What's wrong with this lawyer?!-Chapter 649 - 203 Tang Fangjing, Stop Pretending, You Just Want to Be the Good Guy!_4

The special reward for the mission left Old Tang somewhat bewildered, a pseudo brainstorm.

It also had only one use, and the effect was quite simple: for a short period, he could mobilize all the knowledge he had previously learned to analyze a problem and come to a solution!

The cost was just as simple, like "Photographic Memory," it would lead to an overloaded state after use.

Yet another cognition-related skill, Old Tang wasn’t particularly excited about it, as with the present case situation, he could generally handle things on his own.

The difficulty with many cases didn’t lie in the law itself; the tricky parts were external to the case, like gathering and solidifying evidence, or finding leads to pursue—these were all far more vital than any thought process.

But it didn’t matter; having the skill was better than not having it at all.

However, Old Tang also noticed another issue—many of his skills right now were "pseudo," so did that mean real skills would appear later on?

He’d need to fill up the progress bar, right?

Currently at 7/10, the progress wasn’t slow, so he thought he might as well push on, complete a few more tasks, and quickly fill up the progress bar to see what would happen next.

After hailing a cab, he arrived near Lincheng Intermediate Court and settled into his accommodation, snuggling into his blanket for a restful sleep.

Time quickly moved on to the next day, and Old Tang headed out to the Lincheng Intermediate Court to read the case files.

With cases sent back for retrial, the court ought to notify the parties (or their defense counsel) in advance to review, copy, and examine the case files and evidence, which was a necessary procedure.

Old Tang’s previous reason was a broad one; how exactly to proceed still needed to be determined by the specifics of the case.

When the staff learned he was Tang Fangjing, their faces soured, showing that because of the retrial, the Intermediate Court was going through a tough time.

The retrial had embarrassed the Lincheng Intermediate Court, but...there was no helping it. The higher court had sent back the case for retrial on the grounds of factual error, which in itself revealed certain issues.

But Old Tang didn’t care about their displeasure. These days, litigation was sure to offend someone, especially in cases of wrongful convictions. If you wanted to overturn such a verdict, you’d inevitably offend the previous judges and prosecutors.

If you’re worried about offending people, then you’d better quit early.

Nowadays, files are mostly electronic, and you can just copy them during your review—a convenience.

In the past, lawyers had to sit there laboriously transcribing themselves, a terribly daunting workload if you imagine it.

Of course, Old Tang insisted on checking first. It wasn’t that he wanted to make trouble, but what if something was missing from the copies?

The reluctant staff member put on the files, but as Old Tang reviewed them, he made another request: "From the table of contents of the case file, the interrogation video was transferred along with everything else. Why isn’t it here?"

An important piece of evidence in the original judgment was the testimony, and the interrogation video is generally transferred along with it.

The reason is simple: there used to be discrepancies between written testimonies and the interrogation videos...

I won’t elaborate further; everyone can understand that this is where many criminal defense attorneys focus their efforts.

In our current justice system, testimonies are often critical evidence, so lawyers must have the right to examine it.

Following the issuance of the new criminal procedure law, in 2021, the "Supreme People’s Court Interpretation on the Application of the Criminal Procedure Law" Article 54 provided a clear explanation to many years of disputes: "The people’s court shall grant permission to defense attorneys applying to examine interrogation audio and video recordings submitted to the people’s courts as evidentiary materials."

This provision offered a clear explanation for many disputes in the past.

Although there would still be lots of wrangling, like investigative agencies claiming that their interrogation videos are not submitted as evidence but as proof that the "testimony records" are correct.

But at least there’s a regulation now, whereas it used to be almost impossible to see interrogation recordings in the past.

"I don’t know about that, but everything is here," he replied.

Old Tang laughed and said, "Oh, then it’s no problem; that means there are only written records of the testimonies, right? Okay, I’ve got it."

After he spoke, the staff member added, "Maybe I forgot; let me look again..."

Searching for a while longer, they finally found the interrogation video and specifically instructed, "You cannot copy this; you can only review it, you know."

Old Tang shook his head, Photographic Memory instantly activated, and his system panel began syncing the recording.

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While Old Tang started searching for evidence, in another part of Lincheng City, in the village committee office of Er Tou Village, Changlu County’s Gao Family Town, Village Director Ding Deshui was leisurely smoking.

His family of five brothers had both money and power; in the village, their word was law.

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Just then, as he was enjoying himself, someone burst into the office. A man walked in and said, "Brother-in-law, have you heard?"

"What’s there to hear? Just tell me what you want!" Ding Deshui snapped impatiently.

He didn’t like this brother-in-law much, thought him too timid. In Ding Deshui’s eyes, people were to be domineering—that’s how you make others fear you.

The man, with hesitation on his face, said, "I heard that guy surnamed Huang went to Jingzhou to appeal after he got out, and now, it seems like the Lincheng Court is going to retry his case!"