Chapter 191: The Law Is Right Beside Us! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Lao Meng is going crazy right now, literally.

The information originally obtained from Wang Hui was that it was the Crime of Infringing on Personal Information, with Serious Circumstances.

After all, such a serious incident of Cyber Violence had occurred, and the Public Security Bureau had already conducted a comprehensive investigation.

And honestly, it was just that the victim of the Internet Violence was only feeling a bit mentally unwell, with conditions like insomnia.

If it had led to serious consequences like the other party suffering a mental breakdown, it would no longer be Serious Circumstances, but Particularly Serious Circumstances!

Particularly Serious Circumstances means a sentence of not less than three years but not more than seven years.

So, during several meetings, Lao Meng had specifically clarified the situation and then began preparing the defense.

In Lao Meng's view, this matter alone wasn't that difficult; a series of labels like first-time offender, lack of subjective malice, and so on could all be added.

In this way, the sentence might not be very long, and then through Commutation of Sentence, it wouldn't be necessary to sit for too long before getting out.

But now, he has already written a pile of defense drafts and thought of many methods; for the specifics, one can refer to the way the rookie Zhou looked at the time.

As it turned out, that client hadn't told the truth again...

Lao Meng is speechless; you have done this kind of thing before, and more than once, why didn't you say so!

I am your Lawyer, I am doing this for your own good, not to harm you; do you think I am Zhang Wei!

Do you understand that leniency is granted for confession and severity for resistance? Did you think that if you didn't say it, it wouldn't be discovered? Or do you look down on the investigative methods of the Public Security Bureau?

Now it's a mess; the Public Security Bureau has discovered new evidence, and this evidence is fatal!

Wang Hui had engaged in Human Flesh Search more than once before; if it were anything else, it might be fine, but according to the police investigation, this Human Flesh Search was related to an incident three years ago!

The person who was subjected to Internet Violence last time was actually, according to the popular saying on the internet, not a good person, so he deserved to be subjected to Internet Violence!

One could even say that many people believed that subjecting that person to Internet Violence was the right thing to do; such a person should go to hell.

That was a person who abused dogs, and he filmed the dog abuse video and posted it online; of course, the video itself did not expose any personal information.

It is obvious; three years ago, the internet environment was even more chaotic, and with such a video appearing in that kind of environment, you can imagine the situation that guy was in.

It could almost be said that the entire internet was cursing him.

Then, in a very short time, this person's personal information was dug up and posted all over the internet.

Consequently, under so much pressure, this person jumped off a building to commit suicide, but it didn't succeed, and later he slowly disappeared from public view.

After all, no matter how hot a topic is, it's impossible to follow it every day; soon another hot topic exploded on the internet.

For example, two celebrities who were originally loving suddenly announced their divorce...

And in Wang Hui's computer, technical personnel found that three years ago, he was the very first person to post the dog abuser's personal information online.

There is a boundary between public opinion and the law, and this boundary is not allowed to be crossed, because the law is the law.

If viewed purely from the perspective of the law, abusing dogs is wrong and caused negative consequences, so it can be handled according to the law.

It's just that, in the current situation, Public Opinion Supervision on the internet is indispensable.

But Internet Violence is another matter.

A crime is a crime; it won't change because of anything else, especially after the consequence of the other party suffering Serious Injury due to the leakage of their personal information through Human Flesh Search.

New evidence appeared, Wang Hui was dumbfounded, and Lao Meng was going crazy.

Why do these successful people with money, status, and careers insist on doing this kind of thing, engaging in this kind of "little hobby"? Lao Meng cannot understand.

They don't live their good lives, but instead run off to film short videos or engage in Human Flesh Search on the internet, and they don't even think it's a crime...

"Fang, tell me, tell me what should be done about this!"

Inside Fang Dazhuang's office, Lao Meng said with a worried face.

"Have a cup of tea; whatever should be done, just do it. What else can be done? We are Lawyers, not magicians," Fang Dazhuang said, shaking his head.

The Crime of Infringing on Personal Information is a Public Prosecution Case, so Fang Dazhuang only directed Fangfang to report the case, so there was no direct conflict between the two.

Lao Meng sighed and said: "He is already in that position, why can't he trust his Lawyer? If he had told me about these things earlier, I could have made preparations sooner."

"There was no need to reach this point..."

