Judging by what Presiding Judge Guan Dongfeng had rejected during this trial...
There was no major problem.
During a trial...
Relevant evidence had to be presented to establish procedural violations.
Su Bai's statement just now had actually implied-or outright stated-that Meng Ziyi's confession, the related testimony, and his identification of the crime scene...
Had not been given of his own free will.
Instead, they had been coerced.
Furthermore... the inmates who had beaten Meng Ziyi at the detention center might have been acting on someone else's instructions.
But...
Su Bai had no direct evidence to substantiate any of this.
That was why the presiding judge had rejected it.
That rejection was normal, but from the presiding judge's perspective...
He still leaned toward considering Meng Ziyi a major criminal suspect.
That was why he did not really believe that other inmates had beaten Meng Ziyi into confessing-or rather, he did not particularly care.
Faced with another question from the presiding judge, Su Bai continued, "Your Honor, we have further statements to make."
As the presiding judge, Guan Dongfeng showed a trace of impatience when he heard Su Bai's words, but his expression soon settled.
He had reviewed this case. There were essentially no other problems with the verdict against Meng Ziyi.
What irritated him was that Su Bai kept pointing out procedural errors or unlawful conduct during the trial.
He knew something about Su Bai, too: one of the country's top criminal lawyers.
He had encountered top lawyers like this while handling cases before.
He knew what lawyers like these wanted to do, and what they liked doing.
What they wanted and liked doing most was pointing out procedural errors or violations in court.
Or getting into heated arguments with the presiding judge and the Collegial Panel, putting on a