During the pre-trial hearing, Fu Fusheng's answer had been the complete opposite of what he was saying now. He had pushed all the blame onto Liu Yi, put himself out of the picture, and at the same time pretended to be the victim.
Later, he felt that Fu Fusheng was probably doing this mainly to absolve himself of the crime. Now that things had developed to this point, it was questionable whether Raven Studio could continue to operate. Raven Studio was now at the critical stage of going public, and Fu Fusheng was unwilling to let his "efforts" go to waste just like that.
The fame and wealth he had spent three years accumulating in the magic treasure design world might all come to an end with this trial. Thus, Fu Fusheng was afraid.
Given the current situation, it was already no longer a problem for Fu Fusheng to lose money, since he could earn it back. But he absolutely couldn't have a criminal record. Using someone else's work to participate in a competition and flaunting it as an "original work" was also a form of academic fraud.
After the incident with Dr Zhai, the pioneer of academic fraud, Huaxiu Alliance had immediately issued new laws and regulations to rectify and restrain academic fraud on a large scale. The maximum penalty for this was a prison sentence of more than thirty years, a fine of five hundred thousand Huaxiu dollars, and the revocation of all academic qualifications and honors.
Fu Fusheng was afraid that he would spend the rest of his life in prison.
But since he had the guts to say this to the judge, he definitely had what it took to back it up. Long before the trial, Fu Fusheng had already known that almost all the people involved in the plagiarism case back then were dead. Given the lack of witnesses, Fu Fusheng was very confident.
Chief Judge Liang Xin stared into Fu Fusheng's eyes. As an experienced judge, there were many times when he could tell whether a person was lying just by looking at their eyes.
But unfortunately, this was a court, a court in the cultivation world. Everything said and done required evidence, and a mere "your eyes look like those of a murderer" wasn't enough to convict you.
This case was highly publicized, and at the same time, it was very difficult to plead guilty. Furthermore, some of the people involved were no longer alive. Given the lack of evidence, as the defendant, Fu Fusheng was bound to play tricks. All of this was within Chief Judge Liang Xin's expectations, but he hadn't expected Fu Fusheng to speak so resolutely, not giving himself any leeway at all.
But as the Chief Judge, Liang Xin wasn't affected by Fu Fusheng, and his face was still as calm as an ancient well. He then turned to look at the prosecution. Since the prosecution had filed a public prosecution, they must have already found evidence.
"Prosecution, please speak." Liang Xin raised his hand to indicate for the prosecution to begin.
Fu Fusheng had hired a lawyer. This lawyer was called Wu Yuanji, and was one of the few powerful lawyers in all of Songhai city. Furthermore, Wu Yuanji was a rather thorny figure for all judges. This person advocated for the defense of innocence. In order to show his strength unilaterally, he only helped others to "plead not guilty". In order to support the theory of innocence, he was very good at finding doubtful points and loopholes in the case to create evidence that was favorable to the defendant.
This time, Fu Fusheng's defense lawyer was Wu Yuanji, which made Gao Tian feel a little headache.
"Is there a problem with this person?" Little Silver asked in a low voice.
"This person's name is Wu Yuanji. He's very good at sophistry … and he can forge evidence without giving himself away. He's a very tricky lawyer. He has defended more than a hundred cases, and all of them were acquitted as soon as he accepted them … So far, he has only lost one case … "
"What case?" Little Silver was curious.
Gao Tian said, "There was a family where the wife cheated on her husband. The husband went out and killed the adulterer … Later, he was charged with murder. In the end, because of Wu Yuanji, it was proven that there wasn't enough evidence, so the man was released. In the end, that man went out and killed his wife … "
Little Silver and Odd Zhuo: "…"
Just as Gao Tian and the judges in the courtroom had expected, perhaps because of Wu Yuanji's presence, Fu Fusheng's performance was much steadier than everyone had imagined. He was frighteningly calm.
As for Wu Yuanji, he didn't take this case seriously at all.
He sat calmly in the dock with his legs crossed. This frivolous attitude was quite suspicious of contempt for the court, and this was also the reason why Wu Yuanji was not liked by the judges. However, this guy was a notorious legend in the legal world.
This was because this person dared to take on any case, even defending a murderer.
What Wu Yuanji didn't expect was that in the only case he had lost, his client had been so crazy that after being acquitted, he went on to kill his wife. It was during that time that Wu Yuanji was given the title "demon lawyer," which meant: a lawyer who defended demons.
But Wu Yuanji didn't think it mattered what the outside world called him. The most important thing was that he felt that he was very strong. At least in the legal circle, he believed that no one could be his match. Furthermore, he didn't take on cases to earn a high lawyer's fee.
What Wu Yuanji liked most was to challenge himself.
The trickier the case, the more Wu Yuanji felt an indescribable sense of pleasure after his client was "acquitted."
Was he a pervert?
Perhaps Wu Yuanji did indeed have some psychological problems, but he was very satisfied with his title of "demon lawyer."
As long as he defended himself, he would definitely be acquitted in the following cases.
What was the most important thing in court? Wu Yuanji smiled every time he thought of this.
That was right, the most important thing was evidence.
But what if there was no evidence?
Without any evidence, even a public prosecution would be useless.
Hence, Wu Yuanji had long since gotten rid of the last person, "Liu Yi," before the incident. He felt that his plan had been flawless and he hadn't left any flaws.
That was right, Wu Yuanji had killed Liu Yi. But he had only killed Liu Yi. As for the other people who had died before Liu Yi, it wasn't Wu Yuanji who had done it. Wu Yuanji had just imitated that person's modus operandi and erased Liu Yi without leaving any evidence. Furthermore, he had pushed all the evidence against Father Zheng's head.
Liu Yi was already dead.
How else could this case be judged? What new evidence could the prosecution come up with?
He smiled.
At this moment, Gao Tian stood up and turned to the presiding judge, Liang Xin, and the members of the jury. He bowed deeply to them and said, "Presiding judge and members of the jury, I hereby request for a new witness to be brought forward!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present fell into a deep shock.
There was actually a witness?
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