In the reception room of the director's office, Barber listened to Lu Ming talking about Field's case, and had a vague illusion that he had met his former mentor.
"We issued an order in June this year to lift the state of war in big cities. From a common sense, it is difficult to convict for atrocities committed in a state of war before. The other party's defense lawyer can use Field's mental state and other factors to defend, and
I estimate that the opposing lawyer will definitely apply for a jury trial, because the jurors will all be our Sonya soldiers, and they will naturally take Field's position."
"It seems that we are at a big disadvantage. However, this case cannot be viewed purely from the perspective of law. General Dönitz hopes to show goodwill to the native people through this case. The other party's lawyer will get a hint, so he may follow the general rules.
Field went to jail for several months to fight."
"Our goal is to put Field in prison for more than ten years. Personally, I hope his sentence will be more than 20 years."
Barbour couldn't help but be stunned.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "This requires your hard work!" He patted him on the shoulder.
"As I said before, it seems difficult to convict him due to psychological factors and the so-called war state. However, he did not just commit an atrocity. This was the one involving military family members. He raped and killed civilians.
About the girl, more than a dozen cases were collected and evidence was collected, and she was even taken to court by a brave local lawyer, right?"
Barber nodded slightly. He knew about this and knew that this lawyer was so powerful that he even had to summon Field to the state puppet court. However, Field never came to court. Later, the lawyer drowned while drunk, and the case was dropped.
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Lu Ming said: "You can bring these dozen cases to our military court to prove that Field is actually a devil. The so-called war state cannot be his fig leaf."
Barber smiled bitterly: "But Chief, this lawsuit has not been decided by the court, so it can't be used as evidence, right?"
Lu Ming said: "Just let the jury see these evidences. I have collected the files of these cases for you. They are all the evidences originally collected by the reporter, including many cruel photos. You can show them to the jury to make them forget.
The identity of Tubang and Sonia affected them and made them imagine how cruel this would be if these were their sisters, wives and daughters."
Barber nodded silently.
Lu Ming added: "Of course, the other party's lawyer may use the principle of prohibition of double jeopardy to prohibit these evidences from being presented in court."
The so-called principle of prohibition of double jeopardy is the colloquial saying that no case shall be tried twice and no matter shall be justified.
Barbour was startled: "However, the court has not yet made a ruling, and the trial process has just begun. Doesn't it violate this principle?"
Lu Ming smiled: "If it were a senior petitioner, he would definitely cite this principle, because double jeopardy is never based on the judgment that the court has made, but as long as the judicial process creates danger to the defendant,
Then the defendant should not be subject to a second danger. In this case, the court has summoned Field, and the outside media has also made a fuss, which poses a danger to Field."
Barber suddenly realized and said with a wry smile: "It seems that I still need to study civil law seriously."
Lu Ming nodded: "The other party is also a military lawyer. I'm afraid he won't think of this principle, but I will find a way to inspire him."
Barber was even more stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Lu Ming said with a smile: "It is to make him think that according to this principle, the evidence in the cases we cited will not be presented to the court at all. In this way, he will be very sure and will not know how to deal with the presentation of the evidence in these cases.
We will make sufficient preparations so that we can kill with one strike."
Looking at Barber, Lu Ming continued: "What we are focusing on is whether military courts belong to the normal judicial system or not? In fact, we have independent judicial institutions, separate prisons, and separate punishment standards. In the Western Region,
Except for big cities, all are still in a state of war. In fact, from any angle, the judgment made by our military courts is a military order and is independent of the judicial system. Therefore, although the local courts have formed a judgment on the defendant
However, the trial conducted by our military court does not involve the principle of double jeopardy, but uses military order procedures to punish officers and soldiers who violate our military regulations."
Barber's head was covered with sweat after listening to it. It took him a while to finally understand what the commander was saying.
This, is this how the lawsuit is fought? All kinds of traps are set up, and the trap only works if the other party is a senior lawyer. Only senior lawyers can think of seemingly clever countermeasures after their own side takes action. If you are not a senior lawyer, your side can still
Remind the other person, Hey, you have a trick up your sleeve.
Then, in fact, this seemingly brilliant skill is actually a trap within a trap that sends the opponent to hell.
Barber was sweating profusely for a moment, feeling as if his previous world had been overturned and he was introduced to a whole new world.
Lu Ming added: "After this case, I think the Supreme Court will interpret the law to incorporate the military court system into the judicial system, and our military legal procedures will be further improved, but that is for the future. At least for now, this prohibition of double
The danger principle cannot be introduced into our trials, but we will study it how to say it."
Barber immediately nodded his head, sincerely convinced. He listened to Lu Ming's explanation and asked questions like a primary school student making a pilgrimage.
It was already dark when the two of them finished. Lu Ming nodded with satisfaction. This Barber had a good understanding.
"I have to rush back for the New Year's Eve dinner, and this case will be after the New Year. During this period, you can just digest what I said, um, Happy New Year!" Lu Ming patted Barber on the shoulder.
Barron looked at Lu Ming eagerly, wanting to say something.
Lu Ming smiled and made a zipper gesture with his mouth.
Barron nodded repeatedly: "Commander, I know, I know!"
Lu Ming smiled slightly: "Okay, you are welcome to come and chat with me often in the future. However, in terms of law, I only learned these three skills from experts."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Barron nodded: "Yes, I understand!"
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The military camp solitary room had a small hard bed and a toilet together. It was difficult to turn around in the huge body made of bones and spears.
After opening the door and the guard leaving, Lu Ming could only stand at the door and talk to him.
"Basically, I think the sentencing can be more than ten years, maybe longer. I know you want his life very much, but don't rush at this moment. He will be imprisoned in a military prison in the Western Regions. Let's take our time.
There will be opportunities in the future. Now, is your life for his life what your sister wants to see?" Lu Ming said, passing a paper bag over, "Think about it carefully, here, New Year's Eve dinner,
I’m going home to have New Year’s Eve dinner too!”
Indeed, if I don’t return to Shengjing, I won’t be able to catch up with my real reunion dinner.
As for what he brought to Gumao Luo, he naturally brought top-quality steaks and good wine. Although it was not his own authentic century-old Maga brandy, it was just a bit of a blend, but it definitely tasted much better than the top-quality brandy worth hundreds of dollars.
Over there, Bone Spear Luo nodded silently, and soon, the iron door was shut tightly with a bang.
Gu Maoluo opened the paper bag. Inside was a large piece of steak and a bottle of brandy. Looking carefully at the logo, the bottle of brandy turned out to be the legendary Maga brandy. However, it seemed to be a replica. I heard that the original version of this wine was no longer available.
The last bottle was drunk by the former emperor of the empire as a prank before he died. But later, for some reason, someone discovered the treasure puree in an abandoned wine cellar. I don’t know how many bottles were blended. It was a priceless treasure.
The richest people in the empire offered tens of thousands of dollars, but they couldn't find a way to buy it.
The wine bug had been raging in his body for a long time. Gu Maoluo bit off the cork on the wine bottle and spit it aside, then raised his neck and started drinking.
Suddenly, Bone Spear Luo's movements froze, he stood up abruptly, picked up the wine bottle and looked at it carefully, his eyes were extremely surprised.
Next, I wanted to find a wine glass, but looking around, there was no wine glass anywhere here. I could only take a small sip, but my eyes became brighter and brighter.
