Chapter 168: Fierce courtroom arguments. Acquittal? What were you thinking?!
The hearing began.
All parties took their seats.
At the Defendant's Seat, Qian Wei quietly watched Su Bai at the accusing party's table.
Honestly!
He really could not understand it...
He had ruled this way before without any problems. Why was it unacceptable now?!
Although he was now being prosecuted, Qian Wei still believed he would not be in too much trouble.
Besides, his defense attorney was no ordinary defense attorney.
Qian Wei had considerable faith in Liu Jun's abilities.
Just among the cases he knew of, plenty of judges and judicial assistants had gotten into trouble.
Their first thought had been to hire Liu Jun to represent them. In most cases, even when he could not secure an acquittal,
he could at least shave a year or two off the sentence. For lesser offenses, even a suspended sentence was possible.
Qian Wei had already spoken with Liu Jun beforehand.
Liu Jun believed there would be no problem mounting a defense of innocence in this case.
At the same time, however,
the private legal fees were extremely high.
But it was all worth it...
Qian Wei repeated that silently to himself.
Su Bai noticed Qian Wei's gaze.
Naturally, he knew what the man was thinking. Did Qian Wei think he definitely would not be found guilty at today's hearing?
In fact,
When the case was opened and charges were filed, the procuratorial authorities and the court had already leaned toward finding that Qian Wei had committed Dereliction in Adjudication and Perverting the Law in Judgment. Otherwise, charges would never have been filed.
However...
The breakthrough evidence mentioned by the Review Department... was what mattered most.
Qian Wei wanted to win through his courtroom defense and thereby secure an acquittal.
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