(Key chapter)
The most important part of Liu Xuewei's case was the criminal investigation stage.
That stage would determine whether there were actually any problems with his case.
Because at the trial stage, there were no issues with either the procedure or the sentence.
The death sentence with reprieve had been imposed partly because of his voluntary surrender and partly because the family had issued a letter of forgiveness.
Thus, a case that should have resulted in the death penalty had ultimately resulted in a death sentence with reprieve.
From the presiding judge's perspective, there was no possibility of a mistaken judgment.
After gaining a deeper understanding from the victim's family.
Su Bai wanted even more to know exactly what Xie Lirong and Xie An, the father and daughter, had said to each other before the incident.
Why had Xie An chosen to kill Liu Xuewei in a moment of impulse?
By ordinary reasoning... most situations like this should have started with mediation.
Only after further conflict escalated the dispute would something as exceptionally heinous as murder occur.
Explaining Xie An's motive with nothing more than a verbal dispute involving Xie Lirong was hardly convincing.
Su Bai and Li Xuezhen soon went to the court of first instance, De City Intermediate Court, and brought the first-instance case files back to the hotel.
Then they divided up the tasks and began sorting through the files.
After organizing all the relevant information in the files, Su Bai let out a long breath.
The investigative information in the files made one thing very clear.
Xie Lirong had changed her statement several times during the investigation.
These statements concerned what Xie Lirong had said after her conflict with Liu Xuewei.
What she had told Xie An, her father, after returning to her maternal family