Death sentence turned into acquittal? Who told him to be a detective!

Chapter 188 Verdict! The Shocked Crowd! [A Long Chapter of 4,000 Words!]

The scrap steel was contaminated with radioactive cobalt-60 during the smelting process.
The total weight is...
Ten thousand tons!!!

"boom!!!"

Like a missile exploding, these words resounded in the minds of everyone in the courtroom.

Their minds went blank.

Even breathing was forgotten at this moment.
Qian Jianye stood frozen in place, his usually dignified face now showing signs of shock.

The entire courtroom was completely silent.

No one asked.

Nobody even spoke!

Quiet.

Very quiet.

The silence was terrifying!

After a long while, Qian Jianye was suddenly overwhelmed by a suffocating feeling. Only then did he realize that he had even forgotten to breathe, and it was because of this that he came back to his senses.

He simply chose not to come to his senses.
"110,000 tons"

Qian Jianye murmured, his hands trembling slightly, his back already soaked with cold sweat.

"Ten thousand tons of radioactive scrap steel were distributed to multiple regions."

to be frank.

Before the trial, he wasn't even the judge in charge of the case.

Qian Jianye realized that this would be a major case.

He knew perfectly well how many environmental pollution cases the steel mill and chemical plants had been involved in over the years. If they hadn't rectified the situation and dragged it out until now...
The impact will definitely extend to the entire Sunzhou!
can.

Qian Jianye truly hadn't expected the case to be so big!

Radioactive Source Cobalt-60
10,000 tons of polluting scrap steel purchased from overseas
The case involves a murder, and they are trying to silence Jin Bo.
Qian Jianye's hands were trembling slightly. If he hadn't been clenching his teeth, his expression would have been absolutely ferocious!

Judges are all like that.

The defendant, of course, need not be mentioned.

Sun Chen's eyes were bloodshot, and his gaze was like that of a wild beast that had lost its mind, staring intently at Luo Jun.

10,000 tons of radioactive contaminated scrap steel.
He was just illegally dumping sewage, and yet he's been dragged into this mess.
"Luo Jun, say something!!!"

“Speak up, tell me quickly! There was no such order in 1987, you didn’t do these things, we were just discharging sewage!”

"Pay me money. I'll pay whatever it takes, just tell me, tell me you didn't do it!"

I beg you, please tell me!

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The defendants all spoke in low, angry voices; some hurled insults, while others pleaded.

But regardless, there was a slight tremor in their voices!
This case is too big; no one can afford to take on it.
They were merely discharging sewage, yet unknowingly they found themselves aligned with the other side, directly linked to the same case!
Sun Chen and others do not want to take the blame for this.

Even with overwhelming evidence, there is still a sliver of hope.

They'll pay the losses!
The cause of organ failure in Sun Jin and others was either the steel plant or their chemical plant, and Sun Chen and the others readily and generously admitted it!

As long as the other party can refute it, as long as they can clear their name from this case, as long as they can invalidate this evidence, they will accept it even if they have to pay all the money!

But it's a pity.
Luo Jun didn't say a word.

He felt a chill creeping over him, his fingertips were cold, his face was pale and sickly, like a patient suffering from an illness.

He murmured, his eyes vacant and unfocused, as if he were suffering from hysteria.

"How could that be? Nobody knows."

"When did he find him? This shouldn't be happening. We clearly sent people to monitor him. This shouldn't be the case."

"When exactly...when?"

The plan was in the works for over a month.

They had clearly calculated everything, whether it was the city's or the provincial supervisory team.

Luo Jun had a firm grasp on everyone's psychology!
They even anticipated that the police wouldn't release the body.
He did not let his guard down around Xu Liang.

Jin Bo had already made him wary of lawyers, so he began to monitor them and frequently had Liu Kun report on their whereabouts.

Things unfolded as he had anticipated.

The city's investigation into the case within the case yielded no results, and the news leaked out, prompting officials from the province to arrive.

They erased the biggest hidden danger, Sun Jin's body. Then, pressure came from the province, and the pollution case was successfully convened. After the case was closed, Zhang Fei, Ma Hui, and others were directly relocated, and no one who came after them knew about the 'steel case'.
Even though everything was calculated correctly,
When exactly did they find out?!

When, when exactly?!
In a trance.

Luo Jun felt a splitting headache, his eyes instantly turned bloodshot, his face turned ashen, and he stared intently at Xu Liang.

Xu Liang didn't speak, but simply gave a polite smile.

"presiding judge"

Xu Liang suddenly spoke up and gave a reminder.

At this moment, Qian Jianye, who was still in a state of shock, also came to his senses.

"W-What's wrong?" Qian Jianye suppressed the panic in his eyes.

"An hour has passed," Xu Liang said, reminding everyone of the time.

The one-hour closed-door hearing has ended.

