Lawyer: Start with legal retaliation against infidelity!

Chapter 298 What does it mean for the defendant to plead guilty?

Evidence is the reason for winning 98% of all cases in the judicial field.

Without evidence, it is almost impossible to convict someone based solely on accusations; some cases will not even be accepted for prosecution.

Some false accusations succeed because the other party provides objective evidence.

For example, in a later popular case of false accusation, someone said something about the cake shop owner, which meant that the owner made a mistake in saying one thing. The owner had an alibi and didn't even have a basement, otherwise he would have been in trouble too.

That's the terrifying thing about false accusations and evidence that can't be proven!

"Plaintiff Ms. Zhang, regarding your accusations against my client, may I submit any further information?"

Xu De lowered his head slightly and raised an eyebrow at the other person.

"Because I noticed that on my end."

"In the initial stage of filing the case, Ms. Liu did not actually present any evidence."

"If you have relevant evidence..."

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He kindly offered a reminder.

"Perhaps, this could serve as the basis for the charges!"

That's true; if there's information, a decision can be made.

only.....

"Oh..

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Zhang Qian let out a muffled groan, saying nothing and offering no evidence.

Is evidence required in a false accusation case?

Being exposed means you'll have to take responsibility!

Zhang Qian is bad, but she's not stupid. So, from the very beginning, she didn't create any information that could be disproven. Even the birthmark on Zhang Cheng's body was just an objective clue that could be verified.

So she stopped talking.

However, the rest of the courtroom staff waited for a long time without hearing anything, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Plaintiff, do you have any response to what the defendant has said?"

The judge began by asking a question, then added tactfully, "The court may conduct a trial of the evidence."

The court accepted the case.

In other words, they accept your surprise court hearing, as long as there is evidence.

Zhang Qian kept her head down, her face full of resentment, but she didn't say a word.

resignedly.

Everyone could only look at Zhang Wei, the opposing party's civil litigation agent.

Lawyer Zhang Wei was taken aback when he saw this.

Why are you watching him?

He's not like Xu De, who never launches surprise court hearings; what evidence could he possibly submit?

But there was nothing he could do; after all, he was the opposing lawyer, and since Zhang Qian didn't speak, he could only respond on her behalf.

"Your Honor...we have no other evidence to testify against."

He shook his head and said nothing more.

"this..

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Presiding Judge Qian Huzhou frowned, looking very troubled, and his gavel swayed from side to side, clearly unable to make up his mind.

After a long while, he finally looked at the prosecution.

"Prosecutor, do you have any further questions?"

Prosecutor Zheng Tongdao: "We have no objection at this time. The relevant information obtained by the prosecution has been compiled into an indictment and submitted to the court."

In other words, it's the judge's turn to make the judgment.

His meaning was quite clear.

They just want to shift the blame to the court, but there's nothing they can do about it; only the court has the authority to determine what's true and what's false.

"Plaintiff Liu Yu..."

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Qian Huzhou carefully considered the lower half of the indictment submitted by the other party, which concerned the accusations against Liu Yu.

He frowned, pondered for a moment, and finally spoke: "Plaintiff Liu Yu, regarding the night of June 13th, please provide a detailed description of what happened that night."

Upon hearing this...

In the plaintiff's seat, Liu Yu, who had been crying all along, choked up slightly, sniffled, and stopped crying.

She immediately said, "That night... it was probably around eight or nine o'clock, after I finished dinner with him."

"We ate out at a restaurant, but since I don't eat much, I only ordered a single-person set meal and added some extra staple food."

"During the meal, he drank quite a bit of alcohol because of Zhang Qian, and he was sulking."

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The crowd listened, nodding occasionally.

Yes.

To be honest, everyone in the courtroom, and even the reporters outside, knew that Zhang Qian was Zhang Cheng's adopted daughter.

Therefore, they would naturally know about the conflict that broke out between the two parties shortly before the incident.

In other words, Zhang Qian deliberately demanded property, but her actions were discovered. After a thorough investigation, Zhang Cheng and his wife learned that she had reunited with her biological parents eight years ago and had been taking advantage of them all along.

That is precisely why the case was able to be filed.

Because the conflict between the two parties is indeed significant and objectively exists, Zhang Cheng has sufficient grounds to infringe upon the other party's rights!

