Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

After a short half-hour, the trial began again.

The heated discussion gradually subsided. Seeing that the five justices were already sitting in their seats, the prosecution and the defendant also returned to their seats one after another. The trial began after a short adjournment.

"Please both sides continue the debate just now!"

Pullman got up first and walked out.

"It is true that Miss Taotao helped Zhao Zhen purchase some items for medical treatment, build a small network, and manufacture listening equipment. These crimes can indeed be established."

Letty looked at her father with some confusion, Pullman bowed slightly and continued.

"But based on these shopping lists and the results of the subsequent actual detailed investigation by Section 5, it can be confirmed that Taotao purchased the items for Zhao Zhen and only produced the above-mentioned items. These items are indeed criminal items, but in fact these items did not Any harm caused to the public, so I implore the judges to consider this, Taotao's original intention is based on human feelings."

After Pullman finished speaking, Letty immediately argued.

"But if he doesn't help Zhao Zhen purchase these items, then Zhao Zhen's plan will not be able to proceed smoothly, and there will be no hostage-taking incidents that endanger the city. I think there is no need for us to stay at this stage."

The purpose of Letty's words is very clear. She wants to convict the person as soon as possible and then enter the next stage of debate. The next stage is the most critical.

The city's laws must be changed. The only significance of this case is to promote the city's judicial reform. Only after the incident has settled, can it be implemented.

There had never been a situation like this in the past. After thinking for a moment, Pullman spoke again.

"I hope everyone here can understand one thing clearly, the meaning of the existence of law. Over thousands of years, we humans have gone through a long process of evolution from gathering in groups to having a social structure. In this process, we gradually gained order from being obedient at the beginning, to the emergence of law. Human beings have been constantly trial and error in this process, and finally we found the law, a relatively fair weapon. , as an important part of the management methods of human society."

Pullman walked slowly to the middle, raised his hand and extended a finger.

"I think you all should be clear that the law is unique. It is more like a cold machine. Human beings can use the rules of this machine to characterize all disputes and crimes that occur in human society. This is It's the law. We humans have never had absolute justice, because the definition of justice is impartiality. Unfortunately, we humans can only be perfect, but we cannot be emotionless!"

Pullman bowed slightly.

"What I want to explain here is that the law is a judgment system established by mankind in pursuit of a more perfect society, because if this society judges things based on human emotions, the world will be finished. So we have found an effective weapon like the law. Since the law appeared in human society, relative fairness has appeared, but we humans can only use the law as a basis to handle all disputes, and we have the final decision-making power. It’s still in our hands.”

Pullman looked at the five justices, then bowed again.

"So what I want to explain is that the law is a reasonable tool used by human beings, but sometimes this tool is too cold, so cold that it is hard to breathe. This is the most unacceptable fact about the law from ancient times to the present. , because in history, there have been countless tragedies caused by the imperfection of the law. Many ordinary people probably know the law, because it is a rule, and the terms and conditions have been written very clearly, so there is a The blind spot is that if the imperfection of the law causes unreasonable judgments in the process, it will violate the principle of relative fairness."

After listening, the five justices all agreed with Pullman's words, and many people outside the court nodded.

"It has been nearly a century since our city was founded, and during this long century, many problems have arisen due to imperfect laws. Because we humans are not gods and our thinking has limitations, we cannot Perfection in the customization of the law.”

Pullman looked at Hydera who was standing in the aisle. She listened carefully. She just came in and said one thing. Her father's murderer was the city's imperfect laws.

After Pullman heard this sentence, he immediately thought of a countermeasure. There was something unreasonable in the judgment of this case, because the law itself is unreasonable, but humans still need to strictly follow the inherent existence. It is an unreasonable law, so such a judgment violates the principle of relative fairness.

"Here I hope to introduce the Hydera case to illustrate some issues. I hope the justices will allow it."

After getting permission from the justices, Pullman stood on the stage and turned on the loudspeaker.

"I believe that everyone is very familiar with the Hydera case, so I won't explain the process of the case. This case itself occurred at a time when the conflicts between the city's people and managers had fully intensified. The final result is that everyone is familiar with it. As you can see, Hydra was unwilling to plead guilty, but he was still convicted and sentenced to thirty years in prison. As far as I know, Hydra never wanted to plead guilty once in prison. Obviously, he only needed to plead guilty and admit that he was motivated by After killing the deceased in anger, he would be eligible for parole and would be able to get out of prison in just a few years. Moreover, the administrative department established at that time had not yet guaranteed a life after he was released from prison, allowing him to continue working in the administrative department! But Hydera is so stubborn that she refuses to admit it even once."

Hydra, who was standing in the aisle at this time, looked at Pullman blankly. She had read all the diaries left by her father, and many of the things were the same as Pullman said.

"What about the trial at the beginning? I hope to seek the opinion of Secretary Le Xiao on the sidelines."

Le Xiao stood up subconsciously, looking at him from all around, and Le Xiao smiled awkwardly.

"What do you want to ask, Attorney Pullman?"

Heathcote on the sidelines probably knew what Pullman wanted to say, including some senior trustees. They all knew what the trial was about.

"Can I tell the truth?"

Le Xiao swallowed, put away her smile and nodded firmly.

"Please tell the truth about this, Attorney Pullman."

Pullman said after bowing to everyone present.

“This judgment was subject to interference at the time, because overly strict management and various problems in the city made the conflict between the management and the people difficult to reconcile. At this point in time, one side was the law enforcement side, One party was the one making the trouble and could have avoided such a tragedy."

