Xiangfang’s thoughts and indicated for Li Xuezhen to comfort her.

After more than another hour.

Su Bai had understood the questions that needed to be asked and after Li Xiangfang left the law firm.

Su Bai looked at the materials on the table and rubbed his brow.

The key point of this case lay in.

Evidence.

Whether the trial evidence was comprehensive and what kinds of problems existed in the middle.

All of this only required obtaining the first instance case file and the statements of the party at that time and the law enforcement records at that time and then making a general comparison with Li Xiangfang’s description.

However.

The party Lin Haoxue who was Li Xiangfang’s son had already been detained for six years.

Six years.

Su Bai took a deep breath and did not continue thinking further.

According to Li Xiangfang’s description this case had problems.

Then for Lin Haoxue missing six years of life; was delayed justice still justice?

Su Bai did not continue thinking further and instead asked Li Xuezhen to organize the materials and prepare to make a trip to Jiangdu.

Jiangdu.

Jiangdu Intermediate Court.

Six years ago Lin Haoxue’s case had caused a great sensation at that time and the first instance trial had been conducted at Jiangdu Intermediate Court.

Su Bai brought the prepared materials and arrived at Jiangdu Intermediate Court.

Li Xuezhen kept a straight expression and followed behind Su Bai step by step.

After arriving at the corresponding window.

After Su Bai submitted the materials the staff member curiously looked at the case and spoke somewhat uncertainly:

“This case first instance already occurred six years ago, are there no problems with the materials?”

“Yes, it is case materials from six years ago that can be verified and there are no problems.”

Su Bai spoke with a smile:

“I ask you to please trouble yourself.”

Generally courts find it relatively troublesome to search for case files from long years ago.

In addition the court side has different classifications for case files of different convictions.

Furthermore.

This is also related to the statute of prosecution limitation period.

According to Article 87 of the Criminal Law there is a limitation period for prosecution.

Where the statutory maximum penalty is less than five years fixed term imprisonment the limitation period for prosecution is five years.

Where it is more than five years but less than ten years it is ten years.

Where it is more than ten years fixed term imprisonment the limitation period for prosecution is fifteen years.

Where it is life imprisonment or the death penalty the limitation period for prosecution is twenty years.

The limitation period for prosecution refers to that within this limitation period time restriction if there are any problems with the ruling and there is major evidence capable of changing the case then prosecution may be pursued.

However after the limitation period has passed prosecution must be carried out only after approval by the Supreme People’s Court.

Lin Haoxue’s case was sentenced to life imprisonment and the prosecution limitation period is twenty years and at present only six years have passed and the limitation period has not been exceeded.

The staff member nodded slightly:

“Okay, however regarding case files with such a long time span and moreover still life imprisonment case files they are somewhat not easy to process and copy and you still need to wait a little.”

“Okay thank you for the trouble.”

Half an hour later.

That same staff member came to Su Bai:

“Hello regarding Lin Haoxue’s case file because the time span is long it requires a certain amount of time.”

“It will probably be completed after two days.”

“You may first leave an address and after the case file copying is completed it can be mailed to the address you fill in.”

“Of course you can also come again after two days to take it but if you come it may be somewhat troublesome and my suggestion is mailing.”

“There will not be major problems with mailing.”

Case files with relatively long time spans indeed cannot be completed within a few hours.

Regarding this point Su Bai was relatively clear.

He nodded.

“Okay then after we fill in the mailing address that will be fine right?”

“Yes.”

After filling in the mailing address Su Bai spoke with a smile:

“Thank you.”

“You are welcome.”

After walking out of Jiangdu Intermediate Court Su Bai let out a long breath.

This case indeed was somewhat troublesome.

The most troublesome point lay in that the time span was relatively long and moreover it was a heavy sentence of life imprisonment.

Whether searching for materials or meeting the party everything was quite troublesome and not easy to handle.

He rubbed his brow.

At this time beside him Li Xuezhen blinked her eyes:

“Lawyer Su actually I also have senior schoolmates at Jiangdu Intermediate Court so should we urge them a little?”

Li Xuezhen really had many senior schoolmates.