It's time to readjust the case and bring it to the public.

"Oh, oh."

Qian Jianye was somewhat dazed, but he still habitually asked the defendant a question.

"Defendant, based on the evidence and testimony submitted by the plaintiff above..."

"Do you have anything to refute?"

He did not say whether this evidence should be examined.

The case is too big.
Even if it were a questioning session, it wouldn't be their turn to do so!
Furthermore, this information is sufficient to verify that the information is true!

Whether it's the police.
No, that's not right!

Qian Jianye suddenly realized what was happening.

At this moment, as if he had discovered the mystery of the womb, he woke up in astonishment.

He knew the opponent's record.

Both the Sun Quan case and the Jinjiang Hotel corpse-falling case indicate that the other party was a smart person.

Would a smart person suddenly throw evidence into the court?

No, it's impossible.

It's impossible for an individual to investigate just those medical examination reports from those four cities. Even if you travel by train, you can't possibly visit all four cities in a week, not to mention other provinces!

That only means...
Someone gave him this information!

Who gave it to you?
The provincial level? No, the provincial level is investigating a pollution case. The other party couldn't possibly know about this, otherwise why would they care about a pollution case?

A bead of cold sweat appeared on Qian Jianye's forehead.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

The more I think about it, the colder my back feels.

If it weren't the provincial government, then the only entity capable of mobilizing so many resources would be [the provincial government].
Uptown!

Shangcheng was sending Xu Liang a message, asking him to come and investigate the case. During the trial, there was a group of people in the audience whose demeanor was completely different from the people around them. He had initially thought they were from the province, but now it seemed...
In an instant.

Qian Jianye's heart skipped a beat, and his breathing faltered.

if it is like this.

Xu Liang's information has already been verified.

The judicial personnel who conducted the cross-examination were from Shangcheng!

"Defendant, do you have anything to say in your rebuttal?"

After Qian Jianye figured it out, he suddenly spoke in alarm, but he concealed his fear very well.

This case needs to be cleared out.
The case is huge!

He had to get rid of it. If he didn't, it wouldn't just be Sun Chen and his group who would suffer. He himself wouldn't necessarily be unlucky, but he would at least be dragged into the mess, which would be extremely troublesome!

pity.

Liu Kun and Luo Jun lay limp as if they were dead.

No matter how much the people around him urged him, he remained unmoved, his eyes lifeless.

They were indeed no different from being dead.

Qian Jianye's eyes narrowed, and he blurted out:
"If there is no response, the judge will assume that the evidence submitted by the plaintiff has been verified!"

The defendants remained silent.

Seeing this, Qian Jianye gave the other party no chance whatsoever.

He hurriedly spoke into the microphone, speaking anxiously.

"This trial is now concluded, ending the closed-door hearing and transitioning to the open hearing phase!"

"A ten-minute recess will be granted you ten minutes to enter the courtroom!"

Finished.

He waited anxiously.

And his voice.
At this moment, it also rang out from the loudspeakers, in some of them.

The reporters and residents outside the courtroom, who had been waiting anxiously, widened their eyes in shock upon hearing the announcement: "The court has begun!"

"Quick!"

Someone spoke up.

Immediately, they followed the bailiffs back to the courtroom.

That hour felt like an eternity to them.

In just sixty minutes, they were filled with anxiety, constantly pondering what Xu Liang had said during the trial, and what aspects of the case could not be heard in public!
Most importantly, with the emergence of evidence...
In what direction will the verdict be delivered?

Think of this.

The reporter, who had already arrived at the main entrance of the courtroom, stared intently at the door that was being slowly pushed open by the bailiffs.

As the door crack opened
Upon seeing what was inside, they were all stunned.

What's happening inside the courtroom?
yes.
The defendant, looking disgraceful and utterly unpresentable, was a victim of a crime.

Sun Chen and the others looked listless, their hair disheveled, and their eyes devoid of any light.

Luo Jun and Liu Kun, who were in charge, sat in the defendant's dock looking like patients, their faces pale.

this.
"What's going on!?"

Those who entered the courtroom one after another were all shocked by what they saw.

"Isn't this a pollution case?"

"Environmental pollution, even with such excessive levels of heavy metals, should theoretically only result in financial compensation and the imprisonment of a few individuals involved, perhaps not even a suspended death sentence."

"What's going on with these people?"

"I don't know. Didn't Luo Jun and Sun Chen already go through a pollution case that was handled twenty years ago? Why are they still like this?"

"What exactly did the plaintiff say during the closed-door hearing? What evidence did he produce?"

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Everyone was whispering among themselves.

They seemed to feel the lingering emotions from the courtroom, a heavy weight pressing down on their hearts.

Nobody knows what was said just now.

However, just looking at the defendant's condition is enough to prove that the court hearing just now must have been very difficult for the defendant.

but.
The problem has become a closed loop again.

