I started out as a criminal, and the police relied on me to solve countless cases.

Chapter 163 It has always been like this, is it right?

At the Xiguan Police Station, Lao Ding was on duty today, and he specially brought his apprentice over to keep him company.

"Master, why aren't you on duty according to the roster during the New Year? I have already arranged my schedule."

Zhu Zhisong didn't even wear a police uniform today, he was dressed in casual clothes. No matter how much he respected his master at other times, he couldn't help but complain today.

"Stop talking nonsense. I asked you to contact Consultant Jiang to test the waters. Did you make the call?"

Old Ding was holding a large teacup and gulping down tea.

What I did was really not fair. With Jiang Hanwen's incredible insight, there was no way I could hide my little tricks from him.

But Old Ding was also scratching his head. There was really nothing he could do at the time. Putting aside the relationship between the suspect Ding Xiaowei and himself, there was no problem with the verdict of the Shitong City police and the court.

Not only was the sentence not too heavy, but it was given a light sentence taking Ding Xiaowei's age into consideration. He also used his connections with his superiors to transfer the case back to his hometown in Xiguan for retrial. This was already a semi-illegal operation.

Both publicly and privately, Lao Ding knew he was in the wrong, so he asked his apprentice to find out the news.

Zhu Zhisong didn't think much about it and told Lao Ding all of Jiang Hanwen's answers.

"What? Do as the suspect says? What do you mean?"

Lao Ding was a little confused.

Ding Xiaowei said that he would plead guilty if he was shot with the gun he bought.

These were obviously words spoken in anger, how could you take them seriously?

However, Lao Ding knew that Jiang Hanwen would never speak without a purpose. Since he said it, he must have some meaning.

"Master, Brother Jiang also said that the Supreme Court's judicial interpretation is very clear. When identifying guns, we cannot use the Joule theory. We must adhere to the unity of subjective and objective factors and analyze specific issues specifically."

Zhu Zhisong thought about what Jiang Hanwen said for a long time, and always felt that this was the right judgment.

Although similar cases in various places have all been sentenced according to the standards of the Public Security Department since the Public Security Department issued the standards for gun identification, as Jiang Hanwen said, this standard is only a departmental regulation of the Public Security Department.

If we truly follow the spirit of the law, we must make a multi-dimensional judgment based on the social impact, destructive power, and subjective criminal intent caused by the murderer, including the fact that the suspect in this case did not even get the imitation gun he bought.

With this kind of weighing, the sentence of life imprisonment becomes problematic.

"Disciple, it's not like the master hasn't thought about this before."

Lao Ding sighed and lit a cigarette.

"But you have to know that there are more than a hundred cases similar to this one across the country. There was the balloon vendor's airgun case, the match gun case, and even within our system, there was a police chief who went to jail for similar reasons."

"The standards set by the public security department are for the lower levels to implement. If you don't implement them and someone else does, what will the higher-ups think?"

Old Ding frowned and stopped talking.

Zhu Zhisong had no scruples. He began to enter data retrieval mode again, his aura of a top student activated.

"Master, similar firearm identification standards in Hong Kong are 7.077 joules per square centimeter, and in Bao Island it is 20 joules per square centimeter. Before 2008, our non-standard firearm identification standard was 16 joules per square centimeter."

Zhu Zhisong began to recite the regulations like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.

"Article 2001 of the Regulations on the Performance Appraisal of Firearms and Ammunition Involved in Criminal Cases issued by the Ministry of Public Security in 3 clearly stipulates that non-standard firearms that cannot fire standard firearm bullets shall be appraised according to the following standards: when the muzzle is placed 25.4 meter away from a dry pine board with a thickness of 1 mm and the bullet penetrates the pine board, it can be considered sufficient to cause death; when the bullet or shrapnel is stuck in the pine board, it can be considered sufficient to cause injury. If any of the above two conditions are met, it can be identified as a firearm."

"The test results show that when the muzzle kinetic energy is below 10 joules/square centimeter, it is difficult to embed into dry pine wood boards, and only a crater of a certain depth can be formed on the board; when the muzzle kinetic energy is 16 joules/square centimeter, the bullet has the energy limit of being able to embed into dry pine wood boards."

Zhu Zhisong finished speaking in one breath, picked up the cup and took a sip of water.

"But why is it that every once in a while, the ministry's standards for guns are lowered, from 16 joules per square centimeter to the current 1.8 joules per square centimeter?"

"I have no intention of questioning the above regulations, but as Jiang Ge said, in the future, when drinking bubble tea, we have to look around to see if there are police surveillance. After all, according to this standard, tube-mounted, pneumatic, and more than 1.8 joules are indeed firearms."

