Many people in the trial livestream's scrolling comments were seriously analyzing the outcome of the case.
The more Zhang Chuancheng read the comments, the more frightened he became.
How could he put it...
The rich feared the ruthless, and the ruthless feared those with nothing to lose. Zhang Kou was just such a case.
If his sentence was reduced, he might get out in a dozen years or so, and his revenge against them might be even more vicious then.
So...
Zhang Chuancheng was terrified that this case would fail to end in a death penalty for Zhang Kou, bringing him enormous trouble down the road.
He kept staring nervously at the trial livestream while the court was in adjournment.
He kept repeating silently to himself, This trial will definitely end with Zhang Kou getting the death penalty. There won't be any problems.
But although Zhang Chuancheng kept repeating those words to himself,
when he saw the comments in the trial livestream, he still felt extraordinarily panicked.
He kept his eyes fixed on the livestream throughout the adjournment, until the hearing resumed.
Soon...
The adjournment ended, and the hearing resumed.
The collegial panel members took their seats.
Wang Youwei, the presiding judge, swept his gaze over the parties present.
Then he struck the gavel.
"The adjournment is over. The parties may now give their court statements."
"Does the public prosecutor wish to give a court statement?"
As the public prosecutor, Lin Yuan looked up toward the presiding judge's seat.
Lin Yuan knew perfectly well.
The presiding judge had announced the adjournment to discuss the final verdict in this case.
Clearly...
They had now reached a result through that discussion.
So, whether this trial ended in a death penalty or not,
the collegial panel had probably already formed its views and