Chapter 221: What nonsense! Go on, then-keep arguing!
Inside the courtroom.
Du Ming's face darkened. He had previously served as a judge presiding over criminal cases.
Across the large and small cases he had heard, he had encountered plenty of situations.
But someone supplementing the accusing party's case like this,
offering a reasoned, substantiated request for a heavier sentence and a finding of serious circumstances, was still relatively rare.
Su Bai had actually requested a finding of serious circumstances in court?!
Wasn't this blatantly targeting him, suggesting that the prosecution's recommended sentence was too short and trying to make him spend another two years behind bars?!
Du Ming seethed inwardly. If he were still the presiding judge, why would he have to put up with this?
Noticing Du Ming's gaze, Su Bai frowned slightly. Who are you staring at?
Xiao Li, take him on!
Regretting it? You chose this path yourself. Isn't sitting in the defendant's seat now exactly where you belong?
Why don't you think about how badly wronged the people you convicted unjustly were!
After Li Xuezhen turned her gaze on Du Ming, his face visibly darkened further.
At the presiding judge's seat on the judges' bench, Xu Hao struck the gavel and continued hearing the case.
"The accusing party has finished its supplementary statement."
"Defendant Ma Wu or his litigation representative may now make a statement."
There were three defense parties in this hearing: Ma Wu, Du Ming, and Fang Shijun and Feng Xiang, who constituted one party.
Ma Wu's litigation lawyer glanced at him.
Based on the evidence submitted by the prosecution, Ma Wu faced charges of perjury and abuse of authority.
His situation differed from that of Du Ming and the two men from Law Enforcement.
Against Ma Wu, the prosecution had submitted