As the vice president of a top law university Feng Lijian had extensive connections in the legal and political circle and especially Nandu and Jiangdu were not far apart.

This was also normal.

However according to Su Bai’s experience even with personal connections it would probably still require two days.

“There is no need during this period we still have other matters that need to be handled so if we wait two days then we wait two days.”

“Oh.”

“Okay Lawyer Su.”

Li Xuezhen nodded lightly.

Three days later.

Inside Baijun law Firm.

Li Xuezhen brought into the office the first instance case file regarding Lin Haoxue that had been mailed by Jiangdu Intermediate Court.

“Lawyer Su the first instance case file regarding Lin Haoxue has already been mailed by Jiangdu Intermediate Court.”

“Yes.”

Su Bai took the materials:

“Organize them.”

“Okay Lawyer Su.”

Within the case file there were the first instance judgment conditions evidence and other materials.

Su Bai’s focus when reading the case file lay in.

Evidence.

Because according to Li Xiangfang’s statement her son had not killed anyone and had been wronged then within the evidence there must certainly exist major loopholes and clues.

Sure enough.

While examining the evidentiary materials in the case file Su Bai discovered major problems.

Looking at the evidentiary materials listed in the case file and the crimes accused.

Su Bai frowned tightly.

Confession and auxiliary evidence.

You call this direct evidence for accusation?!

The direct evidence for accusing a death penalty is this and is this not nonsense?!

Beside him Li Xuezhen seriously organized the other materials of the case file.

After seeing Su Bai’s tightly furrowed brows she could not help but ask:

“Lawyer Su what is wrong?”

Su Bai took a deep breath and handed the relevant materials to Li Xuezhen.

“This is the evidence provided by the law enforcement side you look at whether there are problems with this evidence.”

After Li Xuezhen received the materials her small face slightly frowned.

“Lawyer Su I think there are certain problems and it feels that this evidence is somewhat too careless.”

“And relying on this point of evidence to accuse Lin Haoxue of the death penalty is too excessive.”

“Yes.”

Su Bai nodded:

“So Lin Haoxue was not sentenced to death and the Supreme People’s Court approval rejected the judgment decision of Jiangdu Intermediate Court.”

After taking a deep breath Su Bai roughly organized the materials.

He spoke:

“Alright.”

“Finally we still need to go meet the party Lin Haoxue and confirm some key matters and then we can pursue prosecution.”

“Yes.”

“Okay Lawyer Su.”

Li Xuezhen’s small face was excited:

“Lawyer Su I want to ask.”

“Is this case particularly major?”

Su Bai nodded:

“According to the first instance judgment this case contains major problems.”

“If prosecution is pursued then the problems involved are many and many and not only involve the public security and procuratorial departments and it is possible that even the court department also has certain involvement.”

“How should it be said.”

“After the application for prosecution succeeds then we will see.”

“Okay Lawyer Su.”

After hearing Su Bai’s words Li Xuezhen’s entire small face was excited and flushed red.

This case actually involved so many aspects.

If this case is won.

Then the achievement points would not be plus plus plus plus one.

But rather plus one plus one plus one plus one.

Not bad.

Little Li was excited and emotionally stirred and only after quite a while did she calm down.

Generally major criminal crimes or major criminal sentences.

The offender will be detained in another place.

Coincidentally the place where Lin Haoxue was detained was exactly Nandu Prison.

In other places it might not be easy to meet the party.

But in Nandu.

This completely belonged within their own network of personal connections.

Li Xuezhen made a telephone call and after saying something she had already arranged that they could meet Lin Haoxue after two days.

However on the other end of the telephone a woman’s voice came:

“Xuezhen accelerating the procedure is accelerating the procedure but the necessary procedures still cannot be omitted.”

“The relevant application materials must all be prepared otherwise it will not work although I can let the procedure move faster within the scope that conforms to the rules and let other staff help work overtime to process it and not allow missing materials to go through a violating procedure do you understand?”

Li Xuezhen’s small face was serious:

“Okay senior sister I know you can rest assured I understand.”

“The materials that are required I have already prepared and will not make things difficult for senior sister.”

“Yes good.”

After hanging up the telephone the senior sister on the other end looked at her mobile phone screen.

