■ Liu Zhou in court
Since the launch of the special struggle against organized crime and evil forces, he has concluded the first triad-related case in our city, which is also the first case in the whole country to admit guilt and accept punishment; he is a "golden sentence judge" who pokes at the pain points and cries in court as a key member of the triad organization.
Who is this judge? His name is Liu Zhou, the president of the Criminal Trial Division of the Huli District People's Court, and he has been on the front line of the trial for 25 years with a strong sense of responsibility and professionalism. He is also a master of the trial of anti-gang crime and anti-evil cases, and in the past six years, he has handled a total of 6 major cases involving criminal syndicates and evil forces. Recently, when the reporter interviewed Liu Zhou, his colleagues praised him.
November 6, according to the Xiamen Evening News
1 Solid foundation is used as a benchmark
Because gambling was "soft violence" to collect debts, a family of three did not dare to return, and even the Spring Festival lived in a friend's house, and the children's studies were deeply affected. Although the victims of "soft violence" debt collection were not beaten or illegally detained, they suffered no less psychological harm than physical harm.
Is "soft violence" debt collection a crime? "They didn't hit anyone, they just collected debts." In court, the defendant's defense lawyer defended.
It was Liu Zhou who tried the case. Based on the content of the existing provisions, he made a moderate interpretation in line with the original intention of the legislation, accurately applied the law, and finally concluded the Xiamen "soft violence" debt collection case for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking troubles.
Because of his solid foundation and accurate application of law, Liu Zhou is also called a "living dictionary" by his colleagues. "Liu Zhou, excuse me, what do you think of so-and-so incident and its applicable laws?" At the Huli District Court, Liu Zhou often sat down in his office and had an enforcement judge come to ask for advice.
Judge Zhang Xiaoyi, a colleague, commented: "He (Liu Zhou) has rich experience in handling cases, is the benchmark of our criminal trial court, and is also a 'living dictionary.'"
2 The more complicated the case, the more excited he was
The file has more than 200 volumes and tens of millions of words, involving 66 criminal facts, and 24 people involved in the case, but the first-instance trial of Yan Moumin's black-related case lasted only 51 days, and the originally arranged 12-day trial took only three and a half days in the end, and the whole case also admitted guilt and punishment.
This is inseparable from Liu Zhou's behind-the-scenes efforts - every time he receives a major case, he will spend time reading the case file before the trial, and he will have a clear understanding of the key points and difficulties of the case, and the trial efficiency is naturally high.
When the Huli District Court received Yan Moumin's case involving blackmail, it coincided with the National Day holiday. In order to sort out the case as soon as possible, Liu Zhou, who had planned to go out with his family, temporarily cancelled his trip, and he "lived" in the office during the holidays, and straightened out all the evidence and facts in only six days.
Speaking of Liu Zhou's conscientious work, his colleagues all looked at him with admiration: "When he handled the case, he was completely obsessed, and the more complicated the case, the more excited he became, and he handled many difficult cases."
3 Dialogue on an equal footing opens the accused's heart
When trying the case, Liu Zhou respected everyone, including the defendant. A lawyer who has been practicing in Xiamen for many years describes Liu Zhou as "special Sven". He said that during the trial, people's emotions were inevitably moved, but he had never seen Liu Zhou angry.
In the courtroom, the judge sat on a high place, and the defendant's seat was relatively low, Liu Zhou said, which showed the majesty of the law. "But before a person is found guilty, he is not guilty, we must also protect the basic human rights of the defendant, give the necessary respect in law, and it is easier for the defendant to open his heart through equal dialogue..." This is Liu Zhou's secret - chat-like communication, the defendant feels respected and is more willing to speak up.
At the trial of the city's first medical fraud and extortion criminal group case, Liu Zhou said: "You do not lack doctors, you do not lack equipment, you lack morality!" Defendant Chen Mou kept it in mind, and he quoted Liu Zhou in his plea affidavit, "We have lost the minimum medical ethics of being a doctor..."
Liu Zhou said that the trial should not only punish the guilty, but also strive to help them repent and rehabilitate. When the trial of Yan Moumin's case, the gang's "second eldest" Yan Mouyang was a "hard bone", Liu Zhou noticed that Yan Mouyang had not yet realized his mistake, and flipped through the file and found that he also used illegal gains to buy luxury cars for his children. During the trial, Liu Zhou righteously told Yan Mouyang from the perspective of the family: "We must educate our children to be rich people in quality, and the words and deeds of parents are better than any luxury car..." Yan Mouyang, who was inspired, confessed in court.