"Later, when he got home, he took out his phone and called Zhang Qian."

"We bought this phone for him two years ago..."

"," Liu Yu said slowly.

Did you make a phone call after you got home?

Presiding Judge Qian Huzhou narrowed his eyes and asked, "Do you remember the exact time?"

Liu Yu stated frankly, "Around 9:30 PM."

9:30?

It matches the call log!

"Were you beside me the entire time you were on the phone?" Prosecutor Jiang Xu couldn't help but ask, frowning. His hand gripping the pen was tight, his knuckles turning white. He continued, "What was the content of the call?"

Liu Yu's gaze was slightly unfocused, and her eyes were downcast, clearly indicating that she was deep in thought.

After a long silence, she slowly said, "Yes...yes, I was there the whole time."

Jiang Xu thought for a moment, then asked, "Did you say anything?"

Zhang Qian's objective statement did not mention that Liu Yu's voice appeared on the phone.

"No." Liu Yu shook her head.

This match up.

Presiding Judge Qian Huzhou and the prosecutor frowned, their minds in turmoil.

The statements of the two plaintiffs... two people who are bound to have one wrong and the other right, actually match up!

only...

"Ms. Liu, could you please tell me why Mr. Zhang made that phone call?"

The defendant.

At this point, defense lawyer Xu De asked a question. He sat back down in his chair, but his face did not show any signs of urgency.

talking.

His tone seemed to imply something.

"Because the content of this phone call made by my client... seems to differ slightly from what the plaintiff, Ms. Zhang, said."

Zhang Qian looked up and saw that his expression was rather unpleasant.

Entry and exit?

Everyone was surprised, and seeing that Xu De was not about to speak, they turned their attention to Liu Yu.

After a moment's thought, Liu Yu slowly said, "I remember... it was an insult."

The answer was obtained.

Presiding Judge Qian Huzhou couldn't help but ask, "Only insults!?"

After he finished speaking, he added a reminder.

"Ms. Liu, the judge's bench has an obligation to remind you once, and will only remind you once."

"Anything you say in court has legal force and you will be held accountable accordingly!"

"Are you sure... on the evening of June 13th, the phone call the defendant Zhang Cheng made to the plaintiff Zhang Qian only contained insults? And nothing else?"

Liu Yu nodded decisively without the slightest hesitation.

"Yes, it's all about swearing."

"The insults were really vulgar."

That's strange.

One person said it was an insult, the other said it was seduction.

The case then became entangled in contradictions.

However, the police could not find any evidence to prove this crucial point. Even when they contacted the telecommunications company, they could only provide a record of the call made, with no voice recordings whatsoever.

"Bullshit! He was just trying to seduce me. He clearly said he wanted to apologize, that he missed me, and that he couldn't bear to part with our father-daughter relationship!"

at this time.

Zhang Qian gritted her teeth and spoke again, escalating the conflict.

Liu Yu was a little annoyed, splashing dirty water again and again. Even an honest person would be pushed to the limit by now.

"Whether it tempted you or not, you know in your heart!"

Then, ignoring Zhang Qian's accusations, she turned to the judge's bench and cried, "Your Honor."

"After that beast finished cursing Zhang Qian, he started talking about me. On the night of the 13th, he said that if I had a biological child, this wouldn't have happened."

"It's all my fault! I caused all of this!"

"After saying that, he started touching me inappropriately."

"He reeked of alcohol, which made me very resistant. I didn't want to comply, but he started forcing me, and I couldn't resist..."

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"In the end, everything happened."

After saying all that,

The defendant's seat.

Zhang Cheng, whose hands were cuffed, was stunned for a moment. He subconsciously looked up at his wife, a question on his face.

to be frank.

That night, someone did say that, saying that if it were their own child, they wouldn't act like that, but... it doesn't seem like I was the one who said that, right?

Oh wait, the other party didn't seem to say that they said it themselves.

As for coercion...

Zhang Cheng didn't know, after all, he had been drinking, and two months had passed, so he genuinely couldn't remember.

This applies to all parties involved.

Not to mention the prosecutor's bench and the judge's dock.

"That's normal, and it makes sense, this..."

