Conan's Victory is Justice

Chapter 3 Why do you call yourself a criminal?
Entering the gate of the detention center, came to the lobby, and after talking to the police on duty, Gu Meimen was taken to an interview room.

The interview room is a place where visitors and suspects meet. It is a small room of [-] square meters, separated by a layer of glass windows.

After waiting for a while, a middle-aged man was brought to the opposite side of the glass window.

A middle-aged man in his 40s, with a Chinese character face, looks depressed, and his hair can be seen a little gray.

Masayoshi Sakaguchi, a lawyer in charge of juvenile crime, is also a suspect in a dog-training murder case.

Appeared in Conan Animation's "The Murder of Pet Dog John".

"Hello, Mr. Sakaguchi, I am lawyer Gu Meimen, and I am here to defend you."

"Will the lawyers be sent by the lawyers?"

Masayoshi Sakaguchi looked up at Gu Meimen, his eyes dull.

"Let's go, I'm already planning to plead guilty, and I don't need anyone to defend me."

This is where the commission is more troublesome.

Generally speaking, the client will not give up the right to defend, but according to Gu Meimen's investigation, this person gave up the idea of ​​struggling after being brainwashed and persuaded by detectives Mori Kogoro and Conan.

Obviously, the protagonist group instilled him with the concept of "guilty" in advance.

However, Gu Meimen had already made preparations before coming.

Facing Masayoshi Sakaguchi's negative attitude, he opened his mouth unceremoniously: "I said, Mr. Sakaguchi, you must not forget that you are a lawyer, right?"

"Yes, but so what?" Sakaguchi said with a wry smile. "I did commit a crime. I am a criminal now."

"Oh, then I want to ask you, did you throw the things you learned before into the trash can, or chewed them up and ate them, and then pulled them out and fed them to the dog you raised?"

"What did you say!"

Masayoshi Sakaguchi's complexion changed at the young man's sarcastic words, and he stood up with a bang.

"You can insult me, but not my profession!"

"is it?"

Gu Meimen looked at him and smiled slightly.

"Then why do you call yourself a criminal? Who gave you the right?"

Masayoshi Sakaguchi froze for a moment.

Indeed, the guy in front of him was right.

In terms of legal definition, no one has the right to be designated as a "criminal" before going through a procedural court and carrying out a criminal trial. Even if he has indeed committed a crime, he can only be called a "criminal suspect".

This is based on the "presumption of innocence", that is, the regulations established on the basis of innocence.

Masayoshi Sakaguchi moved his mouth: "But, I really..."

"Mr. Sakaguchi, I'm not interested in whether you committed a crime or killed someone."

Gu Meimen interrupted him directly.

"As long as you know that I'm here to defend you, I'm your defense lawyer, and I'm here to exonerate you, that's all."

"Excused?" Masayoshi Sakaguchi was taken aback, then shook his head and said, "I don't need it, I'm already planning to atone in prison."

"Oh, then you are such a fool."

Gu Meimen chuckled and spoke sarcastically.

"Whether a person has committed a crime or not, as long as he goes to jail, he must bear the corresponding consequences. Well, let me think about it..."

"First of all, you will be disqualified as a lawyer, and you will never get any job again, and you will never have the high income of a lawyer."

"Secondly, the family members of the victim will ask you for a large amount of compensation. They will open their mouths and say something, the victim is their only son, etc. I guess, sell your house , barely enough to fill this big hole.”

"third……"

Gu Meimen's No. [-] just opened his mouth when Masayoshi Sakaguchi widened his eyes and roared out.

"What a joke! Their sons forced mine to death, and I didn't ask them for any compensation at that time!"

"But they don't think so!" Gu Meimen chuckled, "Others will only think that you killed their children, and from their perspective, they are the victims, and they should ask you for money. "

"..."

Masayoshi Sakaguchi turned pale and sat down with a plop.

After a while, he silently raised his head again.

"But, Conan, that little boy said... John is also very sad about the death of the gentleman, and he still guards the gentleman's room every day, silently waiting for him to come back...but I use such a kind animal to kill people, me……"

Before he finished speaking, Gu Meimen's merciless words came to his ears again.

"It seems that you not only fed the legal knowledge you learned to your dog, but even the biology knowledge you learned in middle and high school!"

Gu Meimen stared at him and sneered.

"Animals have never had such a thing as 'kindness'. All values ​​​​are given to them by humans. Animals don't understand anything, animals have no thoughts, they only have instincts, understand? Let me ask you, if your John Is it really smart enough to know that your son is dead, will it still go to your son's room to wait for him every day? This is just an instinct that you have trained in the past!"

"Don't raise a dog to be a fool, and don't listen to others to be a fool! Have some ability to make your own opinions, Mr. Lawyer!"

After listening to Gu Meimen's words, Masayoshi Sakaguchi seemed to have been hit in the chest by a heavy hammer, and looked at him blankly with a dull expression.

After a long time, Masayoshi Sakaguchi's originally stiff face gradually relaxed, revealing a smile.

"You're right, I shouldn't give up my right to defend myself! This is my right, why should I throw it away because of a child's words! It's just a child, what does he know!"

Sakaguchi regained his energy all of a sudden, and couldn't help standing up again.

Seeing Sakaguchi's appearance, Gu Meimen narrowed her eyes slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

In his line of sight, the two progress bars on Sakaguchi's mouth, in which the "degree of recognition" has advanced one step, which means that the client has initially begun to trust him.

There are a total of five levels of recognition. Generally speaking, as long as it reaches two levels, the commission can basically be accepted smoothly.

"Young man, your eloquence is good!"

Sakaguchi's voice of praise came from next to his ear.

Gu Meimen nodded lightly: "Thank you."

"However, I don't need your defense." Masayoshi Sakaguchi glanced at him, "I am a lawyer myself, and I can act as a defender myself, which is allowed within the scope of the law."

Indeed, as long as there is no passive defense, the courts of this world will recognize him as a defender.

Gu Meimen looked at him and smiled.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course, I will use my professional knowledge to fight for a commutation of my sentence."

Masayoshi Sakaguchi said.

"Reduction of sentence? Hahahaha!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Meimen laughed.

The laughter was so harsh that Sakaguchi couldn't help frowning.

"why are you laughing?"

"I'm laughing at your dull eyesight and short-sightedness."

Gu Meimen stretched out a finger and shook it slightly in front of Sakaguchi.

"With me, there is no commutation of sentence! If you ask me to defend, I will let you go acquitted!"

(End of this chapter)