Under the usual trial procedure, the matter would be transferred to law enforcement authorities to open a case.
After the case was opened, they would establish that a crime had occurred and that relevant offenses existed.
It would then be transferred to the Procuratorate Department, otherwise known as the prosecution.
The prosecution would verify the facts and, if it believed there was an issue warranting prosecution, transfer the case to the court for trial.
If it considered the evidence insufficient or found other circumstances,
it would reject law enforcement's request to prosecute and require the Law Enforcement Unit to supplement the evidence, grant bail pending trial, or withdraw the case.
What did "without evidence" mean?
It meant there was no conclusive evidence proving the defendant was at fault.
Then on what grounds could the defendant lose the case?
This applied whether the case was civil or criminal.
Even when high probability was applied in civil litigation,
the determination was still made on the basis of some circumstantial evidence.
A verdict without evidence went even further: it meant neither direct nor circumstantial evidence showed that the defendant was at fault.
So how had the defendant been ruled against?
Su Bai was very curious about the case without evidence that Xiao Haibo had mentioned.
He said, "I really haven't seen a verdict like that before."
"Could you tell me more?"
"Sure!"
"Give me a moment. I'll come to your office right now, and we can talk in person."
After being falsely accused of fabricating evidence last time, Xiao Haibo had his lawyer's license reinstated.
He had also returned to his firm as a partner.
His firm was not far from White Jun Law Firm, just one intersection away.
Less than fifteen minutes later, someone knocked on Su Bai's office door, and Xiao