For many major cases, higher authorities demand expediency, but judges, being the ones actually handling the cases, know which ones have underlying issues... like Wen Weilin.
So, cases that could originally be sentenced to immediate execution are often maneuvered into commuted sentences instead.
Why? Because once someone dies and later investigations reveal mistakes, it becomes a huge headache. The main people responsible might even end up in jail themselves. But as long as the accused are still alive, it's much more manageable.
While reviewing cases, Tang Fangjing noticed another intriguing one.
"Tang-ge, this was submitted by Wang Jing, our intern lawyer at the firm," Wang Qingqing chimed in.
Old Tang nodded, carefully reviewing this "false accusation and entrapment case." If what was written here was true, the case indeed had a fascinating twist.