Chapter 946 - 402: Heaven-Defying Performance Score
They had been watching the live stream all along.
It was clear from the stream's footage that Zhang Wei did not have a chance to speak.
He was observing with wide eyes the entire time.
Unable to get a word in edgewise.
During the presentation and cross-examination phases, Qin Mu sparred fiercely with the opposing lawyers.
A frenzied "exchange" ensued.
Before long.
This phase ended with Qin Mu's complete victory.
The three opposing lawyers...
Looked utterly crestfallen, with extremely bleak expressions.
"Dong——"
In the live stream of the trial.
The Judgment Chief struck the gavel again, announcing that the trial would enter the open debate phase.
In this phase.
Qin Mu showed no mercy, fiercely attacking the opponents.
From presumption of innocence to the severe lack of evidence for the opponent's accusation, every argument was right on target.
Discrediting the opponents completely.
Half an hour later.
The entire bench of the mock court's panel exchanged a glance.
Considering the performances of both sides during this trial, they quickly made a unanimous decision:
"This court declares that the case of Zhang San and Li Si setting off firecrackers leading to death is concluded; due to lack of evidence, the charges by the prosecutor are not established, hence Zhang San and Li Si are found not guilty!"
Because it was a mock court, everything was simplified.
The panel members did not follow the real court trial procedures strictly, but rather directly announced the result.
Moreover.
The seven-member panel also scored Qin Mu and Zhang Wei's performance on the spot.
"In a situation where the case was at a disadvantage, Zhang Wei and Qin Mu's side was able to find procedural deficiencies, showing their profound understanding of law and professional expertise."
"Considering this performance, the Jin City Lawyers Team scored 677 points in the first round of the trial!"
"While the Yangcheng Lawyers Team was meticulous in organizing the evidence for their charges, they lacked a complete chain of evidence, and scored 612 points."
As soon as these words fell.
The expressions of the people in the mock court varied.
There were both joy and worry.
At the defendants' table.
Qin Mu slightly smiled at the verdict.
Without getting overly excited.
This case...
Had a fatal flaw, which he just happened to discover.
For a joint crime involving two or more individuals, each must be supported by a complete chain of incriminating evidence.
If there is a doubt about one of them...
The case cannot be judged.
In fact...
It wouldn't even meet the prosecution criteria.
So.
He used this point to easily turn the tables, switching defense to offense.
In truth.
This kind of case is quite common in reality.
Sometimes just because of a slight doubt or insufficient evidence, a decision to not prosecute has to be made.
Top lawyers...
Can turn the dead into the living, black into white.
In this case...
The prosecutor's sentencing was already very reasonable.
After all, Zhang San and Li Si's unintentional actions...
Led to Wang Er's death; sentencing them to one or two years and some compensation is not excessive at all.
If it were in reality, he certainly wouldn't take this case.
Feeling guilty at heart.
But since this was just a mock trial, he could handle the case freely without betraying his conscience.
"Did we... did we win? And scored 677 points?"
Beside him, Zhang Wei stood there blankly, the announcement from the panel echoing in his mind.
They did not only win.
But also got a score of 677 for their performance!
What does that mean?
It's important to know.
In every session of the mock trials, the performance scores given by the panel are quite stringent.
It's rare for anyone to score above 650 points.
The panel consists of seven people.
Each of them has 100 points of scoring authority.
Which means the perfect score for performance is 700 points.
But...
The panel's grading is usually quite harsh.
No matter how extraordinary a lawyer is, it's hard to score above 650 from their hands.
This might be...
The first occurrence of a score over 650 in this session of mock trials.
In the audience area.
The observing top lawyers also looked extremely astonished.
Not shocked by Qin Mu's victory.
But amazed by...
The exceptionally high score given by the panel.
"677 points? Such a high score just in the first round?"
"Honestly, I'm convinced by this 677, at least I couldn't find the blind spot in this case."
"It's not just this blind spot, did you notice? During the open debate earlier, every legal clause that Qin Mu cited was exactly from the Criminal Law, verbatim!"
"Hiss!! Does he have the whole book of the 'Criminal Law' memorized?"
