Chapter 127 – Innocent
Lunch break.
The members of the special unit spend their valuable spare time in different ways.
In my case, who finally reconciled with Yeriel, I ate Tia’s snacks and flirted with them moderately.
She seemed to be secretly relieved by Seo Ji-do, who had regained her home alone.
“So, what’s today’s tiapik?”
“Today, I’m going to have a club sandwich and iced tea from the cafe.”
“Kong!”
Kerr gets excited when he understands the word sandwich.
We went down to the association’s cafe and quickly prepared the menu.
By the way, isn’t Alice, who usually doesn’t come down from the office well, with some woman.
At first, I wanted to be her manager or agent her, but …
Other than that, the atmosphere is a bit stiff.
I left Tia alone and headed to Alice’s table.
“What are you doing?”
“Oh, hello Special Investigator.”
Alice’s companion jumped up from her seat and greeted her.
A female hunter with her hair cut short.
Judging by the Winter Kingdom badge on her chest her, it seems that she is a guild mate.
Originally, hunters don’t wear badges because they say they’re cumbersome, but Winter Kingdom is the number one guild, so they often wear them.
“It’s nice to see you. I was consulting on the law.”
“Legal advice?”
“He’s a junior in my guild, but he was accused.”
“Innocence? You were accused of a crime you didn’t know?”
Alice nodded her head, very correct, and she removed my chair.
As I sat down next to her, she looked at Alice with a curious look at her guild junior her.
“… What’s the matter?”
“No, it’s the first time I’ve seen you do this other than when dealing with senior Yeriel.”
“Eh… Oh, isn’t it?”
I decided to calm down Alice, who was about to blush and get angry, and listen to her situation her.
“If you’re innocent… What kind of charges were you accused of? Is she referring to the events before the establishment of the Special Forces?”
“No. It was an innocent case related to sex, but it was prosecuted by the general prosecutor’s office, not by the special unit.”
“At the general prosecutor’s office?”
It’s a little suspicious… Well, it’s not impossible at all.
Aren’t there hunter criminals who were imprisoned even before the special unit was established?
Not all of them were prosecuted through the association.
In principle, the prosecution does not have the authority to take charge of Hunter-related cases, but where did the world go in principle?
In particular, if it is a sex-related case, it may have been taken as a rough-and-tumble because the political world is very fond of it.
Besides, since Alice’s juniors were complete combat hunters, it was correct to assume that she did not have the capacity to manipulate or manipulate evidence.
She lowered her head slightly and explained quietly.
“There’s a guy I dated for a while, but as soon as I broke up with him, he immediately filed a complaint for sexual assault. I didn’t even go that far with him!”
“That’s… That’s great. So, what are you curious about? Didn’t the police turn it into a false accusation case?”
“No. His statement his was mixed up, and he was found innocent because he also had a messenger app history.”
Hunters, like celebrities, are quite vulnerable to public opinion.
In fact, she was barred from her job for a considerable period of time because she was accused of sexual assault.
I looked at her and smiled at her as she seemed to have a bunch of questions.
“It’s an honor to leave Winter Kingdom’s talented lawyers alone to ask me questions.”
“Oh, no. That’s…”
“Hey. We’re still, but you’re approaching.”
“Ah… Is that so? Sorry.”
I nodded my head obediently at Alice’s question her.
In fact, it is more certain to ask a prosecutor than a lawyer.
And it is better to ask the judge than to ask the prosecutor.
‘Strictly speaking, I’m not a prosecutor, but a special investigator…’
He’s not someone else, but he’s Alice’s junior, so maybe he’ll give you a lecture.
I thought so and urged her opponent, and as if she had been waiting, her questions poured out.
“If you prosecute him for innocent crimes, how much will the sentence be if he is found guilty? I heard that sexual crimes are not properly punished…”
“Ah. That used to be true, but that’s a misunderstanding. Times have changed.”
Victims tinged with my explanation.
However, he immediately frowned at the words that followed.
“It’s not just the false accusations of sex crimes that aren’t properly punished, it’s just that the innocence itself isn’t properly punished.”
“Eek…”
Once accused, the victim’s life is driven to the brink of end.
On the other hand, the punishment for him is too light.
Alice’s junior protested against me as if it were very absurd.
It seems that she didn’t come to her preparations at all.
“But… I heard that the maximum sentence for innocence is 10 years?”
