Prosecutor Iwanaga's voice resounded in the courtroom. His righteous demeanor burst out with a sense of helplessness that made people kneel down. The words "the interests of tens of thousands of citizens" seemed to be heard in an instant. This time allowed the prosecutor to stand on an unprecedented high ground, overlooking the defendants who were about to be tried. Under this fierce reprimand, Morimoto seemed to be on the gallows, just waiting for the noose to be put around his neck.

Hearing Iwanaga's words, many citizens who were watching had nodded slightly. They cursed Morimoto in an angry voice. He was just such a moron who was stealing the hard-earned money they paid as taxes. Some citizens even had direct expressions on their faces. Showing his irritation, he almost stood up, pointed at Morimoto, and spat again.

Under the accusation of the prosecutor just now, Morimoto seems to have become a sinner for the ages.

Ishimura, who was sitting in the gallery, no longer dared to look at the scene of her husband being scolded. The female researcher seemed to be curled up, crouched, and did not dare to raise her head and stare at the court scene. She even felt Many eyes in the court were already focused on her, cursing the couple.

Judge Zuo Jiujian turned to look to the left and said: "Defender, please make a supplementary defense opinion."

After hearing the judge's order, the young male lawyer stood up immediately. His expression remained calm, and the storm caused by the prosecutor opposite did not seem to have any impact on him.

Kitahara walked to the front of the defense table and looked around the entire court. The aura of this young man's movements was like that of a majestic king. The court suddenly fell silent. This sudden silence was like a crucial moment. The speech will be delivered soon.

The next second, I heard the defense lawyer sneer a few times.

This laughter seems to be mocking and deconstructing everything solemn and sacred in this world.

"Yes, as the prosecutor just said, my client is addicted to market speculation. He is obviously a researcher at a university, but he studies how to make money all day long. There are a lot of K-line information about the stock market in the office of the institute. books, and the mailbox at home is full of advertisements for real estate investment in Kyoto. On my personal Facebook updates, I posted over and over again which big boss of an industrial and research company I had dinner with today, and where I went and went. A high-end hotel.”

"But - so what?" Beiyuan suddenly reached forward and pointed at the citizens in the auditorium, "Do you not want to have money? Or do you not want to have money? You keep saying that you hate chasing profits and making money. What exactly do you do? Do you really hate money, or do you hate the fact that you are not the one who has the money?"

"My client is as selfish and stupid as the prosecutor just said." Beihara turned and looked at the prosecutor's seat, "Then I would like to ask, as mortals in this world, which one of us is Not selfish, not stupid. As a boss, you want to make more profits, the better. As a consumer, you want cheaper products. As a shareholder, you want to get high dividends. As a worker, you want to get high wages. As a partner, you hope that the other person can Pay more for yourself.”

"With all due respect, although the defendant Morimoto is selfish and stupid, it only shows that other people in the world are also selfish and stupid like Morimoto. No, I'm afraid that is not accurate enough. Because my defendant has had a good education since he was a child. education, a doctorate from a world-class university. I’m afraid most people are more selfish and stupid than Morimoto.”

"Just now, the prosecutor said not to hinder the judicial authorities from convicting my client because of minor flaws."

Beiyuan smiled scornfully again and said coldly:

"Mortal people are selfish and stupid. Then a country composed of mortal people will also be selfish and stupid."

"Yes, the people I am referring to here include not only ordinary citizens. They also include the two prosecutors sitting here and the three judges on the stage."

When the lawyer's voice fell, many people were immediately shocked. One lawyer actually said to the judge in court, you are selfish and stupid. This is an unheard of scene. I'm afraid this lawyer is going crazy.

.

I could only hear Beihara's voice continuing: "Prosecutors are mortals, and judges are also mortals. The operation of this country called Toyo also relies on mortals. Therefore, as long as mortals make mistakes, then the power exercised by mortals

Something is bound to go wrong.”

"A murderer, no matter how strong, cruel and violent, may kill dozens or hundreds of people at most. However, a wrong war launched by power will lead to the destruction of thousands of lives."

"If a company's accounting makes a mistake, it will lose money at most. However, what if a policeman makes a mistake? What if a prosecutor makes a mistake? What if a judge makes a mistake? In other words, if a person with power makes a mistake deliberately,

What should we do?"

The lawyer asked rhetorically to himself.

Each of these questions rang like a bell.

When the people present heard these questions, they held their breath unconsciously.