Fang Dazhuang picked up his coffee and took a sip; he didn't say much more, and he knew that Lao Meng also understood the reason.

It was nothing more than holding onto a fluke mentality, hoping it wouldn't be discovered.

"Done complaining? If you're done, go back and prepare well. It's just working overtime, pulling an all-nighter; it's a small matter," Fang Dazhuang said casually.

Lao Meng: "..."

"By the way, take a look at this article. I'm not in Modu now; has a well-known Lawyer named Li Chen appeared in our Modu recently?"

"Li Chen? Never heard of him. Why, Fang?"

"Nothing, just someone Pretending to be Cool again."

In Modu, Li Chen hasn't been able to sleep well these past few days; now, whenever he closes his eyes, he sees that guy who has changed "brave man," "Dazhuang," and "legal expert" a full six times.

He is truly persistent; no matter how many accounts he blocks, the guy still seems very calm and never curses, but Li Chen would rather the other party curse.

An endless stream of alt accounts, and someone who never curses but just sits there presenting facts and reasoning with you—just ask yourself if you're afraid.

If he only posted under this one article, it would be fine.

But the other party went so far as to find all of his articles and posted under every single one!

And because of him, many people have now started flaming him and joining in to flame him everywhere.

For a Self-Media person like Li Chen who needs to post articles to ride the wave of popularity, such a person is simply a thorn in his side!

But he is helpless, truly helpless.

It's not that Li Chen didn't think of a way; he sent a private message to the other party before the fourth time he blocked him, wanting to know the other party's thoughts.

As it turned out, the man who seemed to be full of legal jargon actually said in the private message that he had insulted the Debate...

He's a lunatic!

No one is a fool; except for those who want to suck up to him, everyone else can now see that one side only knows how to curse, while the other side presents facts and reasons, even if they have a few too many accounts.

So which one will you support? It's a simple choice!

In this way, let alone chasing trends, his own reputation had instead hit rock bottom because the popularity of this article was too high.

As of today, even if he deleted the article himself, there was no way out, because the internet has a memory.

He posted another article afterward, but a bunch of people kept posting screenshots of that article in the comments below.

This account... is ruined.

Li Chen just wanted to slap himself a few times now; if he could go back in time, he really wanted to tell himself: don't post this article, don't chase this kind of trend!

After hesitating for a long time and looking at a pile of comments bashing him, Li Chen clicked to delete his account; time to run away...

In Jingzhou, Lao Yang from the Propaganda Department finally found some free time; now all the work was ready, and they were just waiting for the final case to be judged before starting the massive publicity campaign!

During this period, let alone the judges being tired, he, who was in charge of the propaganda work, was also exhausted.

And it was only now that Lao Yang had the time to prepare to deal with the article sent by Zhou Yi.

After all, this went against the propaganda work, so Lao Yang decided to properly refute it!

As it turned out, when he clicked in, he found that everything was gone.

What was going on? There had been such a long article here; he had clicked in to read it before, and that person had written so much at length—and this was it?

…………

Finally, under Zhou Yi's expectant gaze, there was a result in Wang Hui's case; even though Lao Meng had exhausted his efforts in the defense, he didn't get a single day less of the prison time he deserved.

In the public gallery, Zhou Yi and Fang Dazhuang sat, chatting while watching the trial ahead.

Wang Hui's mental state was also very poor now; it was that feeling of having aged all of a sudden. He was clearly still young, yet there were already white hairs on his head.

"Lawyer Fang, how many years do you think he will be sentenced to?" Zhou Yi asked casually.

Liu Fangfang and her family of three sitting to the side also looked over; they were also very concerned about this matter, and Su Dama in particular had a look of eagerness on her face.

After discussing some issues with Fang Dazhuang, she had honored Fang Dazhuang as her teacher, completely disregarding the fact that she was much older than Fang Dazhuang.

In Su Dama's own words, she wasn't one of those young people who liked to put on airs; if one should be called teacher, then one is called teacher. She didn't care about age; if someone knows more than you, they are your teacher.

"I think about five years or so, because no one died in the previous incident, so it shouldn't be a maximum sentence," Fang Dazhuang said casually.

"Too light a sentence, that dog!" Liu Zhen cursed under his breath.

He now felt a special hatred for these people who leaked others' personal information; Cyber Violence was originally limited to the internet.