After hesitating for several seconds she still dialed a telephone.

“Teacher.”

“It is like this today Xuezhen called me and said that a lawyer friend of hers accepted a case for overturning a judgment and the party happened to be detained in Nandu Prison and if following procedures it might be delayed for a long time so she wanted to ask whether I could accelerate the procedure.”

“I agreed.”

“But I am still somewhat worried.”

“Teacher I am worried that Xuezhen is so simple and moreover it is a case of overturning a judgment and if her friend handles it poorly.”

After Feng Lijian received the call he laughed:

“Xuezhen.”

“That friend of hers is herself.”

“Rest assured there is no problem and I already know these matters as long as they conform to procedures there will be no problem.”

After hearing these words the woman let out a long breath.

“Okay teacher.”

“Yes.”

After hanging up the telephone Feng Lijian let out a long sigh.

Li Xuezhen this closed door disciple accepted a case then she accepted a case.

Why say anything about friend or not friend.

However regarding Li Xuezhen asking her senior sister for help he also did not say anything more.

As long as it conforms to procedures and does not violate law and rules it is acceptable.

Nandu Prison.

With the presence of personal connections the prison staff treated Su Bai and Li Xuezhen relatively politely.

Moreover for this kind of major offender generally within two days it would certainly not be possible to meet.

Being able to arrange a meeting within two days could be said to already be very fast.

Prison.

Inside the interrogation room.

The relevant staff member spoke:

“Lin Haoxue still needs to wait twenty minutes before he can come to the interrogation room so please wait patiently for a while.”

“The rules inside the interrogation room do not allow providing any other tools to prison personnel.”

“You must keep this point clearly in mind.”

“Yes thank you we understand.”

“Yes.”

Immediately afterwards two prison staff escorted Lin Haoxue into the interrogation room.

As a major offender Lin Haoxue was under key supervision.

After arriving at the interrogation room the staff member gave Lin Haoxue a serious reminder.

Immediately afterwards two prison staff stood at the doorway of the interrogation room in order to prevent any unexpected situation.

Inside the interrogation room.

Su Bai looked at Lin Haoxue, whose hair was in a standard crew cut, whose height was about one meter seventy six (5 ft 9 in), and whose face had a sense of aging that did not correspond with his age.

That was also understandable.

He entered prison at about eighteen years old just after adulthood.

Up to now it had already been six years and he was nearly twenty four years old.

Although in age he was only twenty four years old from Lin Haoxue’s facial appearance he seemed more like a person in his early thirties.

There was not much spirit.

Su Bai placed the information materials that had already been extracted on the table.

“Regarding our identities and our information your mother should already have told you during the prison visit, correct?”

“I am your entrusted lawyer Su Bai.”

“These are the relevant information materials organized by our law firm.”

“Among them there are several key points that I have briefly summarized.”

“The first point is the time of the incident.”

“The second point is whether the evidence at the time of the incident is authentic.”

“The third point is certain statements provided by the law enforcement side as well as inferential evidence provided by the prosecution side.”

“These points are the key contents for whether you can overturn the case.”

“You take a look and then explain your situation.”

“This case has already been six years since it occurred and among them there are some detailed circumstances and I do not know whether you can still remember them clearly.”

“If you cannot remember clearly then do not answer using vague concepts.”

Lin Haoxue’s originally expressionless and numb face showed emotional fluctuation and his eyes reddened:

“I remember very clearly.”

“I did not commit a crime.”

“Six years even if it were ten years I would still remember clearly what I was doing at that time.”

Facing Lin Haoxue Su Bai let out a long breath and then spoke:

“Alright then let us begin to conduct questions and answers directed at these key issues.”

“Okay.”

Time passed quickly and one hour went by.

The inquiry ended.

After Su Bai walked out of the prison and looked at the deep blue sky.

He silently recited this is probably a major wrongful conviction case.

The problems involved were many.

Beside him Li Xuezhen spoke:

“Lawyer Su when will we submit the prosecution materials for this case?”

Su Bai spoke:

“The evidence currently in hand is complete and after preparing them we can submit the prosecution materials.”

Li Xuezhen nodded with a straight expression.

“Okay Lawyer Su.”