Pullman soon called up a video of a few drunkards who molested women on the street on New Year's Eve. This was the video they recorded on their tenth thought after the incident.

The videos were only available to those with legal credentials, but now Pullman has released them.

All four people explained the situation at that time, and they were basically the same, because everything that happened that night could not be erased from their memories.

There is a reason why they were so emboldened that after being stopped by Hydera, they dared to beat Hydera directly on the street on his first day of work. The five of them were all related to the management at the time and many businessmen in the area. Someone with connections.

Because of some corruption issues in the management at that time, the order of the city was very chaotic, and everything was opaque. They thought that Hydera would surrender, but Hydera fired without any hesitation, and the first shot hit the deceased. After touching his leg, he pulled the trigger without hesitation.

The four people who were willing to be recorded in the video all admitted without exception that some parts of their testimony in the Law Hall were false. They were not drunk at all because they had a criminal record and raped women at night. .

It's just that the previous incidents were easily suppressed. They didn't have any criminal records, and the four of them were arrested by Section 5 ten years after the establishment of the Acting Section.

The most severe sentence was 50 years, and the lightest was 38 years. Soon the video ended and Pullman spoke again.

"I think everyone should be clear that the management regulations before Ms. Alpha established the internal management regulations of the agency, the definition of handling such violent incidents was very vague, but after Ms. Alpha established the internal management regulations of the agency and the city's After the amendment of the Trinity Law, a case like Hydra has never happened again.”

Pullman said an example, which is most similar to the Hydera case. When a newly recruited member of Section 5 was assigned to the bottom level, he accidentally got involved in the conflict between two groups of gang members. In dispute.

Many of the activities done by the two groups were illegal. This officer received many reports from the public, especially the information provided by a certain person, which made the officer feel very nervous, so he planned to report it, but because at that time The administrative department has not yet been completely established, so some corrupt elements in the management in the past suppressed the matter.

Before Pullman finished speaking, many people present knew what the case was.

As a result, a female friend of this clerk's acquaintance was kidnapped by one of the gang members and suffered inhuman torture. The clerk knew very well that if he didn't take the initiative to rush over, this woman would probably never be found again. Arrived, because the gang members will destroy the body and eliminate all traces.

So this section officer took the initiative to cooperate with the members of Section 3 who had worked together before, and rushed into the hiding place of the gang members, annihilated them, and then rescued the woman.

This case was very sensational at the time, and many people have memories of it, because the current section chief of Section 3, Tian Hen, and secretary Xima were involved in this incident, and the staff member of Section 5 is now Section 5. Secretary Qin Dong, and the kidnapped woman is Lillian, the secretary of Section 2.

"This case also caused an uproar at the time. Some low-level gang members tried their best to smear and cover it up, but in the end all the officers who participated in this operation were innocent, and those gang members who caused problems for no reason All were arrested, and those management personnel who colluded with the gang members were also eliminated. Therefore, the point of contention in this case at the time was whether the people of Team 1189 went too far and whether there were any illegal acts, including Qin Dong's arbitrary behavior. Whether the behavior complied with the internal management regulations of the agency, but soon according to the city’s revised laws and the internal management regulations of the agency, everyone was innocent.”

After Pullman finished speaking, many people started talking among themselves. After waiting for a few minutes, Pullman spoke.

“The similarity between this case and the Hydera case is that the second-generation management of Hydera era also had similar internal regulations, and the law clearly stated the methods for managers to deal with such matters. It’s a pity that everything was incomplete and incomplete when the Hydera case occurred, and in the final judgment, the five top justices at the time made the judgment!”

Pullman once again brought up a document, which was a judgment from the past paper era. Many people present were shocked and stood up.

Because the verdict was a not guilty verdict, but it required civil liability and some of the impact of the incident. In fact, Hydera still had to go to jail, but not thirty years, but three years in prison, plus one year. Labor punishment, including huge compensation to the family of the deceased.

Everyone present was stunned, Pullman said quickly.

"The reason why there was a guilty verdict in the end was because the gods came to the scene of the verdict and asked the five justices to make a guilty verdict. In the end, Hydera was found guilty, and there were appreciative cheers in the city. Some people even called this The case was called a victory of justice, but I can now tell you responsibly that this is not a victory for the law, but the most humiliating day for the law, because the law has lost its original principle of relative fairness."

Pullman looked at his daughter Letty opposite, who looked shocked. It seemed that she didn't know either. Many people present didn't know either. Many people stood up for a while.

"There is a reason why the gods made such a decision, because the huge public opinion at that time had pushed this case to the edge of the cliff. The failure of the management in the past has made the people resentful for a long time. This case has been in some cases for a long time. With the help of others, it was even more distorted, and the people only saw the legal provisions on paper and the case process in the records, so they blindly believed that Hydera must be guilty because he was part of the corrupt management. The police officer pulled the trigger a second time even after stopping the deceased, so Hydra is guilty. What the people want to see is not the relative fairness reflected in the law, but what they want to see is Public opinion won, so public opinion won in the end and Hydera was imprisoned!”

After finishing speaking, Pullman bowed again.

"But this case is just the opposite. Public opinion thinks that Miss Taotao is innocent. I hope you will think carefully about the decision made under the submission of such a huge public opinion. It can really keep the original law." Is it relatively fair? We are humans, not machines. Machines are cold and the law is cold, but as humans, this place is warm!"

Pullman said, pressing his fist on his chest and bowing deeply.