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In the prosecutor's seat, prosecutor Zheng Tong couldn't help but tug at his hair, clicking his tongue with a strange expression. After a moment, he said, "The child I raised for 18 years betrayed me, first by embezzling the money, and then by trying to take the house away."

"After being exposed, she immediately ran away and went to live with her biological parents."

"I was furious, I had been drinking, and on top of that, I hadn't had a biological child in over forty years, so..."

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and so.

It is indeed logical to take one's anger out on one's spouse who is infertile...or has a very low probability of conceiving, and force the other party to give birth to a biological child for them.

But then a problem arose.

"Zhang Qian's words are also logical."

The judge's bench.

Judge Qian Huzhou's brows were furrowed, and he was discussing something quietly with several other judges.

"Zhang Qian absconded with the money, delaying the other party's nearly twenty years of trying to conceive."

"It is reasonable for the defendant Zhang Cheng to be angry and make a phone call in an attempt to lure the victim over for revenge, such as rape."

"In this situation... let alone rape."

Taking it a step further is not out of the question!

To put it another way, in some foreign movies and TV shows, the most extreme cases even involve the other person having to give birth to their own child!

Or perhaps they would simply kill it.

Rape alone is already a logical and relatively minor form of retaliation.

So, the case has become what it is now.

"Is it still possible for you to submit information?"

"For example, Ms. Liu, the plaintiff, can you prove that you were at home between 10:30 and 11:00 p.m. that night?" Qian Huzhou asked tentatively.

These words were spoken.

Zhang Qian's heart tightened, as if an invisible hand had suddenly clenched her fist. She subconsciously looked at Liu Yu.

The reason she dared to report it is one thing.

Liu Yu...has a habit of going out to dance, that is, square dancing.

Generally, it ends between 10:00 and 10:30. If you chat with your companions for a while, you may not be able to go home until 11:00.

But to everyone's surprise, the other person went straight home after dinner that night and didn't go dancing!

"I...I have a habit of dancing, and I don't go out at night except to dance."

"I didn't go out on the night of the 13th, and my friends can testify to that."

Liu Yu hesitated before responding.

Unfortunately, this is not accepted.

"Ms. Liu, this information was already examined when the plaintiff, Zhang Qian, reported it on the 16th."

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Qian Huzhou shook his head and did not adopt the suggestion.

The other party does indeed have friends.

But then a problem arose.

Zhang Qian did not choose to inquire that very evening!

而是16号，期间有14、15、16当天，共3天的时间。

In addition, there were no surveillance cameras near the square dancing area, and unlike in later generations, there was no record of inquiries made through mobile phones, so... the information in the testimonies presented a chaotic picture.

In other words, some of the other party's friends said they came on the night of the 13th, while others said they didn't.

The information is inconsistent, and the memories are very confused!

Do you have any other information?

Presiding Judge Qian Huzhou asked the questions again.

"this..

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Liu Yu hesitated, pondered for a long time, and finally shook her head, "I'm gone."

That's all...

"What should we do? Neither side has a complete chain of evidence."

Whispers could be heard from the judge's bench.

The court fell silent after Liu Yu finished speaking.

That's just how it is when there's no information available for a trial.

If you can't even produce the basis for the charges to be filed, how can the case proceed?

In the prosecutor's seat, prosecutor Jiang Xu frowned and asked in a low voice.

"Master, how should we handle this case?"

"What else can we do?"

There are only two possible outcomes.

Prosecutor Zheng Tong shook his head and replied, "First, adjourn the court until we have evidence, but this rape case... has already dragged on for two whole months. How are we supposed to gather evidence now?"

In rape cases, it becomes difficult to preserve objective information about the case after 24 hours.

Not to mention that the case has already been filed for two months. If the court adjourns again, the difficulty of obtaining evidence will only increase, and the hope will become even slimmer, rather than allowing more information to be found as time goes by.

"And the second point...."

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Prosecutor Zheng Tong paused at this point, then slowly said, "The only option left is innocence."

"The prosecution lacks evidence and cannot form a chain of evidence; the charges are invalid, the defendant is not guilty, and is acquitted!"

"That's most likely it."

Jiang Xu hesitated, "This..."

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And these words.

Zhang Qian, who was sitting in the plaintiff's seat not far away, heard everything clearly.

