Chapter 408: Trial: What are you disputing without evidence?
Northern Province, Provincial High Court.
This time, Lin Wanjia's second-instance case was being heard by the Provincial High Court.
That was because the first-instance trial had been held at the Linshui City Intermediate People's Court.
An appeal had to be filed with the court at the next level up.
The first-instance trial in this case had been closed to the public.
In other words, it had not been open to outsiders.
But based on Su Bai's investigation and understanding, there were enormous problems with the case itself.
If the trial was not public...
Then it would be very difficult to proceed with internal handling and disputes.
To give the simplest example: if the trial was not held publicly.
What if favoritism and fraud or perverting the law in judgment were suspected during the trial?
Should they file a complaint with the supervisory authorities, or use the influence of public opinion to escalate matters?
Of those two options, whichever way one looked at them.
The subsequent handling would be extremely troublesome, and there was a chance that it would not succeed.
So it was better to hold a public trial from the start.
Most importantly, a public trial offered one particularly favorable condition.
That was public oversight, whether the verdict was guilty or not guilty, or involved some other outcome.
Under public oversight, everything would comply with regulations, the law, and reason.
Other situations would rarely arise.
So during the appeal, Su Bai had included a public trial among his requests.
Ultimately, when the court notified the parties, it stated that this case would also be heard publicly.
After staff escorted Su Bai from the waiting room into the courtroom.
Before long, the presiding judge and the Collegial Panel Members entered the