Chapter 919 - 375: Illegal Mining?
Even the Criminal Trial Court...
This time, six synchronized trials were arranged, with all preparations meticulously made.
However...
As Qin Mu approached the courthouse, he noticed many people greeting him along the way.
Their demeanor was very enthusiastic.
"Mr. Qin, good morning."
"Mr. Qin, long time no see."
"Mr. Qin, this time... we really appreciate it, otherwise our law firm would have gone bankrupt."
"Mr. Qin..."
Seeing the "strangers" in suits inside the court, the corner of Qin Mu’s mouth twitched slightly.
A few of them...
He had met a few times before, knowing they were lawyers from Jin City.
It seems...
Due to this case, this trial also gathered a large number of lawyers.
The reason these lawyers greeted him...
Could be because, as before, they were entrusted with many rights of representation.
Soon.
The time reached exactly ten o’clock.
He entered the First Criminal Trial Court and sat down in his place.
"Dong—"
After announcing the court’s discipline, the Judgment Chief struck the gavel.
Solemnly declared: "Today, the Jin City Intermediate Court will conduct a centralized public trial of the series of criminal cases involving 3,127 defendants, lawfully forming a collegiate panel with me as the Judgment Chief..."
"A total of 659 cases need to be tried this time, which will be handled simultaneously by six trial courts, fully publicly disclosed online, transparent and fair."
"Now, please let the prosecutor appear to present the indictment."
After an explanation.
The prosecutor at the prosecution seat stood up and loudly accused: "A month and a half ago, our court received reports from relevant suspects, uncovering a series of criminal acts. Upon verification, most of these criminal acts were found to be true and indeed existed."
"Our court and the public security authorities cooperated closely, responded immediately, and arrested all those involved in the case."
"Among them, Liang Tianyu..."
In his hand.
Held a thick stack of indictments.
Including the criminal facts of over six hundred people, the criminal laws violated, sentencing recommendations, and so on.
This also forms part of the trial task allocated to the First Criminal Trial Court.
The other trial courts...
Have likewise each undertaken the trial work of hundreds of defendants.
...
Jin City.
Nursing Home.
In the yard.
"Six live courtrooms? It’s impossible to keep up with all of them."
"Xiao Qin is terrifying, there really are over 3,000 defendants, and though the yard has six projection screens, how can one person watch all of them?"
"The court as well, can’t they try them slowly? Why must they try all at once?"
"If synchronously tried, one can only choose one projection screen and hope for the best, who knows if they can encounter another emerging talent."
"..."
Zhang Qingyuan, Li Weiguo, and others gathered together.
Faces a mix of pain and pleasure.
This trial is enormous in scale, ensuring satisfaction.
However...
With six live trial rooms at once, they simply can’t keep up.
If they miss any exciting parts, it would be quite a pity.
In the six projection screens at this moment...
The prosecutors were accusing the numerous defendants of their crimes, announcing sentencing recommendations.
In front of each prosecutor...
Lays a thick stack of indictments.
It shows how numerous the accused are.
"Look! There’s a sentencing recommendation for twenty-five years!"
"Gasp! This is going to surpass Tang Suiming, I wonder if there’s life imprisonment?"
"I estimate it’s not very likely, as Xiao Qin said, life imprisonment isn’t so easily given, requiring extremely vile circumstances."
"Two of them, two of them, the Third Criminal Trial Court already has two twenty-five-year cases."
"..."
The crowd gathered in the yard.
Occasionally "exchanging information."
Every time a twenty-five-year sentence appeared, everyone was extremely excited.
More thrilled than winning a lottery.
At this moment.
Everyone pricked up their ears, listening intently to the prosecutor’s sentencing recommendations.
Trying to identify any "promising talent," for further focus later on.
"I just went to ask at the other projection screens, and eight twenty-five-year defendants have already appeared."
"I don’t care about the others, I must watch these eight people’s trials!"
"Hope they’re not all on trial at the same time, so we can make the rounds."
"Twenty-five years, how much misdeeds must they have committed? I’m curious about the total cumulative sentences..."
