The judge sighed silently to himself and turned his gaze to the defendant.
well!
What a young man!
How did things get turned into this state?!
You said you knew this old man was a bit crazy.
Why did you have to provoke him?
Just dodge it!
If you just get out of the way, nothing will happen!
If he wants a seat, just give it to him!
It's just one seat!
It's not like I can't survive without that seat!
Now it's all good!
It's gotten to this point!
Now no one can easily resolve this situation!
Even the judge felt guilty.
The young man didn't actually do anything wrong.
But the precedents are there.
He wouldn't dare to do anything reckless!
What a pity for this young man.
At such a young age, he should have had a bright future ahead of him.
If someone is sentenced for simply fighting back, how will they live their lives from now on?
With a criminal record, not only would top companies in Shanghai not hire him, but even small companies wouldn't want him!
This kid is completely doomed in Shanghai!
He went on to start his own business.
Starting a business these days isn't that easy!
The judge was thinking about many things at this moment, and even began to daydream.
The people in the courtroom were dumbfounded, staring at the dazed judge, not knowing what had happened.
It wasn't until a juror nudged the judge that he snapped out of his daze and said:
"Since both sides have no objection to the evidence, we will now proceed to the court debate stage."
"Ye Xili, please recount what happened that day."
"That day I had just gotten off work, squeezed into the subway, found a seat, sat down, put on my headphones, and started playing on my phone with my head down."
I played for a while, and then I felt someone poking me.
I then looked up.
I saw that old man poking me with his cane.
I took off my headphones and asked him what was wrong.
The old man told me that he wanted me to give up my seat, and he said it in a very rude tone.
I had been working all day and felt very tired, so I didn't want to offer him my seat and politely declined.
Then he got angry and hit me twice with his cane, quite hard, and then cursed at me with very vicious words.
After I was hit and hurt, and then I was scolded, I got a little angry, so I yelled back, but I didn't swear.
I just had a bad tone.
Then he got very angry and kept hitting my head with his cane, this time with a lot of force.
When I was about to hit the spot, my head was buzzing. I reached up and touched it; it was bleeding.
Then he pretended to hit me again, and in a moment of panic, I fought back.
I didn't expect that my retaliatory strike would knock him unconscious.
After he collapsed and lost consciousness, I quickly squatted down and kept calling his name, but he didn't respond. Then the medical staff and examiners from the subway arrived.
I was taken away.
That's how it happened.
The judge glanced at the case file in his hand.
It's basically consistent with the case details, so I nodded.
"Prosecutor, do you have any questions for the defendant?"
The prosecutor stood up and looked sharply at Ye Xili.
Ye Xili suddenly became a little scared!
That's terrifying!
That look in his eyes!
It exudes majesty!
It was as if they wanted to see right through him!
"Ye Xili, I'm asking you, why didn't you give up your seat back then?"
"I've been working all day and I'm very tired. I don't want to give up my seat for him."
"Did you realize that this was wrong? It violates our traditional values of respecting the elderly and caring for the young?" the prosecutor continued.
Ye Xili was stunned.
He thought for a moment, then nodded and said:
"I feel...not well."
"Then why did you refuse to give up your seat even though you weren't feeling well?"
"Because I'm tired."
"So I can understand it this way: you know that your behavior is wrong and may provoke the other person's anger, but you are too tired from work, so you intentionally don't want to give up your seat?"
Ye Xili's eyes widened, and he said:
"I didn't mean that! How could I have predicted he would hit me!"
Su Qinggui was also dumbfounded. He suddenly stood up and shouted loudly:
"Your Honor! I have objections! The prosecutor is using leading questions! Deliberately trying to mislead my client!"
Even the judge was dumbfounded!
Isn't it a bit too much for you to ask that question?
"Prosecutor, you must not use leading questions!" the judge declared.
“Okay.” The prosecutor turned around and asked:
"So what's your first reaction when you suffer a setback?"
"I was a little dizzy from being hit, and my head was covered in blood. I was afraid he would continue to hit me, so I tried to grab his cane."
"I didn't expect it to hit him in the face so suddenly," Ye Xili said.
"This isn't right, is it?" the prosecutor gestured, and said:
"If you are going to catch someone's cane, your palm should be open and facing upwards, so that you won't slap the other person's face."
But you slapped the other person across the face with your palm outstretched.
This shows that you intentionally wanted to retaliate and hit someone, right?
"I don't know. I was just trying to protect myself. I just wanted to avoid getting beaten up." Ye Xili was confused after being asked so many questions in a row, so she could only say that she didn't know.
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