Could they? No!
Ten years!
Ten years of fixed-term imprisonment!
Li Xuezhen's eyes shone as she stared straight at Wu Hao in the defendant's seat.
Sentence him. He had to get the maximum!
Su Bai: ...
Wasn't that look in Xiao Li's eyes... a little too obvious?
Still, it did not really matter.
From the time he had accepted Zhang Cui's commission until now, this case...
Had been through quite a lot...
As far as getting the case filed went...
It had first attracted public attention before the prosecution took it seriously, investigated, and brought charges.
Later, because crucial evidence was lacking, they had requested that the court postpone the trial while the prosecution gathered supplementary evidence.
From the filing of the case to the ruling now, this case had involved a great many problems.
If anything had gone wrong at any stage...
Then Wu Hao, the perpetrator in this case, might never have faced judgment under the law.
Throughout this process...
Li Xuezhen had followed the case closely.
So Su Bai understood Li Xuezhen's feelings very well...
Zhang Cui was just as overwhelmed. She kept staring at Wu Hao in the defendant's seat.
She repeated silently to herself, There's a result... there's a result...
Four years! There's finally a result!
When the presiding judge announced the ruling...
Everyone involved had a different reaction internally.
But that moment was brief, and the trial continued.
At the judges' bench...
Presiding Judge Yu Cheng looked around and continued:
"Do any of the parties have any further objections?"
Su Bai looked up at Yu Cheng.
With the ruling at this stage, he did not know whether the defendant had any objections.
But the accusing party and the public prosecutor certainly had none.
Even if the defendant objected, the presiding judge could not