"The Criminal Law has over four hundred articles, I've only memorized the most common dozens, how could he remember hundreds?"
"..."
Everyone was secretly watching Qin Mu.
Their expressions were filled with apprehension.
They had witnessed the entire court session just now.
Qin Mu was not just riding on good luck.
His solid foundation, extreme logical thinking ability, completely suppressed the lawyers from Yangcheng.
They had no power to fight back.
After this mock trial.
They could already confirm that Qin Mu was definitely not as overrated as rumors suggested, but genuinely knowledgeable and skilled.
"How... how is it possible? He... he he..."
Zhao Baiqin suddenly stood up from the audience, his face flushed red.
His expression was somewhat aggrieved.
Qin Mu once again "slapped" him in the face with his actions.
Even the panel of judges, known for being the most impartial...
gave Qin Mu a high score of 677!
This means that.
In the first round of the mock trial, Qin Mu and Jin City were bound to advance!
"Just good luck! You all better pray you don't face me in the next round!"
He gritted his teeth in hatred, silently thinking in his heart.
He was from Qianzhou.
There were a total of four gold medal lawyers, and each was skilled in different fields.
He specialized in criminal defense.
The others specialized in civil litigation, loan disputes, and property disputes respectively.
With such an impressive lineup...
regardless of the topic drawn, they had no need to worry.
...
Meanwhile.
Study Law Alliance Forum.
With the end of the mock trial, forum users seemed to be injected with adrenaline.
"We won! Total domination, no suspense! As expected of up, that's a gold medal lawyer!"
"So what if he's a gold medal? But speaking of which, despite sending so many people in, up seems to be missing a gold medal lawyer!"
"Don't even think about it, for these people to become gold medal lawyers, they were already the cream of the crop, at least they wouldn't make mistakes in law!"
"True, for up to send in a gold medal lawyer is really not a simple task."
"Brothers, just a friendly reminder, this is a mock trial, all the cases above are simulated, there's no such thing as being sent in for losing a lawsuit!"
"Oh right, I just checked other mock courts, their scores were actually below 600!"
"..."
Posts surged crazily.
Dozens of posts emerged every minute.
Besides their excitement.
Users shifted their attention to performance scores.
This is also a major feature of the mock court, scoring based on the performance of the lawyer teams in various aspects.
The higher the score, the stronger the lawyer team's capability.
And after six rounds of competition, each year the strongest lawyer team in the country, as well as the region, would be determined.
But...
In the first round of trials, only a few scored over 600.
The rest of the performance scores were below 600.
And among the teams scoring over 600...
The team Qin Mu was in had a commanding lead.
A full thirty points ahead of the second place!
"This is insane! Jin City with up is just slaughtering! The championship is without suspense!"
"Zhang Wei: Qin Mu and I are too strong, there's simply no opponent!"
"Zhang Wei handles the easy part, up handles the tough part, a clear division of work, each doing their part!"
"Actually, Zhang Wei is also very strong, but unfortunately for him, he encountered up, why bother with both Yü and Liang?!"
"..."
In the forum.
Users continued their sarcastic commenting.
Since the last case.
Zhang Wei also became famous alongside Qin Mu, garnering a large following.
Many users in the forum knew Zhang Wei.
After watching the trial this time, they admired Zhang Wei even more.
After all...
Not everyone can just lie down and take first place.
...
Shanghai.
Some conference venue.
In the office.
"They actually gave a score of 677?"
Rao Zhengde looked at the performance score statistics reported by the staff below, showing a look of surprise.
Ranked first...
was Qin Mu, and he was far ahead.
He understood the scoring standards of the panel of judges, absolutely fair, impartial, and extremely stringent.
But even under such conditions...
Qin Mu still managed to achieve a high score of 677.
Thinking of this.
He couldn't help but sit in front of the computer, opening the court session replay.
He clicked into the eighth mock court.
Carefully watched.
At the beginning.
Everything seemed normal.
Both sides made their statements.
Until...
Qin Mu stood up, proposing that the firecrackers only went off once.
The situation started to become one-sided.