"So, this is the meaning of the law. It is not only a tool to restrain the behavior of ordinary citizens, but also a tool to restrain the arrogance of power! The prosecutor said that all in this case are just some minor flaws. Yes, just some 'little flaws'

Flaws'. Even if the high-end suit searched at the scene does not match Morimoto's height, he should be convicted. Even if the funds withdrawn were used to pay the wages of employees previously owed by the company, he should be convicted. Even if,

The several accelerated tubes involved were actually export decisions made under the instruction of the Joint Research Institute in order to avoid breach of overseas contracts. However, let’s convict him. Even if Morimoto does not have the authority to approve subsidies for precision machinery, however,

Since he signed the application form, let’s convict him!”

"Yes, these are all minor flaws. As long as we bury our heads like ostriches! These are things that we can ignore and cannot prevent us from convicting the people we want to convict. Even if they violate the criminal procedure openly

According to the provisions of the law, an investigation is carried out without the authority to investigate, but as long as it is for the benefit of the so-called 'tens of millions of citizens', such a major procedural violation can be tolerated."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "The interests of millions of citizens?" Kitahara suddenly changed the topic and said with a sarcastic tone, "Yes, our prosecutor keeps saying

For the benefit of tens of millions of citizens. However, Morimoto, who stood in court and found out that the evidence was insufficient and did not constitute a crime, was a citizen who was innocently implicated by the criminal law, but he did not belong to millions of citizens."

"Researcher Ishimura, who had to endure the pain of separation from her husband when they were newly married because of wrongful criminal detention, does not belong to these tens of millions of citizens."

"In the view of the prosecutor, the two defense lawyers who refused to participate in the court investigation today and intend to confront the prosecutor do not belong to the millions of citizens."

"Thousands of citizens are everywhere, but the only one who is not standing in front of you is a living person."

"I might as well translate Prosecutor Iwanaga's words. As long as you are pleasing to him, then you belong to these millions of citizens. As long as he is displeased, you are the enemy of these millions of citizens!"

The lawyer's words echoed in the courtroom.

Hearing the lawyer speaking like this, the senior prosecutor sitting in the prosecutor's seat couldn't help but open his eyes wide, the veins in his neck popped out, and his whole body was trembling slightly with anger.

Beihara slowly turned around, looked at the trial seat and said: "Chief Judge, as I just said. When mortals exercise power, they will inevitably make mistakes. However, making mistakes is not terrible. What is terrible is making mistakes and not correcting them.

"

"Assembly-line operations have always been a stubborn problem in Japan's criminal justice industry. A case went from the police to the prosecutor's office. The prosecutor could not tell them that they were wrong, so they arrested him. The case then came to the court, and the judge did not

It's easy to say that both the prosecutor and the police were wrong, so the verdict was based on the indictment. The entire criminal justice process, from the prosecutor's office to the tribunal, is like a numb assembly line worker stamping the seal of public authority on the products on the track.

.”

"Indeed, admitting that a mistake has been made will, in a sense, undermine the authority of the judiciary. It turns out that the police can also arrest the wrong person; it turns out that the prosecutor can make mistakes; it turns out that even the judge can make mistakes. But why?

Our law requires the Procuratorate to supervise the police. Why does our law require that the charges brought by the Procuratorate must be tried by the court? Why does our law require the court not only to have one trial, but also to have a second instance and even a third instance?

?!"

"The reason is simple, it is to correct the mistakes we made before."

The young male lawyer raised his head and said: "Whether it is based on the evidence or the application of the law, Morimoto's behavior does not constitute a crime of corruption. However, he was forced to make a confession against his will and even signed a contract.

The so-called "Recognizance of Guilty and Punishment", as an innocent person, has been detained in a detention center for nearly two years. Yes, the judges here can continue to make judgments based on the accusations of the prosecutor's office, or adopt opportunistic methods.

In this way, the defendant is sentenced to the same sentence as the time he was detained in the detention center. Since the detention period in the detention center can be offset by the sentence, the defendant can be released on the spot without damaging the face of the prosecutor's office. It's just that

The defendant will forever be marked as a criminal."

"I hope that the judges in this case will not adopt such opportunistic methods, but face the issues in this article with dignity and dignity."

"Making mistakes and not correcting them will only lead to more serious doubts about the authority of the judiciary."

"Now, there is such an opportunity before all the judges."

"Are we willing to correct the mistakes made by the police and the prosecutor's office in Morimoto's case?"

The male lawyer stood in the center of the court, with a calm face, and continued calmly:

"I hope the judges will realize that—"

"A country that refuses to admit its mistakes has neither a future nor hope."
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