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Establishing the aggravating circumstances in Wang Yuan's case was not difficult.
They only needed to connect the causal links underlying her criminal liability. There would be no major problem.
Besides, they had already argued this issue in detail earlier.
What followed was much easier. They only needed to bring it up briefly.
At the judges' bench.
Presiding Judge Zhou Guangyu asked Su Bai to explain the allocation of liability based on causation.
Su Bai began allocating liability on the basis of three points.
The three main points concerning liability were:
First, Wang Yuan had not notified Fang Zhihui or told her about Wu Guoxing's behavior outside the rented apartment.
Second, Wang Yuan had known when Wu Guoxing was committing the crime, but she had neither called the police nor called an ambulance for Fang Zhihui.
Third, Wang Yuan's subjective intent could not be established.
Subjective intent here referred to her intent in not calling the police or an ambulance.
These three points were also the views Li Peng and Yang Qifan of the collegial panel had raised in the deliberation room.
Su Bai's statement on these three points differed little from the conclusions reached by the members of the collegial panel.
After Su Bai finished his statement.
Wei Hao offered a rebuttal, still specifically seeking to argue on the basis of Wang Yuan's subjective conduct.
But without objective factors to substantiate that subjective conduct, Wei Hao's rebuttal seemed particularly weak.
Bang, bang!
After both sides finished their statements, Presiding Judge Zhou Guangyu struck the gavel.
Looking at the litigation materials, he nodded slightly, having already reached a judgment in his mind.
Next came the court statements.
This was the most crucial stage of the hearing, and also the last.
As counsel representing