Me! A disgraced celebrity! Starting by seeking justice for impoverished students.

Upon hearing this, Gao Jianming nodded hastily, as if grasping at a lifeline.

"Yes! I just... I was just lax in management, I didn't want them to die!"

Fu Chengyu seized the opportunity and presented another defense argument in court.

"Your Honor, judges, the defense counsel has finished asking questions."

"We believe that the charge of intentional homicide in the indictment is too severe."

"In this case, the elderly person was already seriously ill and at extremely high risk of natural death. Even if there was any negligence in administering medication or in providing care, it would fall under the category of mismanagement and not be a subjective attempt to achieve death."

"The abandonment was an act of unauthorized overstepping of authority by subordinates. Gao Jianming, as the person in charge, only bears responsibility for dereliction of duty and does not constitute the principal offender in intentional homicide!"

These words forcibly turned this series of murders into a minor offense of "negligence in management"!

The live stream chat exploded!

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[What the heck! They can justify this? Premeditated murder being called negligence?]

[Unscrupulous lawyer! He'll say anything for money!]

[His subordinate did this without permission for three years? Twelve times? And he didn't know? You're kidding me!]

[Is mismanagement capable of fostering a complete black market industry chain? That's blatant lying!]

This lawyer is clearly just doing what he's paid to do; he's completely shameless!

For some lawyers, money is more important than their bottom line!

Fu Chengyu straightened his clothes, his expression calm.

Judging from his posture, he showed no sign of being guilty.

A low commotion arose from the audience, and the live stream was flooded with anger.

Chen Qiaowei sat beside Jiang Chen, her brows slightly furrowed.

She turned to the side and lowered her voice: "It seems the other side won't accept reality; they can even turn black into white."

Jiang Chen's gaze calmly fell on the judge's bench, a faint smile playing on his lips: "It's just a fallacy of equivocation."

"Trying to divert responsibility and obscure subjective intent through wordplay will not overturn the case."

Fu Chengyu's defense tactics were exactly what he had expected.

In most serious crime defenses, the approach is to argue that the perpetrator acted without authorization, that there was negligence in management, and that the perpetrator had no subjective intent to kill.

However, with a closed chain of evidence, all defenses are just castles in the air.

Presiding Judge Zhou Mingyuan slammed his gavel down, and the courtroom fell silent instantly.

Boom!

"The defense counsel's arguments are recorded."

"Now, this case enters the stage of presenting and examining evidence."

"The prosecutor will present the evidence in this case one group at a time, and each party will give their opinions on the evidence in turn."

Upon receiving the order, the prosecutor immediately stood up, signaled to the bailiffs to cooperate, and presented the first set of evidence in court.

"First group: physical evidence."

Court police officers carried a bag of evidence containing unapproved sedative drugs seized from a hidden storage room at Anze Nursing Home, as well as original copies of clandestine purchase ledgers confiscated by the police.

"Evidence 1: The prohibited sedative drugs involved in the case were sealed on site and were taken from a secret pharmacy at Anze Nursing Home, which was exclusively for use by seriously ill elderly people who had prepaid high nursing fees."

"Evidence 2: The nursing home's secret procurement ledger records the time, quantity, and amount of prohibited drugs purchased over the past three years. All funds were used off-the-books to evade formal supervision."

Transparent evidence bags were displayed one by one in the courtroom, with photos simultaneously projected onto the courtroom screen.

The live stream chat exploded instantly!

[666, this is irrefutable evidence!]

[The actual drugs were found! And you still say it's negligence? What negligent management would hide prohibited drugs and keep them on the books?]

[The ledgers are all there, every single entry is recorded clearly, how can you call that ignorance?]

Let's see how Fu Chengyu washes himself next!

Fu Chengyu: There is no such evidence.

He was just scared.

How could he not be afraid?

The presiding judge's gaze swept over all parties: "Please, each party, give your comments on the evidence."

"The victim's legal representative will speak first."

Jiang Chen slowly stood up, his voice steady: "The victim's representative has no objection to the authenticity, legality, or relevance of this set of evidence."

"This set of physical evidence directly proves that Anze Nursing Home has been deliberately purchasing unlicensed and prohibited drugs for a long time, circumventing regular drug supervision, and specifically for a specific elderly group, which is completely consistent with the intentional harm alleged in the indictment."

After speaking, Jiang Chen calmly sat down.

The presiding judge then looked at the defendants' dock: "Defendants, do you have any objections to this set of evidence?"

Gao Jianming spoke first, his voice tinged with panic: "I have an objection! I didn't know these drugs were prohibited. I thought they were ordinary sedatives. The procurement was handled by my subordinates!"

The other defendants looked at each other, and finally whispered in agreement: "We were just following orders from our superiors, and we didn't know anything about the drug's qualifications."

Finally, the presiding judge signaled for the defense attorney to speak.

Fu Chengyu stood up and calmly said, "The defense counsel has no objection to the authenticity of the actual medicines and account books, but objects to the purpose of the evidence."

"First, the absence of an approval number does not equate to illegality, and it cannot be directly concluded that the drug is fatally dangerous."

"Secondly, the secret ledger is an internal departmental record and does not bear Mr. Gao Jianming's signature for confirmation, so it cannot be proven that he was aware of or led the purchase of prohibited drugs."

His words were full of loopholes, attempting to diminish the authority of the evidence.

The viewers in the live stream responded with a barrage of insults.

[Here we go again! They just push everything onto their subordinates, assuming Gao Jianming knows nothing, huh?]

[The ledgers are three years old, how could the dean not know? You're kidding me!]

This is standard practice for unscrupulous lawyers; it's nothing new.

I'm just baffled. With such irrefutable evidence right in front of them, why won't they admit it?

[Admit it? Admit it and that's it! Who knows how many years they'll be locked up!]

It's not that short!

[A feigned defense might offer a chance for leniency, but if you actually confess, you're completely finished!]

The presiding judge recorded their arguments one by one and then announced them in court.

"The examination of the first set of evidence has been completed. The prosecutor will now present the second set of evidence."

The prosecutor continued speaking.

"The second group, documentary evidence."

He presented three other key documents in court.

"Firstly, the complete financial statements, corporate and off-book fund transfer records of Anze Nursing Home for the past three years prove the amount of illegal profits, the flow of funds for prohibited drugs, and details of embezzlement of final payments!"

"Secondly, the elderly care service contracts of the twelve victims contain an unfair clause that states 'no refund of remaining fees if the elderly person goes missing or passes away,' which is the core evidence of the fraud in this case."

"Thirdly, the driving trajectory, vehicle registration, and nighttime highway travel records of the commercial vehicle involved in the case over three years precisely correspond to the times of disappearance and death of the twelve elderly people, proving the systematic and regular nature of the abandonment!"

The bailiffs presented a thick stack of documentary evidence.

Each page of these documents is stamped with the official verification seal.

There is absolutely no possibility of it being faked!