Her fists made a crisp cracking sound as she clenched her teeth.

Zhang Qian glanced at Liu Yu with her gloomy eyes, but didn't say anything. She just lowered her head and pondered in her heart.

"Ha, those two scoundrels!"

If I had known, I would have done this two years earlier... Two years earlier, I wouldn't have been an adult yet, and even if it was a false accusation, you couldn't do anything about it!

Yes, minors.

They found a minor to make a false accusation!

A glint suddenly flashed in Zhang Qian's eyes, clearly indicating that she was up to something again.

She dared not provide evidence because if her evidence were exposed, she would certainly face criminal charges.

But it's different for minors!

Let's not talk about 15/16.

Those under 12 years old, especially those seven or eight, can say whatever they want, even if it's a false accusation.

They can simply fabricate evidence, and even if they are exposed, they won't have to bear any responsibility!

Low-cost false accusation? No, it's costless, and even involves fabricating evidence!

As for this case?

"The judge is about to speak."

On the prosecutor's bench.

Prosecutor Zheng Tong suddenly spoke, looking at the judge's bench, and paused.

On the judge's bench, Judge Qian Huzhou snapped out of his reverie, his brow furrowed. Zhou Li, holding the gavel, said, "It's highly likely the court should adjourn, or the verdict should be not guilty!" Zheng Tongdao added.

at this time.

That's the current situation; Zhang Qian doesn't dare to present evidence, and neither does Liu Yu.

The former is unlikely to take it out and cause trouble for himself.

the latter?

If the latter produces evidence, Zhang Cheng will be in trouble!

First of all, you need to know that rape is rape, and the crime will not be erased because of who raped the victim.

Whether it was raping Zhang Qian or raping Liu Yu, once Zhang Cheng was convicted of rape, he would have to go to prison to serve his sentence!

Therefore, if Liu Yu files a lawsuit, it would be to fight fire with fire, not to retaliate against Zhang Cheng.

Therefore, maintaining the status quo is the best-case scenario.

otherwise..

"Rape...is far more serious than perjury!" Zhang Qian thought to herself.

On the judge's bench.

"Regarding the miscellaneous cases, with the facts still clear and the accusations being false, does anyone still have any objections to express??"

Presiding Judge Qian Huzhou rubbed his temples, exhaled a breath of stale air, looked around, and asked a question.

The words fell.

The thief shook his head slightly.

"Alright, if that's the case, then..."

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Judge Qian Huzhou had just raised his gavel, preparing to say something.

Suddenly.

A voice rang out from the defendant's dock.

"Your Honor, the defendant has an objection!"

Xu De stood up, looked at the judge's bench, and began to express his views.

Any objections?

Is this an attempt to provide evidence? To prove that Liu Yu is wrong?

Qian Huzhou asked in confusion, "What objection?"

Everyone raised an eyebrow, just as the thief thought he was about to submit some kind of evidence.

Even Zhang Qian became nervous, wondering if she had left any loose ends.

"Your Honor, regarding the miscellaneous case, concerning the accusations made by the plaintiff Liu Yu against Zhang Cheng, the client representing the losing party, who is also the defendant in this miscellaneous case, Zhang Cheng..."

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Xu De stood up, his expression calm and his tone even, and slowly said, "Defendant Zhang Cheng, pleads guilty!!!"

Plead guilty?

Ok?

Suddenly, everyone in the courtroom froze, their expressions turning blank.

The reporters outside the courtroom also looked as if they had misheard something, their faces filled with utter astonishment.

As for Zhang Qian...

Zhang Qian's pupils suddenly contracted, her expression changed, and her eyes showed obvious panic. She looked at the other person, her body and mind trembling.

Plead guilty?

Is he trying to use his own confession to indirectly prove that he made a false accusation?

Are you crazy? You'd risk being convicted of rape just to pin a false accusation on her?

Even if we kill eight hundred enemies, we'll still lose a thousand of our own!

Presiding Judge Qian Huzhou asked in astonishment, "Defendant, what did you say?"

"It is said that the client, namely the defendant Zhang Cheng, is willing to..."

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Xu De took a deep breath, slowly opened his mouth, and uttered the last two words with a ruthless air.

"Confess!!!"

Suddenly, the entire Third Courtroom erupted in uproar.