Who Made Him a Lawyer?

Chapter 487: Chapter 356: Sophistry!

Xu Liang spoke these words with a blank expression.

"Thiabendazole... how is this thing involved again...."

From the judge’s bench, Zhang Bo clicked his tongue, his brows knitted into a tight knot, his gaze continually sweeping over them.

He was here to watch Xu Liang respond defensively, but how... how has the pace of the trial fallen into the opposition’s hands again!?

However.

Before Zhang Bo could speak, a voice sounded next to his ear.

"No!"

"Defense, Article 18 of the ’Criminal Law’ specifies (the fundamental basis for criminal responsibility for mental illness)!"

"The defendant does not suffer from any mental illness, and cannot apply this law!"

Huang Ren suddenly found a breakthrough, his gaze sharpened.

Indeed, Article 18 specifies the law related to mental illness, and if used well, mental illness can completely exempt one from criminal responsibility!

However, Lv Xiong does not have a mental illness, so theoretically it indeed does not apply, and thus Huang Ren instinctively exposed it!

But unfortunately....

’Fell into the trap.’

Xu Liang smiled and nodded immediately: "Correct."

Is this... agreement?

Huang Ren and his team were stunned, but the next second....

"But!"

Xu Liang suddenly changed his tone.

"Prosecution, the draft of the 1950 ’Criminal Law Outline’ is as follows."

"’If the criminal is mentally ill, or suffers from temporary loss of consciousness, or due to other morbid conditions, cannot recognize or control their behavior at the time of the crime, they are not punished; but shall be supervised’!"

"Although the above is only a draft, and differs from the Criminal Law promulgated in 97, my side believes that their core basis is the same!"

The draft’s main use in this case is not for mentally ill patients.

Rather it is ’temporary loss of consciousness’, which should be the point!

Thiabendazole, psychological disorders, criminal law draft....

Huang Ren was momentarily dazed.

At this moment, he suddenly discovered that the opposition seemed to have unknowingly formed an effective and rigorous logical chain!

And every argument is supported with complementary evidence!

"As the criminal law is gradually amended, every replacement of the criminal law leads the old criminal law to lose its effect!"

"Let alone an ineffective draft!"

Huang Ren frowned, and retorted with a dark face.

"The defendant obviously has a mental disorder!" Xu Liang opened his mouth to refute.

"Mental disorder is not the same as mental illness!"

Huang Ren’s abilities once again manifested, yet he was also annoyed to the point of almost laughing.

"Defense, you are quibbling!!!"

Xu Liang stopped speaking, ignoring the prosecution’s unpleasant gaze, as well as the angry stares from the audience, he turned to look at the judge’s bench.

Quibbling?

This is not quibbling, it’s just using the wrong era.

If it was later, in the ’Mental Health Law’, clearly defining the concept of ’mental disorder’, it would fully apply to Lv Xiong.

But anyway, it can’t apply now.

However, he can use this concept to argue somewhat!

Seeing Xu Liang being silent.

The entire courtroom gradually settled down.

The judge’s bench started to feel a headache.

"What on earth are they talking about..."

Judge Sun Hu felt as if his head was about to burst, as if ants were gnawing at his brain.

He hated these consciousness-related issues the most.

Each time something related to mental illness comes up, various complex logics make one wish they could blow up their head directly!

Especially in this case now, both sides’ logic makes everyone think they’re right.

"From the police and prosecution’s logic chain, the defendant indeed committed intentional murder."

"But if we look at the defense lawyer’s logic and information submitted... it indeed belongs to ’mental disorder’, completely absent of intentional murder."

Zhang Bo took a deep breath, racking his brain.

What to do now?

The large courtroom sank into silence, until...

After three judges conversed softly.

"Bang!"

The sound of a gavel fell, startling everyone present.

When the audience, and personnel from both sides looked up.

A voice was heard near their ears.

"This trial... enters a recess stage."

"The next court session is scheduled for seven days later, on September 17th! The recess period is for discussing case details!"

Zhang Bo rubbed his eyebrows, took a deep breath, and then fled the courtroom as if escaping.

Re... recess?

Indeed, it needs a recess, this case gets so convoluted that it could cause the three judges’ brains to crash.

There must be ample time to discuss the case details in the conference room.

Upon hearing this.

The prosecution’s side no longer held back.

"Hmph!"

Huang Ren glanced at Xu Liang before leaving, then directly left with a dark face.

In contrast, Xu Liang who seemed to be ahead on the surface...

"Phew, truly a tough fight..."

Xu Liang sighed in relief, while still feeling a bit disdainful.

Discussions on the applicability of laws with those who treat the ’Criminal Law’ as daily bread... are far more difficult than dealing with ordinary lawyers!

Xu Liang admitted his response speed and impromptu adaptability is quick enough.

But clearly... Huang Ren is no less!

"But even so... the logical chain is still too weak."

Xu Liang took a deep breath, only feeling a headache.

Lv Xiong saw people as wild boars, then chased them for hundreds of meters, followed by a fleeting moment when the wild boar turned into a person in his eyes, and then killed the person.

Linking to objective facts, this is not a boar, but a person, clearly the boar seen was always an illusion, such prolonged illusions, thiabendazole indeed can cause.

But simultaneously maintaining normal cognitive logic... that’s very suspicious!

Drug erosion is not merely hallucination, it also erodes your subconscious mind, your cognition!

Even Xu Liang has never heard of hallucinations being so severe that cognition and response remain completely unaffected.

"Unless... break off objective facts, but this isn’t now... wait a minute."

In a daze.

Suddenly, Xu Liang froze, as if he thought of something, murmuringly spoke:

"What if... not seeing the victim?"

"Lv Xiong has been chasing Hu Hua, during this lengthy period mistaking him for a boar, with only fleeting moments seeing him as a person, which doesn’t make sense."

"But if you think the other way around."

"Lv Xiong indeed pursued a wild boar, with both sides chasing for hundreds of meters, during which fleeting moments appeared, mistaking the boar for a person..."

Such fleeting illusions, and thus...

"Very reasonable!"

In a moment of realization, Xu Liang gains sudden enlightenment, like clouds clearing from the fog!

But if this is the case...

"Objective fact that Hu Hua is deceased... what’s this situation?"

"If Lv Xiong didn’t kill Hu Hua, then... who did? Is there a second gun... whose hands is the second gun in? Why kill a 13-year-old child!?"

"And Sanma Village."

"The veterinarian and village head must know something, their behavior resembles raising poultry...."

Xu Liang frowned, falling into deep thought.

Until a tug at his clothes brought him back to his senses.

"If you don’t leave now, you won’t be able to leave." Yang Ruoxi pointed at the audience, speaking softly.

Xu Liang turned his head, seeing countless reporters on the audience, focused on him.

Xu Liang paused for a moment, then broke into a smile.

"Alright."

"Reputation is going to get ruined."

Sure enough.

When Xu Liang and Yang Ruoxi Su Yu hastily packed up, ready to leave the Intermediate Court.

But as soon as they stepped outside the courthouse, they were surrounded by a crowd of reporters.

"Lawyer Xu, can you please explain your actions in court!?"