Chapter 443: A public courtroom rebuke, and a deeper investigation!
Duan Zhao was the prosecutor in Wu Xiaojie's case.
His assessment of the four defendants was extremely severe when he presented his sentencing recommendations.
He also laid out two objective facts-
First: they had committed the crime as a group.
Second: the offense had targeted a minor.
Both were important grounds for aggravating the sentence!
So, from Duan Zhao's perspective, these sentencing recommendations and judgments were entirely reasonable.
Meanwhile, in the presiding judge's seat.
Cao Chuan listened to Duan Zhao's statement with a neutral expression, giving little indication of his position.
He then asked the defendants to describe the circumstances of their crime and their subjective intent.
As well as the specific course of the crime.
The defendants, Lin Long and the others, began describing the course and details of the crime at length.
However...
The accounts and details Lin Long and the others provided had all been coordinated beforehand.
What did that mean?
It meant that they had already worked out a detailed account of how the crime had unfolded and its specific details.
Throughout the entire crime.
Each person had a corresponding role and only needed to fit himself into it.
Thus, in this part of their statements, the four gave entirely consistent accounts without any logical problems.
After describing the corresponding course and circumstances of the crime, all four also confessed and accepted punishment.
Although...
The sentences the public prosecutor had just recommended in his statement were all very heavy.
But... the defendants all believed that Li Xiaoguo's family could get them out.
Or rather, that they had the ability to, and would fulfill everything they had promised them.
So, during their statements just now, Lin Long and the other three had continued confessing and accepting punishment