me count them properly!
As the presiding judge, Du Ming agreed to Su Bai's request for an adjournment.
According to Su Bai's statement,
Law Enforcement's cross-provincial operation had been illegal, and the court had not investigated the matter.
There were certain problems with the case-filing and litigation procedures.
Forcing a verdict and pressing ahead would violate trial procedure and could cause trouble.
After all... a verdict was one thing, but if the procedure was unlawful, lifetime accountability for trials meant he would be the one in trouble.
Besides...
He had heard that Lawyer Su Bai's favorite thing to do was visit the Supervision and Review Department.
Force a verdict... was he trying to get himself locked up?
He could not force a verdict, but he could drag things out. Qin Bao would end up in prison sooner or later. There was no rush.
Du Ming understood this very well.
He understood even more clearly that as long as the case was tried in Ancheng, nothing unexpected would happen.
As for Su Bai wanting to investigate the illegal evidence?
One could say the chances of that were close to zero.
Adjournment.
Su Bai let out a long breath and left the courtroom with Li Xuezhen.
Li Xuezhen said, "Lawyer Su, that presiding judge was acting like a complete thug in court!"
"He even dared to present illegal evidence in court. Isn't that blatantly manufacturing a wrongful conviction?"
"He offered no legal basis, no evidentiary basis at all. This is trampling on the judiciary!"
Li Xuezhen's face was flushed as she spoke, clearly from anger.
Ever since she had started accompanying Su Bai to court, she had never encountered anything like this.
Even that presiding judge in the Southern Capital who had been locked up for Perverting the Law in Judgment