"..."
Zhang Qingyuan, Li Weiguo, Song Tiancheng and other elders were full of emotions.
Some even quietly took out paper and pen to write down the names of these eight standout defendants.
Although there are many defendants in this batch.
But gold will always shine.
Seeing these eight people...
There are quite a few stories to dig out from her.
...
Zizhou.
A high-end residential area.
In the study.
Qin Lan sat in front of the computer and opened six web pages in a row, watching live streams on split screens.
On her computer screen...
Six live streaming rooms were conducting trials.
"Another twenty-five years..."
Listening to the prosecutor accuse crime after crime, she couldn’t help but blink.
The names of these crimes...
Each one is more obscure than the last.
In just a few minutes.
She actually heard more than twenty criminal charges.
Suddenly felt like...
learning criminal law online.
However...
Apart from a small number of "elites," most of the defendants had short sentences.
Usually under ten years, over three years.
"Let’s check the forum."
While watching the live streams.
Qing Lan, feeling a bit bored, opened the forum to see the situation of the netizens.
During the last trial.
The forum was blown up, with countless netizens discussing the case online.
And this time.
She logged into the forum and instantly saw hundreds of new posts.
All discussing this trial.
"The ancient people didn’t deceive me, this UP almost broke the record again."
"The record’s already broken, these are all kinds of criminal cases!"
"I’ve taken out my little notebook, ready to learn a wave."
"Twenty-five years of fixed-term imprisonment... there should be no way to reduce the sentence, right?"
"Believe in UP and gain eternal life, I’ll build a shrine for UP at home, offering three incense sticks morning and evening."
"UP: Remember to bring your incense when you come to the court."
"..."
The netizens were all shocked.
In their words, there was awe for Qin Mu.
This time, although the number of defendants didn’t exceed the previous fifteen thousand, the sentences far exceeded them.
That time, fifteen thousand people...
were all slander charges.
Considering the social impact, most were sentenced to probation.
And this time...
Sentences usually exceeded three years, making probation almost impossible.
That means...
All three thousand of them will be sentenced to actual imprisonment.
Either serving in Jin City locally, or in their original domicile jurisdiction.
The total prison time for three thousand people combined exceeded ten thousand years!
"This trial is so thrilling, waiting a month was worth it, but it’s a shame I can’t focus on six things at once."
"Six trial streaming rooms, it’s the first time I’ve seen such a scene."
"A blood case triggered by a forum, I bet they never thought it would be because of Tang Suiming coming in."
"Let’s see who would dare attack our forum again, do they even know who the big boss behind our forum is?"
"Huh? Digging a well for water at a bath center is a crime too? And it actually constitutes illegal mining?"
"..."
Qing Lan curiously looked at these posts.
She also came across many posts explaining criminal law names, specifically explaining these criminal charges accused by the prosecutor.
Some criminal charges were extremely obscure.
Then appeared...
Illegal mining.
The appearance of this charge immediately attracted the attention of the forum netizens.
Because...
In the criminal behavior accused by the prosecutor, a certain defendant was accused of digging a well at their operated bath center.
Yet it constituted illegal mining.
You should know.
In the countryside, almost every household would dig their own well for water.
If that’s a crime then...
The scope is really too wide.
Furthermore.
Water...
Can actually be related to minerals, could it be that the well water at this bath center is mineral water?
"Huh?"
Soon.
Qing Lan saw a post from a certain big shot in the forum, explaining this specific criminal charge.
And explained why it constituted illegal mining instead of something else.
Illegal mining refers to individuals or units violating the regulations of the mineral resources law, mining without obtaining a mining license, unauthorized entry into state-planned mining areas, mining areas of significant value to the national economy, or mining area scope of others, or unauthorized extraction of specific mineral species protected by the state, in severe cases.
In general, if the circumstances are serious, it will be punished with imprisonment, detention or control of less than three years, and a fine or a single fine;
In particularly serious cases, it will be punished with more than three years and less than seven years of imprisonment and a fine.