Zhu Zhisong finished speaking with a blank expression on his face. He was a person who got to the bottom of things. He had never encountered a similar case before, so naturally he would not consider it. But now that he encountered it, Zhu Zhisong really thought about this problem seriously.

Although what Jiang Hanwen said was nonsensical, such as going out with two hands is like carrying two guns, his words were true.

Is this really how it should be?
"Bastard!"

Lao Ding slapped his apprentice on the head, with anger on his face.

"What are you doing? You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. The policies above are naturally justified by their reasons. It's your turn to question them?"

"Master, although my disciple has a straightforward temper, he has enough brains."

Zhu Zhisong did not dodge or evade the slap from his master. Instead, he remained calm and his eyes were burning.

"I may not understand those unspoken rules, tacit understandings, and underlying logic."

"But I know that it is more important to guard against the people's mouths than to guard against the river!"

"In the past, the Emperor of Qin collected all the soldiers in the world, gathered them in Xianyang, melted them down, and cast them into twelve golden men to weaken the people of the world. However, the Qin Dynasty fell in the second generation. As the old saying goes, the weather is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people. The power of people is worse than the weather, the mountains, the terrain, and the weather. In modern times, the German-equipped divisions of the national government are incomparable, but they are still no match for the millet and rifles of our ancestors. Master must understand such a simple truth."

Zhu Zhisong spoke calmly, but with every word he spoke, the expression on Old Ding's face became darker.

"Zhu Zhisong!"

Lao Ding's voice was low.

"Did Jiang Hanwen tell you all these things?"

"No, Jiang Ge just said that the Joule-only theory is not appropriate."

"What do you mean by saying these words? Are you questioning the court's decision? Or are you questioning the regulations of the BU? Or..."

Old Ding snorted coldly.

"Comrade Zhu Zhisong, as the director, I ask you to be mindful of your status when speaking. You are a law enforcer. It is very dangerous for a law enforcer to question the law, or even the intention of the law maker. I am doing this for your own good."

Lao Ding took a deep breath.

"In this case, Master violated the rules first. I will take the initiative to submit a statement of the situation. We will not get involved."

"why?"

"Why? You ask me why? You just said such nonsense. If you continue, who knows what Jiang Hanwen will do to overturn the court's decision. He has the support of gods, but what do you have? Why do you get involved? My nephew has no future, so he should just go to jail."

Old Ding was obviously impatient and even regretted agreeing to help his cousin with this matter.

He had already sensed danger from this small imitation gun smuggling case.

If the Xiguan Court really overturned the decision of the Qitongcheng Court.

The people over there will definitely take the case to the Supreme Court. There will be no possibility of compromise.

Lao Ding has been in the circle for so many years and knows this very well.

In this circle, face is more important than right or wrong. Sometimes, people will cause big trouble just to save face.

The so-called 1.8 joules is just a rule issued by the public security department. How could an old oil field like Lao Ding not know this? How could so many senior police officers across the country not know this?
But everyone knows why the standards for identifying guns have been lowered again and again.

Most people involved are very clear about this, not to mention the police as law enforcers, who are even more clear about this. "Master, I, Zhu Zhisong, have no ill intentions. I am just discussing the matter. I respect the law, that's all."

The young man's face still showed his immaturity, but his words were particularly firm.

"Zhu Zhisong! This is just an individual case, it's not important!"

Lao Ding slammed the table to emphasize.

"Whether the verdict in one case is fair or not is not important, but can this be considered the case in all cases?"

"You little bastard, are you crazy today? Are you here just to piss off your master? Do you want to piss me off to death?!"

As Lao Ding spoke, he reached out his hand again to teach his apprentice a lesson.

Unexpectedly, his apprentice blocked it with his hand.

"You're rebelling, aren't you?"

The young police officer said respectfully to his master.

"It has always been like this, is it right?"

When Zhu Zhisong walked out of the director's office, there was a slap mark on his face.

It's no big deal for a master to punish his apprentice in the criminal police profession. After all, the job is so dangerous that the old man always says, "No beating, no success."

Zhu Zhisong knew very well that there were only a few masters in the entire industry who would defend their apprentices without any reason.

His strictness is only out of self-protection.

The master originally wanted to use Brother Jiang's network of connections to collude with the internal forces in Citong City to make this matter smaller.

The job was done, both sides saved face, and everything was harmonious.

But Jiang Ge's answer obviously exceeded the master's expectations, and it was normal for him to want to brake in time.

However, Zhu Zhisong kept thinking about Jiang Hanwen's joke in his mind.

"Tube mounted, pneumatic, over 1.8 joules"

"Does it count as me spraying pearls with a straw? Self-propelled artillery."

