Qiuzhen Institute took another legally aided homicide case.
What made Wu You and others feel distressed was that the suspect was Zhang Ling, a boy who had just turned 14, and the victim was the boy's biological father, Zhang Gongguo.
14 years old, exactly the age of criminal responsibility.
Zhang Ling's mother, Liu Qiaopei, had no financial resources, so she found the Municipal Legal Aid Center, and the Municipal Legal Aid Center assigned the case to Wu You. Wu You met Liu Qiaopei at the Municipal Legal Aid Center. Liu Qiaopei had obvious scars on her face, and her whole body was lifeless, as if she had been completely hollowed out, depressed and stiff, like a dead leaf that was barely hanging on a tree in autumn, and was lightly blown by the wind. It will fall with a light blow; her breathing is very shallow, her eyes are wide open, her back is arched, and the circles of her eyes are already red before she can speak.
Xu Lei, a cadre of the Legal Aid Center, is an old acquaintance of Wu You, so she didn't see anyone else. Seeing that Liu Qiaopei had been silent, she could only speak submissively: "Zhang Ling murdered in anger. The victim, Zhang Gongguo, abused their mother and child for a long time. On the day of the incident, , the victim drank alcohol and beat their mother and son, Liu Qiaopei was beaten to death, Zhang Ling took a kitchen knife and hacked the victim to death."
Wu You noticed that Liu Qiaopei's body visibly trembled when the victim's name was mentioned. Wu You judged that this was a conditioned reflex caused by long-term fear.
Liu Qiaopei was afraid that Wu You and others would not believe her, so when Xu Lei finished speaking, she immediately pulled up her sleeves, revealing horrifying old and new scars, crying and saying, "Lawyer Wu, please save my poor child, he He killed people to protect me, he was only 14 years old, he can¡¯t spend the rest of his life in prison. I, I am willing to go to prison, I am willing to go to prison, everything is because of me, and I should be the one who goes to prison.¡± Liu Qiaopei burst into tears.
Xu Lei hurriedly comforted: "Ms. Liu, don't cry, don't cry."
But Xu Lei was pale in the ears of a painful mother, and Liu Qiaopei's heart was shattered because of her son's imprisonment. In the end, Xu Lei said that if she continued to cry like this, Wu You and others would not be able to understand the case, so Liu Qiaopei forced herself to stop crying.
Li Yike's heart was overwhelmed, and he was full of sympathy for Liu Qiaopei's mother and son.
"I read the file, and the procuratorate is planning to prosecute Zhang Ling for intentional homicide." Wu You said.
"Yes." Xu Lei nodded helplessly, and she went on to say: "We have done many times to characterize the case as manslaughter or even self-defense, but the procuratorate has always refused to let go. One is because the victim is dead, and the other is Because Zhang Ling slashed several times, the procuratorate believes that if the first slash was to stop Zhang Gongguo's violent behavior, then Zhang Ling had the subjective intent to cause the victim's death in the remaining few slashes."
Wu You pondered for a while, then said: "I think we can start from the perspective of legitimate self-defense and try to get Zhang Ling mitigated or even exempted from punishment."
Liu Qiaopei couldn't understand these legal terms, but hearing Wu You said that she could help Zhang Ling reduce or avoid punishment, a glimmer of hope arose in her heart.
"Lawyer Wu, is it true that the child can really be mitigated or exempted from punishment?" Liu Qiaopei asked anxiously.
"Let's do our best, but at least we should make a lesser defense." Wu You said.
"Well, tomorrow I will go to the detention center to apply for an interview with Zhang Ling and see if there is any breakthrough." Wu You said.
"Okay. Then let's go first and wait for your news." Xu Lei said.
Wu You and Li Yike watched Xu Lei and Liu Qiaopei leave, Wu You sighed infinitely: "Everyone suffers."
Standing by the side, Li Yike's heart was throbbing. In the past, he always felt that he was the most depressed person in the world. Everyone thought that he grew up in a honeypot, but who could know the pain in his heart? This year, he has a new understanding of life, and he has a vague understanding of the heavy meaning of Wu You's saying that "the world is suffering". (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com