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Friday morning, December 12st.

Panshan Group High People's Court General Court.

On this day, Du Yu's case was tried in public, which was also the final trial of the case.

In view of the huge social impact of the case, the Supreme People's Court sent a working group to participate in the trial of this case. In addition, the Panshan Group High People's Court General Hospital invited ten professors from universities including the full professor of law of Southwest Associated University and the professor of law of Hua Xia University of Political Science and Law, as well as ten famous lawyers in the Chinese legal community to attend. At the same time, as many as 500 people's representatives from all walks of life were invited.

This time the trial is open to the public, with CCTV1 and Hong Kong Satellite TV broadcasting live on television and the Internet. Anyone who is interested can watch the entire trial process.

Before the court session even started, there were already more than two hundred reporters reporting on the scene and interviewing the representatives who had arrived.

The number of people watching online on the Internet alone has exceeded 9000 million.

Finally, at 9 o'clock in the morning, the court!
"Everyone stand up!" As the clerk's voice sounded, everyone in the audience stood up: "Please invite the presiding judge and the judges to enter the court!"

Five men entered in judge's robes and sat down.

"Please sit down!" He Rong said, and everyone in the audience sat down.

He Rong picked up the gavel and banged it, announcing, "The court is now in session!"

This trial, from the moment the judge entered the courtroom, the entire procedure was carried out in accordance with the law and regulations, giving people a sense of what a real court trial is like.

Many people who have been involved in lawsuits were dumbfounded when watching the live broadcast. Why was it different from the court trials they had experienced?
The entire procedure is clear and concise, and strictly complies with the court trial process.

When preparing for the court session, the clerk will find out whether the parties and other litigation participants are present. The clerk will then announce the court rules. The presiding judge will check the parties, announce the case and the list of judges and clerks, introduce the main representatives, and then inform the parties of their litigation rights and obligations and ask them whether they want to apply for recusation.

If the parties do not file an application for recusation, the court will enter the investigation stage.

Then comes the court debate!

When it came time for the final verdict, He Rong said: "There are two main points of dispute in this case: 1. Whether the two people collided, and 2. The amount of damages that should be compensated."

In this case, there was no third-party witness to confirm that it was Du Yu who hit the old man, and Du Yu also insisted that he did not hit anyone. Only the old man insisted that it was Du Yu who hit the old man. In addition, the police lost the interrogation records of both parties at the time of the incident, and there was a lack of original direct evidence to support it.

Therefore, in this judgment, Du Yu does not need to pay any compensation, and the other party is ordered to compensate Du Yu for legal litigation fees, mental damages, loss of work wages, etc., totaling 20 yuan.

This trial also caused a lot of discussion.

First of all, this high-level trial allowed everyone to see a formal trial, and many people couldn't help but praise it as the ceiling of the procedure.

Secondly, the entire trial process is fair and just, and everything revolves around evidence, rather than judging the case based on "high probability" without any evidence.

Before this, the biggest problem with this case that caused heated discussion was not whether it was right or wrong, but the incorrect procedures and lack of legal evidence.

This time, the procedure was absolutely the ceiling in the country. The first-level chief judge personally presided over the trial, and there was nothing wrong with the whole procedure.

When it comes to evidence, what we always emphasize is legal evidence and valid evidence.

Moreover, this time the trial was not closed court, nor was it kept secret. Instead, it was open to the public, and it was broadcast live on TV and the Internet. According to the survey, the number of people watching the case on TV exceeded 1.5 million, and the peak number of people watching the live broadcast on the Internet reached 2.5 million.

It can be said that it is made public!

The judgment is well-reasoned, logically clear, and irrefutable.

When the representatives were interviewed afterwards, they gave very high praise to the trial. At the same time, many representatives mentioned one point, which is the urgency of improving the professional level and professional ethics of court staff, as well as the procedural nature of the trial.

Of course, some representatives also suggested that the cost of false accusations, rumors, and blackmail should be increased.

However, some people have raised a sharp question, that is, whether the judicial system can reject the self-testimony of a seriously injured victim without sufficient physical evidence.

For example, if you are hit by a car and have a broken bone and are lying in the hospital, after you report the case, the police will come over and give you a three-step answer: there is no surveillance around and the other party does not admit it, so I will close the case and wish you a speedy recovery.

Wouldn't this be too cruel to the person whose bones were broken?
Liu Tao personally attended the trial as a representative. After the trial, he did not accept interviews from reporters, but went to the cafeteria with other representatives under the guidance of the staff.

Everyone held a plate and lined up to get rice and vegetables.

The meals in the cafeteria are free, but there are people supervising to prevent waste.

Many reporters saw Liu Tao queuing with his food tray and couldn't help but take their cameras to take pictures.

Even Liu Tao had to queue up to get his own meals and dishes, so there was even less reason for others to want better.

Liu Tao sat together with a representative, who was a member of the Yunnan Provincial People's Congress and an ordinary citizen of Kunming City. He was famous for his warm-heartedness in Kunming City. He set up a stall in the Yunnan Provincial Hospital, providing breakfast, lunch and dinner to the patients' families. He could even cook for the patients' families, and he had not raised the price for 20 years.

Since the 80s, this lady named 'Zheng Xuehong' has served as a representative of the Yunnan Provincial People's Congress.

"Lei Feng's spirit is a spirit that we need to constantly uphold. When someone falls, helping them is a good deed and a manifestation of Lei Feng's spirit. If Du Yu is fined and ordered to pay compensation, it will be a huge blow to the spirit of helping others. Will anyone dare to help an old man who falls in the future? Will anyone dare to help a child who falls while crossing the road? Will young people still dare to help an old man cross the road?" Ms. Zheng Xuehong said: "This time the penalty is good. It is to uphold legal justice and social morality."

Liu Tao had a smile on his face as he listened to Ms. Zheng Xuehong.

Then the representatives sitting nearby also expressed their opinions. There is no doubt that these representatives are very representative as they were invited to attend the trial.

Some of them come from the military, some from the business community, some from the education community, some from the legal community, and some from ordinary people.
After everyone finished their meal, they took a break and at 2:30 in the afternoon, a discussion meeting on the construction of the rule of law was held.

This meeting was chaired by He Rong herself. It was a closed-door meeting and not open to the public. Only the court's internal video recorded the meeting.

Everyone expressed their opinions and offered suggestions for the development of the legal system.

Even Liu Tao put forward some opinions and suggestions.

Destruction is much easier than construction.

Once destroyed, it will be much more difficult and costly to rebuild.

For example, Liu Tao believes that today's trial is worth learning for all courts and lawyers, so that the entire court system and legal industry can be more standardized. (End of this chapter)