"You didn't hit it, why do you want to help?" In the courtroom, Judge Wang Hao shouted this voice. As soon as the words fell, the audience was in an uproar.
Everyone said that as a representative of the image of the law, he really should not say such immoral words.
Later, after a fermentation by the media, it was believed that Wang Hao's sentence set Chinese morality back by 50 years, and Wang Hao became the person who was criticized by the mouth.
The reason for the incident was in the trial of a collision case, due to the stalemate between the two sides, he said this sentence in a hurry, but he didn't expect this sentence to also lead him into the abyss.
The guy was accused of helping others
In 2006, Peng Yu went to work with his briefcase as usual, and in response to the call for low-carbon travel, he chose to take a bus to and fro.
The road in the morning rush hour is particularly crowded, everyone is in a hurry to catch the bus, and in order to relieve the pressure of the morning rush hour, the buses are also very dense.
The bus that Peng Yu was about to transfer to was about to arrive, so he hurriedly got off the bus from the back door, intending to rush straight to the second bus.
But at this moment, a moan attracted Peng Yu's attention.
"Oops, it hurts me!" he followed the voice to see an aunt lying on the ground, as if she couldn't remember.
Peng Yu, who was in a hurry to get on the bus, saw that the bus was about to leave and was about to get on the bus, but he glanced back at his aunt and turned his head back.
He walked up to Auntie and asked if she needed help. The aunt said that she couldn't get up, so she asked Peng Yu to help her up.
At this time, an uncle also came over, and when he saw this, he and Peng Yu helped the aunt up.
Seeing that the aunt's injury was not light, Peng Yu and the uncle planned to send the aunt to the hospital together. Peng Yu also paid 200 yuan in advance to help her be admitted to the hospital. Then Peng Yu hurried to work, after all, he had to deduct money for one day of absenteeism.
Just as Peng Yu was in a hurry to make up for the day's work, he received a phone call, which was from the family of his aunt who was sent to the hospital.
He thought that his family was calling to thank him, but he didn't expect the next words to make him stunned: "You hit my mother, and now there are several fractures in the examination, and you have to come to the hospital." ”
Peng Yu explained that he didn't hit her, he just happened to meet her and sent her to the hospital, why was she still relied on?
Peng Yu thought to herself, maybe the aunt is too old to remember, maybe when she looks at the hospital, she will know that it was not me who hit her.
Peng Yu went to the hospital with a bit of luck, but as soon as he arrived at the hospital, he was surrounded by his aunt's son, saying how his mother's injuries were.
Peng Yu explained that he didn't hit it, and went over to ask his aunt: "Auntie, I am the one who sent you to the hospital, take a closer look, did I hit you?"
The aunt glanced at Peng Yu and said, "You hit me." ”
Peng Yu is in a hurry, how can he help others and get into trouble?
The two sides are deadlocked, and talk about compensation is fruitless. The aunt's family took Peng Yu to court in a fit of anger and asked Peng Yu to pay 136,000 yuan, which was the "Peng Yu case" that shocked the whole country at that time.
At the time of the trial, Aunt Xu hired a lawyer, and her demands were particularly clear, asking for money. Medical expenses, food expenses, nutrition expenses, nursing expenses, etc., all add up, and Peng Yu has to pay 136,000 yuan.
You must know that in 2006, the housing price in Nanjing was only 4,000 square meters, and 130,000 yuan is a huge amount of money for a young man who has just entered the society.
At this time, Peng Yu did not hire a lawyer, he thought that the clear person was clear, the court would return justice to himself, and his wife served as his nominal defender, in fact, she was accompanying him.
In the final judgment, due to insufficient evidence, Peng Yu could not prove that he did not hit Aunt Xu, and Peng Yu lost the lawsuit and needed to pay 40% of the compensation of 45,000 yuan. Peng Yu was not satisfied and appealed.
The judge's astonishing words, "You didn't hit it, why do you want to help?"
At that time, public opinion was one-sided to Peng Yu, and the weekly reporter and Luo Yonghao, the Internet magnate at the time, publicly supported Peng Yu, saying, "Let the upright person win again", and later Luo Yonghao publicly donated money to Peng Yu on the Internet, but Peng Yu refused.
The streets in 2006 were not yet covered by surveillance. Relying on public opinion, Peng Yu has been "acquitted".
But the law requires evidence, and even if the people of the whole country support you, you can't prove anything without evidence.
There was neither surveillance nor eyewitnesses at the intersection where Aunt Peng Yufu lived, which made the trial deadlocked.
At the critical moment, Peng Yu thought of the uncle who went to the hospital with him at that time, and found the uncle, but the uncle said that she was already lying on the road when he arrived, and he really didn't see whether Peng Yu bumped into him, but he firmly believed that Peng Yu was innocent. This is the same as not saying it, and the inadequately stated directivity cannot be used as evidence, so the only clue is broken.
