Shen Mo nodded in understanding, but Director Guo could tell that the young woman was deeply unwilling to let it go.
A strong sense of justice and compassion did not necessarily make someone an excellent member of the People's Police. But an excellent police officer without justice or compassion did not deserve to be called an officer of the "people"!
He had come up through criminal investigation. Although this case, which could not be opened because the statute of limitations had expired, stirred both sympathy and anger in him, he had seen every kind of criminal and countless appalling cases devoid of humanity. He could still remain entirely rational.
But it would be too much to demand the same of Shen Mo, who had only recently started working.
Young people were always full of passion, their emotions outweighing their reason.
Secretary Zhou had been the same back then. In truth, this was not a flaw, but a precious quality.
Shen Mo truly could not accept it. After receiving the report, she had immediately summoned the scumbag in accordance with the law. Unexpectedly, he had offered little denial or resistance and had confessed truthfully to his crime.
He had been so cooperative because he had done his homework beforehand and knew that criminal law included the concept of a statute of limitations.
He also knew that the longest limitation period was twenty years, and that only exceptionally heinous crimes carrying a possible life sentence or death penalty would be submitted to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval to prosecute beyond that period.
Before Criminal Law Amendment XI came out in early 2021, his crime, though vile, did not legally fall into the category punishable by ten years or more. Its limitation period was therefore only fifteen