In the courtroom.
The collegial panel members had already left their seats.
Fang Tang and Dong Bing were still loudly protesting.
"I refuse to accept this verdict!"
"Lawyer Zhang, isn't this verdict completely unreasonable?! Why should I be found guilty?! Thirteen years in prison! I'll keep appealing!"
Zhang Tao: ...
Thirteen years in prison sounded heavy.
If someone received thirteen years in prison for throwing a wooden stick, that would indeed be outrageous.
But...
The key lay in what Fang Tang and Dong Bing had done.
On closer examination, a thirteen-year sentence was not at all unjust.
As the client, Zhang Tao briefly explained the grounds for the verdict to Fang Tang, but Fang Tang would not stop. He only asked one question:
"Can you get me acquitted in this case?!"
Zhang Tao: ???
Could he get an acquittal?
You're standing here asking me whether I can get you acquitted?
I'm just a lawyer, not some great Buddha here to grant your wishes, all right?
Never mind him-even if the presiding judge had been Fang Tang's own father, he would not have dared deliver such a verdict.
Where did Fang Tang find the nerve to say that?
Faced with Fang Tang's loud, somewhat accusatory tone, Zhang Tao simply picked up his briefcase and left the courtroom.
Someone like that... forget continuing to represent him.
If he had not collected his legal fees in advance, even getting paid would have been difficult!
Having seen plenty of litigants of every kind, Zhang Tao had run out of patience and left the courtroom without another word.
Seeing Zhang Tao leave, Fang Tang wanted to say more, but the court police restrained him and escorted him away.
After the trial ended, the court closed the livestream as usual.
However, many viewers had followed