The case is nothing more than an environmental pollution case. No matter how terrible it is, it shouldn't be handled in this way!

They expect an explanation from the judge.

But the entire judge's bench remained silent.

As Qian Jianye looked at the crowd that was coming in one after another, he suddenly felt a little lucky.

If those things were revealed during the open trial...
If these things are released and not dealt with in a short period of time, what will happen to Sun Zhou?
Qian Jianye didn't know, he didn't want to know, and he dared not know!
Think of this.

He couldn't help but give Xu Liang a grateful look.

At the same time, I'm grateful to myself for deciding to keep the trial closed to the public for an hour!

Unknowingly.

Ten minutes passed.

The entire courtroom was quiet; they seemed to know something and waited patiently.

a long time.

Qian Jianye put his mind at ease.

He looked at the dozens of cameras, trying his best to resist looking for those people with extraordinary presence in the crowd.

Qian Jianye picked up the hammer and took a deep breath.

"boom!"

"The trial continues!"

Finished.

Qian Jianye no longer hesitated.

He stood up abruptly.

"Sunzhou Intermediate People's Court, defendants: Luo Jun of Jinyang Steel Plant, Sun Chen of Wugu Chemical Plant."

"The defendant filed a lawsuit with this court in March 2005 in accordance with the law."

"The case will be heard today, March 15, 2005, at 2:30 p.m.."

"Now, this court holds that the defendant, Jinyang Steel Plant..."

"In accordance with the law, the judgment is as follows."

talking.

Qian Jianye paused for a moment, then announced the verdict.

"The defendants, Jinyang Steel Plant and Wugu Chemical Plant, violated the Environmental Protection Law and caused death."

"The family will now be compensated for lost wages, medical expenses, and nutritional expenses."

Five million!!!

Five and a half million!?

Not three million, but five million!?
Suddenly, everyone was shocked, their eyes filled with horror.

Isn't the plaintiff demanding three million?
How come the defendant dragged things out in court for so long, and instead of decreasing the amount, it actually increased by two million?!

but
Qian Jianye paused, intending to mention sentencing, but couldn't bring himself to say it. Finally, he said:

"At the same time, all the aforementioned defendants were ordered to immediately rectify the issues at the factory after the court session adjourned!"

"The verdict is as above."

"Defendant, does anyone have any objections?"

Do you have any objections?

"No, I have no objection!"

Sun Chen suddenly woke up with a look of fear on his face and quickly spoke.

The people in the other factories are about the same.

Any objections?
What a load of rubbish!

five million?
They still want to pay 50 million!

"I didn't have any either. I'll compensate you. I'll go back and immediately compensate you, and we'll also suspend operations for rectification!"

"You're all monitoring me, you're all watching what I do, I promise I'll do business honestly from now on."

"No objections, I'll contact the family right away to arrange compensation!"

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They spoke eagerly, vying to be first.

That way, it doesn't seem like they think it's too much, but rather too little, as if they have to pay the most and have the best attitude!

Apart from Luo Jun.

Even after the verdict, Luo Jun showed no signs of life; he might really be dead.

This scene left everyone present completely baffled.

"Plaintiff, Defendant"

"If anyone disagrees with this court's ruling, they may file a second-instance lawsuit with a higher court!"

"The proceedings of this court hearing are now adjourned."

Qian Jianye hurriedly spoke up. He wished he could run away as fast as he could, and only wished he had two legs.

Court adjourned!

"Please return in an orderly manner."

Finished.

Qian Jianye immediately left with the other judges.

He wanted to pass this message on to the others.
They had no choice but to speak up. Since Shangcheng had made Xu Liang talk, it meant that the confidentiality period had passed and they wanted to use the case to make the steel information public!

As for
What will happen to the case after it's made public?
Qian Jianye only thought about it for a moment, then his face turned ashen. He didn't dare to think about it anymore, and quickened his pace to leave.

After seeing the judge leave...
In the audience.

Heeding Xu Liang's advice, Lin Fuqiang, who had previously skipped the meeting at the municipal building, could no longer hold back.

He walked up to Xu Liang, who was packing his things to leave, his face filled with shock.

Lin Fuqiang confirmed it.

What I saw was not an illusion.

Sunzhou does indeed harbor people from the upper city!

He saw many familiar faces during the court hearing just now.

But the problem is
How could environmental pollution possibly attract these guys whose stomping is more powerful than an earthquake?!
Combined with the closed-door trial just now
Lin Fuqiang moved closer to Xu Liang, breathing heavily, and asked in a low, urgent, and fearful voice:

"This"

"What's the matter!?"

Sunzhou
What on earth happened?!

Lin Fuqiang stared intently at Xu Liang, hoping to get an answer from him.

(End of this chapter)