Soon it was the day of the second trial, and in court, the court asked the police station for the transcript of the questioning, but strangely, the police station said that the transcript was lost due to house maintenance and other reasons, which had never happened. There was no way, so I had to ask the police who handled the case at that time to recall the interrogation between the two sides and make a new record.
Later, Aunt Xu's lawyer came up with key evidence, a photo of the transcript. The transcript shows that Peng Yu initially admitted that he had hit someone.
Peng Yu said that he did hit someone when he got out of the car, but it was not this aunt, but the old lady insisted that it was Peng Yu who hit it.
The public said that the public was reasonable, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, and it was not clear for a while. Judge Wang Hao felt that if he was really brave or helpful, generally speaking, it would be impossible for the defendant not to raise it as a defense first during the dispute.
So the judge shouted in a hurry: "You didn't hit it, why do you want to help?" thinking that at least it would deter the parties. Unexpectedly, this sentence touched the sensitive nerves of the public, and after continuous fermentation by the media, it turned into a condemnation.
Finally, after mediation, Peng Yu and Aunt Xu reached an out-of-court settlement, and finally ended the case with Peng Yu paying Aunt Xu 10,000 yuan in a lump sum.
We don't know what the truth of the case is.
After the case ended, Peng Yu, Aunt Xu, and Wang Hao were all wrapped in overwhelming public opinion, and they couldn't live normally for a while.
In order to ensure a normal life, Peng Yu resigned and moved out of his original city. Aunt Xu has also been excluded and speculated by neighbors and friends because of this incident, and she has been depressed until she died a few years ago.
And the most affected by public opinion is Wang Hao, Wang Hao graduated from Nanjing University Law School, originally the most potential young judge, but was punished because of this incident.
Before the accident, as an excellent young judge, he had always been conscientious and responsible in his work, and he was also highly respected by the leadership.
But the turn of fate is so fast, in just a few days, from the sky to the earth, Wang Hao has experienced ups and downs.
During that time, Wang Hao said that he didn't dare to watch any news, and many people called and began to scold him, and even his parents were moved up, saying that they had no way to teach their children and that he was not worthy of being a judge.
In desperation, he could only close all the Internet channels and force himself not to look at these things.
He was transferred to work in the street because of his speech, and it is said that he is still at the grassroots level, and he does not know that he has not had the opportunity to work as a judge again in his passion.
The public's reaction was too extreme, in fact, what made people feel uncomfortable was Wang Hao's remarks, but it could not be said that he was a person who should be crusaded.
And Wang Hao also paid the due price for his words and deeds, and missed his ideal job as a judge, so he could only live in a corner of peace.
The interweaving and collision of law and morality
The fundamental reason why this incident has caused such a big social repercussion is that it touches on the delicate relationship between law and morality.
At the legal level, Judge Wang Hao's remarks are not illegal, but at the moral level, this is a violation of social morality.
Another reason is that in the public's perception, the judiciary should be fair, but being stirred up by Wang Hao like this, he lost his due credibility and caused public dissatisfaction.
In fact, law and morality are interdependent. You said that Peng Yu was walking on the road, if he hadn't hit him, he could have not helped this aunt, he was not guilty, but morality would condemn him not to help, and for a kind person, he couldn't help it.
But out of kindness, he sent his aunt to the hospital, which was a correct action under the guidance of correct values.
But some people with a very low moral bottom line will make a fuss about this matter, it wasn't you who hit it, why do you want to help, this is to force you to admit that I am ashamed to help this old lady.
If everyone's morality has reached such a point, what should the whole social atmosphere degenerate? We were taught to be willing to help people who could help them, not that it had nothing to do with me, I didn't do it.
This kind of speech is inherently contrary to mainstream social values, which is why it has such a big public response.
On the other hand, this is a good thing, showing that the values of the masses are correct. If everyone agrees with this kind of remarks, will you dare to walk alone on the street in the future? Rather than being indifferent, we are more willing to help those in need.
Later, more and more people asked whether I should do such a thing, and in recent years, there have been many indifferent social events that should also cause people to think deeply.
In 2011, 2-year-old Xiao Yueyue was run over by two cars in a row, and in a period of up to 7 minutes, the monitoring showed that no one from 18 passers-by rescued, including the driver, and even called the police, and finally a woman who was scavenging called the police. Later, Xiao Yueyue was sent to the hospital for rescue, but in the end, the rescue failed.
This is the event that we should reflect on, is it that human feelings are becoming more and more indifferent, or are we afraid of being blackmailed like Peng Yu "You didn't hit it, why do you want to save it?" This is the biggest sorrow of a society, if human nature is so cold, it should really be crusaded.
On December 12, 2023, The Paper published an article entitled ""Tianjin Pengyu" Does Good Deeds to Help People Or Drives to Hit People, Forensic Virtual Dissection Restores the Truth", which is once again thought-provoking.
In any case, we should give society a little more confidence, and Peng Yu's case is just one example. Our society needs to develop healthily and steadily, we need to have warm care, and we should help each other on the premise of having the ability to protect ourselves.