Chapter 394: Court statement: She was only a ten-year-old girl!
"That finding was good! There was basically nothing seriously wrong with it!"
"They lived in the same village and often saw each other, and he deliberately joked with her all the time. How could he not know her age?"
"Even if he didn't know her exact age, he must have known roughly how old she was, right?"
"There was no way he had no idea at all!"
"The presiding judge couldn't have gone wrong with that finding! It was based entirely on the objective facts!"
"Right! That fucking defendant assaulted a little girl and then brutally murdered her."
"He'd lived in the same village for so long, and now he was claiming he didn't know she was under fourteen. Who was he trying to fool?"
"Wasn't he just saying that deliberately? Wasn't he just trying to reduce his criminal liability?!"
"All I can say is, good ruling. A death sentence would be even better!"
"..."
Many people watching the livestream of the trial voiced their approval of the presiding judge's finding!
How should one put it...
Watching a criminal receive the punishment he deserved under the law and the presiding judge deliver a fair ruling.
The viewers naturally took the perspective of fairness and impartiality under the law, and naturally agreed with the finding.
The livestream's scrolling comments were unanimously positive as well.
Meanwhile.
In the courtroom.
After the two findings under review had been concluded.
Xu Rufeng organized them and gave a general summary of the entire case.
Given the current circumstances...
All the findings that needed to be made had been made.
All that remained was to determine whether voluntary surrender accompanied by meritorious service warranted a reduced sentence. The case would then essentially be decided.
And