were recommended for the death penalty!
From the presiding judge's seat, Lü Penghui raised his assessment of the severity of the case another notch as he listened to Zhang Liang's account.
Why was that...
Because the evidence and account of the crime on paper were nowhere near as detailed or vivid as Zhang Liang's description.
And Zhang Liang had described almost the entire process in detail.
Throughout his account, the images that automatically formed in the listeners' minds were exceptionally brutal.
So...
As for Yang Tiejun's outburst of intense emotion during the trial...
Lü Penghui, as presiding judge, could understand it.
After all, Yang Fan was his own flesh and blood, and his son and daughter-in-law had suffered such tremendous torment before their deaths.
It was perfectly normal that Yang Tiejun could not accept it.
So when Yang Tiejun disrupted the courtroom proceedings...
Lü Penghui had not done much to stop him.
He had merely asked Yang Tiejun to calm himself a little.
Once Yang Tiejun had regained some composure...
Zhang Liang bowed deeply to Yang Tiejun from the defendants' seats.
"I'm sorry..."
Yang Tiejun said nothing when he heard Zhang Liang's apology.
Such a belated apology meant nothing to him.
He had erupted during the trial because he truly could no longer control himself.
Not because he wanted such a simple apology.
Only a few short minutes passed between the start and end of Yang Tiejun's outburst.
Once order had been restored in the courtroom, Lü Penghui continued his questioning as presiding judge.
"Defendant Zhang Liang."
"In this case, what did you do after killing the victims? Why did you also steal valuables from Yang Fan and Hu Yunyun's home?"
Zhang Liang continued, "After we killed Yang Fan and Hu Yunyun, a few minutes passed, I think, and we