“The maximum sentence does not mean much. The sentence actually applied is important.”
What she says is just a criminal law theory.
In practice, it is appropriate to see that the maximum sentence for innocent crimes is about four years.
Usually, there are many cases that come out with a milk collection near 2 years in prison.
“Why, why is it so light?”
“Because if you hit innocence too hard, there’s a chance that reporting a crime will shrink.”
“Then… What is this case? Here, there is a case where eight years in prison were given for innocent crimes.”
Oh, did you come to this case?
Today’s students are very good at learning.
I nodded her head in satisfaction and looked over the articles she showed me on the Internet.
This is a case that I have heard of because it is quite famous.
An incident in which a religious man seduced the victim’s wife and turned the head of household into a sex offender!
But I still had to give a negative opinion.
“This incident… Was kind of a miracle.”
“A miracle?”
“Yes. How difficult it is to receive 8 years in prison for this…”
I briefly took Alice’s drink and quenched her thirst.
The victim was again surprised to see that Alice didn’t say much.
“I’ll explain it quickly, so listen carefully.”
“Yes, Neet.”
“In this case, the perpetrator posted accusations and videos on the Internet, brainwashed and mobilized the victim’s underage son, held a press conference, and swindled the victim’s property of her, and it was publicized through public broadcasting.”
I explained it at length before, but in short, it was an incident that was about the end of Gajiral.
In addition, there was not one victim, but a large-scale case involving the perpetrator’s family and villagers.
Even if you do such a thing, you can only see it as 8 years in prison…
“In addition to that, despite clear evidence, there is no sign of remorse, and if you deny the crime and make excuses to the end, you may be sentenced to 8 years in prison.”
In this case, the judgment came out harder than the prosecution had asked for.
The defender did not answer that much.
“And it’s not just that the crime of innocence was applied in the case. It involved the theft of billions of dollars in property. The wife of the victim who was innocent was sentenced to two years in prison.”
“Then eight years in prison…”
“This is the sentence received by the religious person who encouraged the victim’s wife.”
Realizing how unrealistic the sentence of eight years in prison was, Hunter was silent for a moment.
I never thought that innocence would be so difficult.
In front of her face like that, he added quickly.
“But you’re going to charge me first.”
“Oh, is that so?”
“Yes. If you prosecute first, it’s easy to inflict secondary harm. Just like the juniors suffered earlier.”
“Eh…”
When an incumbent special investigator mentions a second victim, she freezes, wondering what kind of trap it is.
Alice, too, moved by my practical advice, closed her other two eyes tightly.
“Simply leaking the facts at the respondent’s place of work is very effective…”
“That, stop! Well… Thanks to you, did you get a rough idea?”
“Yes. Thank you very much for the consultation. I will discuss the rest with the in-house lawyers.”
Alice’s junior bowed her head deeply and stood up.
I, who saw her off her, took Tia’s sandwich from her belated approach and ate it.
“It’s right after lunch, but I’m eating well.”
“Ah…”
“Well, by the way… Isn’t the sentence for innocence really too weak?”
I laughed at Alice’s words belatedly arguing.
“From the victim’s point of view, it doesn’t matter how many years it takes, it’s weak.
“Okay?”
Actually it is.
Among the powerful countries close to Korea, there is a country that applies the ‘half-accumulation rate’ to innocent crimes.
What is the half-bath rate… If a person is accused, the punishment that the accused person should have received is put on the innocent person.
Let’s explain it a little simpler.
If he had to cut off his hand because he was accused of stealing, the hand of the person who made the false report would be cut off instead.
At first glance, the half seat rate seems very refreshing and fair.
So, do the people in that country respect and trust the law?
Well… I can’t really say that.
“Even if the court sentence is strong, it is useless if the investigation and judgment are not conducted fairly. Countries that are originally a bit behind are very fond of beating their sentences hard without countermeasures. The stronger the sentences, the easier it is to abuse them.”
“Then…”
“In the end, there is only one answer.”
A thorough investigation and fair punishment.
There are no further conclusions.
Elise murmured softly with her face locked in her deep thought.
“You said that last time too? It’s a consistent opinion.”
“That’s because I’m serious. So, shall we go up soon?”
“Get me another club sandwich here! Hurry up!”
Tia heard me and made her fuss.
I grabbed him by the tail and dragged him toward the elevator.
