Title: The presiding judge of the Qinghai court was exposed to the command of the court leader The local court said that it complied with the regulations, causing controversy
A video of the presiding judge being commanded by the court leader WeChat during the trial went viral on the Internet, causing heated discussions among netizens and questioning judicial fairness. The Qinghai court in question responded that this was in line with the regulations, but there were irregularities in the supervision work, which caused more controversy.
Lawyers occasionally get videos challenging judicial fairness
On May 11, a court in Qinghai held a retrial of a "case of picking quarrels and provoking troubles". During the trial, a defense lawyer inadvertently discovered that the presiding judge's computer WeChat interface showed that the court leaders issued real-time instructions to the presiding judge, such as "no need to discuss" and "hard gas", which seemed to be consistent with the performance in court.
The defense lawyer then secretly filmed it, and when it was detected, a confrontation broke out with the bailiff. The picture immediately circulated on the Internet, causing widespread questioning. Most netizens believe that the leader's interference in the trial violates the principle of judicial independence and seriously erodes the credibility of the judiciary.
Court: Supervision by court leaders is in accordance with the regulations
In the face of online questioning, the local court responded: this case belongs to the "four types of cases", which has an important nature and impact, and needs to be strictly tried and supervised. Intermediate courts have the responsibility and obligation to guide and supervise the adjudication work of lower courts, so it is in accordance with the provisions for court leaders to communicate with the adjudication team through WeChat. However, there are indeed irregularities in the specific supervision process.
The response has once again sparked a wave of skepticism
The court's response failed to quell the doubts and instead provoked greater controversy. Most netizens questioned the rationality of the so-called "four types of cases" concept, believing that even if the trial is supervised, it should not be possible to interfere in everything and command. Some netizens are worried that such a comprehensive and strict intervention will make judges lose the power to hear cases independently.
Public opinion continues to ferment, which has aroused great attention from local courts
It is reported that the incident fermented rapidly and continued to ferment on the Internet. In order to defuse the crisis of public opinion, the local high court has intervened in the investigation. According to some analysts, this case is a typical judicial credibility incident, and the local court obviously attaches great importance to it, hoping to settle the dispute through investigation.
But more netizens called for not avoiding the core of the problem in order to calm things down. The crisis of judicial credibility caused by this incident needs to be resolved through reasonable means. It is expected that the investigation can truly reflect the objective facts, promote the resolution of relevant matters, and reshape the authority of the modern judiciary.
Author's point of view:
This incident undoubtedly shocked and disappointed many netizens. As a legal worker, he was directly intervened and directed by his superiors during the course of the trial, which seems to have seriously violated the basic requirements of a society governed by the rule of law for the fairness and independence of trials.
However, after learning the full picture of the incident and the response of the local court, we should perhaps look at the matter from a relatively objective and rational perspective. After all, the court claims that the supervision and guidance of the court leaders in the trial of major cases is within the scope of their duties.
We all hope that judges will be able to adjudicate cases with complete independence and without interference and uphold judicial fairness. However, after all, judges' judicial power should also be subject to appropriate supervision from within, so as to avoid problems such as abuse of power. However, how to define and standardize this kind of supervision work and how to ensure that it does not affect judges' independent adjudication power really needs to be further explored and improved.
At the same time, we must also face up to the fact that at the present stage, the awareness of the rule of law and the legal literacy of the whole society still need to be further improved. Many people lack a comprehensive understanding of the work of the legal function and have certain cognitive biases. Once some "oolong" incidents occur, it is easy to have excessive emotions and irrational doubts.
In the final analysis, this matter may only be a matter of specific operational details. However, the heated discussion triggered by this shows that we still have a lot of work to do in popularizing the law and educating on the rule of law.
We need to create more opportunities for the public at large to understand the basic concepts and processes of the law and the role of the judiciary. Only in this way, when encountering some "oolongs", everyone will not be led away by some of these superficial phenomena and make unrealistic and emotional judgments.
In general, I call on netizens to look at this incident with a relatively calm and rational mind. While waiting for the results of the survey, we should reflect on how to improve the education of the rule of law, improve the legal literacy of the whole people, and let judicial public opinion truly reflect rationality and objectivity.
When everyone has a basic sense of the rule of law, perhaps some "oolong" incidents caused by cognitive biases will become few and far between. At that time, the rule of law environment in our society will also be more healthy and orderly. Let's work together and look forward to that day.
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