If your personal information hasn't been leaked, then no matter how much people curse, there is ultimately a boundary separating it from reality.

But once the information is known by others, it is equivalent to a ladder being built between the virtual and reality, and it will evolve into real violence.

Xu Ning, sitting not far away, heard this and opened her mouth to say something, but didn't say it out loud.

Because back then, she had also cursed, but she never imagined that the person doing this was her own husband.

He had even said he wanted to give her a surprise before he left that day...

The trial ended, the court adjourned, and then the verdict was delivered on the spot; the presiding judge began to announce the sentence.

"Upon investigation, it is found that..."

"This court holds that... in accordance with the Criminal Law... the judgment is as follows!"

Five years—this was the Criminal Case sentence for Wang Hui; of course, there was also the corresponding economic compensation.

After the verdict came out, Xu Ning fainted directly in the public gallery; it had been such a good home, with a loving couple and a happy family.

But all of a sudden, the head of the household was in jail.

Only she, a housewife, was left to support it independently.

Seeing Xu Ning faint, the people sitting nearby hurried over to help, and Zhou Xinran also walked over.

Once the other party recovered, she returned and said, "Teacher Fang, this matter is really a huge blow to this Ms. Xu."

Fang Dazhuang heard this and said, "That is natural. Is it cruel? It is cruel, but this is the law, this is the Criminal Law!"

The Criminal Law is not about hosting a dinner party, nor is it the "sending them in" joked about in daily life; it truly and concretely affects the fate of an individual, or even a family!

What is the purpose of the Criminal Law? It is to prevent crime. Through a series of punishments after a crime, it keeps you from committing crimes. That is why we say now that the Criminal Law is important, but legal education is even more important!

Being able to nip the budding of crime in the cradle is the best.

The sentencing was done; as for whether the other party would Appeal, that was no longer important, because an Appeal would certainly result in the same outcome.

The Evidence Chain was very complete; they didn't even need Wang Hui's confession to handle the case.

Bidding farewell to Fang Dazhuang, Zhou Yi returned home; he felt his blood boiling now.

Fang Dazhuang was still Fang Dazhuang; after listening to what he said, Zhou Yi wanted to finish the video immediately.

He couldn't wait to interact with his audience and with those Netizens in front of their mobile phones to carry out the publicity.

For the civil Tort cases of over four hundred people, Zhou Yi chose some of the more typical cases to introduce.

"Everyone look, this middle school student—yes, that's right, this 'Loves Licking White Silk'; has anyone seen the previous video? Last time in the video theft case, there was a 'Loves Licking Black Silk'—that's right, they are the same person."

"Last time he used his dad's phone number, this time he used his grandpa's, which shows he didn't learn his lesson last time, but I believe he has definitely received enough education this time."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yi included a picture, which was the picture of that kid having his butt beaten swollen by his dad.

This was with his dad's consent; no face shown, only the butt.

"And this one, an ordinary worker; he is very honest in reality, but on the internet, he transforms into a troll, making people feel like he has a split personality!"

"It's just that the data wasn't quite enough, otherwise this one might have gone in too."

"Among these people who committed Tort, there are all kinds of people: highly educated, poorly educated, men, women, but they all share one characteristic: they didn't take cursing people online seriously."

"And now, they have all received their education."

There were also a few cases with prison sentences; the trial videos were included, and one could clearly see their tearful appearances after being sentenced.

As well as the scenes of these people's family members crying and fainting after the verdicts were handed down.

Zhao He's mother was already about to cry until she fainted; she couldn't imagine that her son, who had been perfectly fine, was about to be sentenced to prison.

"Oh right, and this one, 'Xianxian is very cute'; many people should know what his identity is on the internet, right? Constantly stirring up conflict between men and women."

"Then he uses many beautiful pictures to show his identity, so now let's see what this 'fairy' looks like—ta-da!"

A Photo appeared of a fairy-like brute wearing flip-flops and picking his feet, with leg hair longer than that of a normal man.

Honestly, even Zhou Yi himself didn't know where Lao Yang and the others had gotten the Photo, but it was absolutely real!

After introducing all the criminals, Zhou Yi began his summary.

"Take a close look, take a close look at their identities; this is Criminal Law, this is the law!"

This time, Zhou Yi was no longer smiling or joking, but spoke in an extremely serious tone:

"Respected viewers, the law may seem far away from us, but in reality, it is right by our side..."

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