What's wrong with this lawyer?!

The staff member smiled and then began to look at the application form in hand. After a while, he looked up and said, "Lawyer Tang, has this case been appealed before?"

"Yes, previously handled by Lawyer Li Wanting from our firm. However, her skills were lacking, and there was no progress, so I took over," Old Tang replied with a full smile.

On the side, Li Wanting very much wanted to roll her eyes. Director, you praised my thought process just yesterday, but today you say I'm lacking skills.

The staff, hearing this, nodded and began to examine the application form carefully. After looking it over several times, he added, "Lawyer Tang, in this case, we'll first accept the retrial application, as for the follow-up..."

"I understand, it depends on your review results," Old Tang smiled again.

With the application form submitted, there was no problem. Old Tang, along with Li Wanting, turned to leave.

The retrial application was submitted, and the High Court began reviewing it.

Old Tang handled matters just like that; if the High Court did not manage it, he would go to the High People's Procuratorate, and if that didn't work, he would go to the Supreme Court.

If nothing else worked, public opinion would come into play. Ruling extortion on this case was truly a bit outrageous.

Moreover, there was the incident of catching an affair and compensating the lover for their understanding, making this a major news story if released.

In Old Tang's application, he revised the main points. The core requirement for extortion is the intent to illegitimately possess and to threaten the other party, inducing fear.

This provision is actually very broad and ambiguous. The threat is clear, but under what circumstances does it cause the other party fear?

In practice, judging standards vary by region.

However, in this case, the amount of more than 20,000 wasn't initially proposed by Jiang Mingyu.

Both sides bargained at the affair scene; the negotiation lasted quite a while...

Therefore, Old Tang believed that if the lover could negotiate on the spot with Jiang Mingyu, claiming that they gave money due to Jiang Mingyu's threats causing fear is hard to justify.

This doesn't make sense at all.

Additionally, there's a significant issue with both parties' statements. The lover claims Jiang Mingyu initially proposed using money to resolve the issue, but Jiang Mingyu insists he had no intention of asking for money at the time.

He wanted to teach a lesson by catching the affair.

There are contradictions in the evidence, so a retrial is a must.

Back at the law firm, Old Tang continued with his work. After a few days, despite the controversy, the High Court decided to send the case back to Jingzhou Intermediate Court for retrial due to "unclear facts and insufficient evidence!"

It proved that when Old Tang personally handled it, the results were truly good.

Li Wanting quickly informed Jiang Mingyu of the news.

Hearing the notification over the phone, Jiang Mingyu felt a surge of excitement.

Though sending it back for retrial was just the first step, anyone with a keen eye would know that winning half of the case already!

And Li Wanting had discussed with Jiang Mingyu from the start, that after being found not guilty, there were many post-trial tasks to tackle.

For example, applying for state compensation, requesting a reversal of execution, and reclaiming all the money paid initially for understanding, including interest!

Moreover, there was a lawsuit against the lover to claim emotional distress damages.

As for false accusations and framing, that's more complicated and depends on the case details.

As someone who entered Tengda with Old Tang as an "elder," Li Wanting naturally also had thoughts of sending people to prison.

Old Tang did not plan to appear in court for the retrial, considering it pointless since Li Wanting was sufficient.

Regarding himself, he was ready to see if there were any other interesting cases.

However, during this time, the Tangfang City Intermediate People's Court had already delivered a first-instance verdict.

The former chairman of Dajin Company, Sun Youlai, for crimes of fraud, bribery, embezzlement of public funds, among others, was sentenced to life imprisonment with confiscation of all assets.

Sun Youlai did not appeal after the verdict, pleading guilty and accepting punishment in court.

After the judgment, a long-awaited task reminder finally popped up on Old Tang's end.

"It's finally complete!"

In fact, Old Tang somewhat didn't understand the system's criteria for task completion.

Sometimes it was completed before the judgment, sometimes after the first-instance verdict, and sometimes only after the second-instance verdict.

Could it be that these people perceived their period of being educated?

Actually, Old Tang did not know that after his video went out this time, Tangfang showed the video directly to Sun Youlai.

Indeed, beyond punishment is demoralization; one must be made aware of these situations.

After watching the video, Sun Youlai was speechless, never imagining in his wildest dreams that his downfall was due to some trifling matters.

That's right, trifling matters.

The dealings with Tengfei's technology were all orchestrated by Sun Youlai, which he considered trivial.

In his view, technology was not to be categorically labeled as yours or mine; if he could use it, it belonged to him.

He never realized that this trivial matter could bring a struggling company to the brink of bankruptcy.

With no recourse left, either lay down and die or fight back; when pushed to the edge, desperate measures were the only option.

Knowing the situation, Sun Youlai cried uncontrollably, even during his detention he hadn't done so.

Meanwhile, Sun Youlai's wife was equally overwhelmed, as not only was he incarcerated, but all assets were to be confiscated as well.