At the Judges' Bench.
Faced with Su Bai's request, Hong Jiangtao was considering whether to grant it.
Because this request Su Bai had raised during the trial...
Was something he had not anticipated while preparing for the trial.
According to Su Bai...
A Trial Delayed to investigate Lei Xiaozhen was an option.
Especially given what Su Bai had raised about verifying the source of the murder weapon.
It was a feasible course of action.
Then again...
The argument Su Bai had raised was that there was another truth behind this case.
But while Hong Jiangtao was considering it, Xie Wenliang was visibly anxious.
The reason for his anxiety was, of course, that he did not want this trial to become Trial Delayed.
Once this case became Trial Delayed...
Under the rules of recusal...
He and the law enforcement personnel handling this case would have to recuse themselves.
If someone else took over, or the appellant asked the Provincial Procuratorate to investigate the case...
The truth and the facts would certainly emerge in the subsequent investigation.
So, when Su Bai requested Trial Delayed to investigate Lei Xiaozhen...
Xie Wenliang raised his hand again. "Presiding Judge."
"We have already made our position clear."
"We did, in fact, investigate Lei Xiaozhen and rule him out as a suspect."
"The appellant's claim that other criminal suspects have not been ruled out is unfounded."
"The appellant may simply have reached this conclusion because they were not sufficiently familiar with that situation."
"There is another point."
"If the objective facts in this trial establish that the chain of evidence is insufficient, or that there are other questionable points..."
"Then we can certainly determine that Lin Wanjia is not the perpetrator, withdraw the charges against him, and continue pursuing other criminal suspects."
"But if the objective facts