This was Shu Tinglan's first time to participate in a seminar of this level. There were several lawyers from well-known law firms, as well as the head of a media company and the mother of the client who was over 70 years old.
As soon as the meeting started, Xu Mu, the mother of the person involved, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to them, and cried.
: "Please help me, help my poor child. He will never kill anyone. He has been imprisoned for 18 years for no reason, a full 18 years..."
Xu's mother is 70 years old, her hair is completely white, the wrinkles on her face are like ravines, and the skin on her hands is chapped. She has been appealing for justice for 18 years since her son Xu Wei was imprisoned 18 years ago.
, I usually just get by by picking up trash. I saved enough money to go to Beijing and took all the information with me to Beijing for an interview. After being deported, when the storm subsided, I continued to go to Beijing for more than ten years.
,no progress.
An old lady wants to reopen the case from back then. How easy is it to get the court to retry it?
At that time, Xu Wei was convicted of a burglary and murder case. There were witnesses, complete physical evidence, and Xu Wei's own confession and signature, admitting that he committed the murder. He was sentenced to death with a two-year suspended sentence.
But Xu's mother insisted that her son Xu Wei would never kill anyone. He was very timid. Even if he went to the vegetable market to buy a chicken, he would not dare to watch the process of killing the chicken, let alone kill someone.
Things turned around last year when the public security agency caught a rapist and murderer named Wang. In order to merit merit and get a lighter sentence, Wang told the story of Xu Wei's home invasion, robbery and murder case 18 years ago.
He did it together with his friend Zhang. Wang was responsible for guarding the door. Zhang entered the room to commit the crime. It was Zhang who killed the person and he saw it with his own eyes.
So was he wrongly convicted 18 years ago? Xu Wei was imprisoned for 18 years for no reason, but the real murderer is at large?
Xu's mother made inquiries in many places, and when she got the news, her blood pressure soared and she fainted, almost having a cerebral hemorrhage. Then she started asking a lawyer to defend Xu Wei.
But how can a case that was tried 18 years ago be overturned and retried just by Wang’s words? These lawyers were all sought by Xu’s mother’s family one by one, and no one wanted to take on a case like this that happened more than ten years ago.
It is very difficult to push forward the retrial in court, and it is even more difficult to collect evidence. The time line is very long, and it basically takes a long time to get nothing done.
I don’t know who gave Xu’s mother the idea to expose this matter to the media. No, they and the lawyers could only pretend to hold a seminar, and whoever was interested would do it.
Shu Tinglan also had a general understanding of the case before coming here, and today she came to the seminar with a learning attitude. Now she saw Xu's mother kneeling on the ground, kowtowing to them, begging them to save her son.
Everyone was a little moved. Shu Tinglan was the closest to her, so he stood up and bent down to help her up, and poured water for her to calm down her mood.
Seeing Xu's mother, she thought of her own mother, pitiful parents in the world.
Several lawyers cleared their throats and then began to discuss.
First, he tried to put pressure on the court to reopen Xu Wei's robbery and murder trial;
The second is how to collect evidence to prove Xu Wei's innocence.
The various lawyers had a heated discussion, and everyone had their own opinions. Shu Tinglan's thinking was also opened up. He benefited a lot and kept writing down with a pen.
After the seniors finished their discussion, Director Han, who was sitting at the front and was also the leader of this seminar, suddenly asked her a question.
: "Xiao Shu, what do you think?"
Everyone looked at her, even Xu's mother looked at her eagerly. She quickly processed the information and said:
: “In this case, although Wang insisted that he and his friend Zhang were responsible for the original burglary, and could tell many of the details, there was no substantial evidence to prove his and Zhang’s crimes.