Chapter 270: One more question: what gave them the right?!
This time, what Su Bai sought in court was not an acquittal, but fixed-term imprisonment.
Because, based on the circumstances and leads they had gathered for this trial,
He Ping had come into conflict with Zhou Li while enforcing the law.
Given that fact and the specific course of events, Zhou Li would certainly be found guilty.
An acquittal was impossible in this trial.
Under these circumstances, arguing for a reduced sentence was in the client's best interests.
Of course.
There was a difference between one fixed-term sentence and another.
Ten years was fixed-term imprisonment; a suspended one-year sentence was also fixed-term imprisonment.
However...
Exactly how long the sentence would be was still for the presiding judge to decide.
Yet Su Bai's request for fixed-term imprisonment made Public Prosecutor Cai Wanqiang feel that Su Bai was spouting utter nonsense!
It was fucking bullshit!
Why...?
Because He Ping had been law enforcement personnel at the time. Although the law enforcement personnel bore some fault, he had been killed by someone involved while enforcing the law.
In Cai Wanqiang's view, the death penalty imposed at first instance was perfectly justified. That was exactly the sentence he deserved.
There was nothing wrong with that sentence. Nothing wrong at all!
After all, without such a sentence, how could law enforcers uphold the dignity and authority of law enforcement?
But...
The defendant's retained lawyer had actually demanded a reduction straight to fixed-term imprisonment.
Fixed-term imprisonment, life imprisonment, a death sentence with reprieve, the death penalty.
There was an enormous gulf between the death penalty and fixed-term imprisonment!
After hearing Su Bai's statement, Cai Wanqiang spoke directly. "I would like to ask the defendant's retained lawyer a question."
"On what grounds have you determined that