This sounds like dark humor, but similar cases involving match guns have occurred in reality.

Is this an overreaction?
Zhu Zhisong couldn't figure it out for a moment, but there was always a big question mark lingering in his mind.

"It has always been like this, is it right?"

The young police officer walked out of the police station in a daze, his mind wandering but to no avail.

Finally, I couldn't help but take out my cell phone and made a call.

"Hey, Jiang Ge."

"Hey, Officer Zhu, you are serving the people with all your heart and soul. This is the second time you called me during this holiday. Don't tell me you are working overtime today?"

The man on the other end of the phone must be eating noodles, as slurping sounds could be heard constantly through the phone.

Seeing that Zhu Zhisong didn't answer, the person on the other end of the phone started cursing.

"That damn Old Ding, he doesn't treat his apprentice as a human being, right? Just wait, I'm going to call him and scold him. It's outrageous. He's bullying our honest Officer Zhu. He's not going to stop."

"Brother Jiang, no no no, ...

Zhu Zhisong stopped talking immediately. His master had almost passed out from anger just now. With Brother Jiang's sharp tongue, if he hit him twice more, his master would probably have a heart attack.

"Brother Jiang, I just want to ask you, what exactly are you going to do with this case? Are you really going to let Ding Xiaowei use the imitation gun to test its power? What if he gets injured? I know you must be joking, but what exactly are you going to do? Please give me some hints, otherwise I will be scratching my head and feel very uncomfortable."

Zhu Zhisong hesitated for a moment, but still asked his doubts.

The method Jiang Hanwen mentioned was too magical and sounded extremely nonsensical. If he really did that, and something happened to Ding Xiaowei after being beaten, the police and judicial system of Xi'an would definitely be the top trending topics.

Cyber ​​shooting is the most deadly.

Is it okay to let the suspect use the gun found as evidence to shoot himself?

"A joke? Officer Zhu, I'm not kidding. How can I joke about such a serious case?"

"Huh? Jiang? What do you mean?"

"The suspect made the request himself, and I just met his request."

There was a pause on the other end of the phone, apparently the noodles had been finished.

"Ding Xiaowei said that he thought the imitation gun he bought was not lethal, at least it would never kill anyone. If it was impossible to kill anyone, then why not let him shoot twice while wearing a helmet?"

Zhu Zhisong: “????”

"If the test proves that the power of these imitation guns is not enough to cause injury, then we will strictly follow the spirit of the law and execute the sentence based on objective factors such as the suspect's motive for buying the gun, the actual harm, his young age and the fact that the gun did not end up in the suspect's hands. In the end, the maximum sentence will be four or five years. Four or five years will teach this kid a lesson, which is worth it."

"But if he doesn't dare to test the gun, it means he knows that the gun he bought is powerful and lethal. Then his previous testimony that he didn't know the power of the gun is false. This guy's motive is very problematic. Don't say that the seller won't ship the guns because the purchase is too small. Humph, he bought 24 guns at one time. I have every reason to suspect that he just wants to be a middleman and sell guns."

"If that's the case, illegally purchasing guns, smuggling and selling dangerous goods in huge quantities, life imprisonment? Send him to eat peanuts!"

After Jiang Hanwen finished speaking, he didn't care about Zhu Zhisong's petrified state.

But his tone softened.

"Officer Zhu, you are a top student. Let me tell you a story."

[Early human criminal law was full of the concept of natural justice of primitive revenge, and basically determined the punishment of the perpetrator based on the objective damage results, without considering subjective guilt at all. This objective attribution of guilt could even be directed at inanimate objects.]

[According to legend, in 480 BC, King Xerxes of Persia launched a massive attack on Greece. When his army reached the Dardanelles, Xerxes ordered the construction of a bridge.]

[The two cable bridges were quickly erected, but unexpectedly a strong wind blew and broke the bridges.]

Xerxes was furious. He not only killed the bridge builders, but also ordered the iron chains to be thrown into the sea, saying that he wanted to lock the sea. At the same time, he ordered people to whip the sea 300 times to punish the sea for blocking his progress.

[Similar actions often occur in infants and young children. When a toddler falls to the ground, the first thing he thinks is the fault of the floor. If an adult also symbolically hits the floor, the child will stop crying and laugh.]

“Objective attribution of guilt is a product of the underdeveloped rule of law.”

Zhu Zhisong is worthy of being the elementary school bully of Xiguan Police Station. He blurted it out after hearing it.

"Officer Zhu, the rule of law in our country is very sound."

A man's relaxed, teasing voice was heard from the other end of the phone.

"Tell your master about the method I just mentioned. He has connections with the police and courts in Citong City. Can we discuss whether it is feasible?"

(End of this chapter)