Chapter 470: Straight to the heart of the matter-the defendant panicked and grew anxious!
Su Bai wanted to wait until the second instance was over, not because he could not handle the case.
Rather, it was difficult to address before the hearing.
This case required a reassessment of the sentence imposed on the offender, Xie An.
It also required sorting through certain specific questions concerning Xie An and the criminal investigation procedures.
Under the existing circumstances, Su Bai would have to challenge the criminal investigation procedures of the Law Enforcement Department and the Procuratorate Department.
Challenging the criminal investigation procedures of those two departments was clearly not feasible.
Su Bai had only grounds for suspicion, not substantive evidence.
Neither department would reexamine the case simply because Su Bai had suspicions.
Another point was that Su Bai needed the trial to confirm the suspicions and conjectures in his mind.
He could only verify them through the trial and put forward arguments the court would accept.
Then he could have the Law Enforcement Department and the Procuratorate Department investigate the supplementary matters further.
In other words, this would amount to a retrial after the judgment, or an adjournment to supplement the evidence.
Overall, the issues and procedures involved in this case were complicated.
Phew...
The case looked simple, but it was considerably more troublesome than Su Bai had expected.
Meanwhile, after Su Bai told Liu Xuezhi not to agree to Xie Lirong's custody terms,
Liu Xuezhi flatly rejected Xie Lirong's demand that they pay two hundred thousand in exchange for custody.
After the rejection, Xie Lirong and Liang Xinglong were both furious about it.
Xie Lirong believed the other side no longer cared about custody at all.
She even thought they had considered abandoning the child she had with Liu Xuewei.
Liang