What's wrong with this lawyer?!

It's just that... we can't meet in person, that's all. "Never mind how the person got here; just say if they came or not!" Because Ding Yongqiang was a major offender, and the kind that could be sentenced to death, the detention of such prisoners was particularly stringent, with many detention centers holding them in solitary confinement. At this moment, Lv Zhizhang was sitting inside the detention center, his face expressionless. A few days ago, he was still a famous lawyer, a well-known criminal defense attorney within the industry. Yet, in just a moment, he had become a prisoner beneath the steps, a change so swift that he still felt it was somewhat unreal. How did I end up in here... Actually, his performance while sitting on the seat of regret was not bad, much better than those fellow lawyers who had been detained before him. Most of what he said was also in his own favor. For instance, regarding the point of having witnesses change their testimony, his statement was that he had not asked the witness to change their testimony, but merely to express the testimony they had initially omitted. Moreover, he had not asked the witness to contradict the facts, because the witness indeed had said on their own that they felt Ding Yongqiang's behavior was not quite normal at the time. In this respect, his performance was much better than that of Zhang Wei. However, these days, the public security organs place little weight on confessions, and telephone recordings hold much more proving power than his personal statement. But if it were just the telephone recordings, they wouldn't have arrested him so quickly. The police had been able to act quickly mainly because Ding Deshui's wife had confessed too fast... Indeed, on the second day after Lv Zhizhang was arrested, she too was summoned. After she went in and sat on the chair, there was no hesitation. Even before the interrogating police officer could speak, she had already spilled everything. Including how Lv Zhizhang had implied she could give some benefits to that witness... It was indeed an implication, with no recording or any other evidence, but Ding Deshui's wife was a witness herself. She was let go the same day she went in, although both the crime of obstructing testimony and the crime of defense counsel obstructing testimony are theoretically action-based crimes, in practice the latter is clearly more strictly enforced! Ordinary people, as long as they don't go too far and don't materially affect the criminal prosecution, such as causing a guilty verdict to be wrongfully acquitted, create troublesome situations for the judicial authorities. If you give them trouble, they will, of course, deal with you! Normally, if the litigation isn't affected, they would just give a warning or, at most, detain you for a few days, impose a fine, etc. But when a defense attorney commits this crime, especially when a lawyer commits a crime, the response is uniformly severe! Lawyers naturally feel this is unfair, and in 2006, some lawyer representatives even proposed abolishing Article 306 of the Criminal Code—the crime of defense counsel perjury. Everybody could just follow Article 307, the crime of obstructing testimony. There's no need for a separate crime of defense counsel obstructing testimony—it's redundant... Of course, it didn't succeed, and there were also voices saying that lawyers are different from other professions. Lawyers can issue investigative orders to look up other people's information. Can ordinary people do that? No. Lawyers can meet the suspect during the investigation stage with documentation like the double certification and the law firm's special introduction letter. Can ordinary people do that? Keep in mind that, during the investigation stage, the only people who can see the suspect, apart from case officers, are lawyers, making the legal profession truly special. So, after she had told everything, Ding Deshui's wife was released. Then it was Big Sister's turn, and her confession was even clearer, having once worked with Old Tang on rights defense, she became extra cautious in everything she did. Not to mention the phone call recording, the convenience store surveillance also had audio recording equipment. The conversation where Ding Deshui's wife came to her suggesting some benefits could be arranged was recorded loud and clear. So, after back-and-forth evidence gathering, the case became very solid, something even the police themselves did not expect to resolve so smoothly. Now, whatever Lv Zhizhang said didn't matter anymore; they could proceed with the case without any confession from him! In the midst of the intense online discussions, three days passed in a flash, and Ding Yongqiang finally got to meet with a lawyer. However, the first sentence from the unfamiliar lawyer left him stunned. "You mean, Lawyer Lv also... also got locked up?" The lawyer opposite nodded and said, "Yes, he got locked up too, because of your case." Ding Yongqiang's eyes widened in disbelief for a long time before he finally said, "Lawyer Lv... is truly dedicated." That was indeed true dedication. A lawyer who gets himself imprisoned for the sake of a case—how could that not be considered dedication? Some people online even speculated whether Lawyer Lv had done this on purpose, maybe to contrast with Old Tang's "reckless dedication" to his cases. Otherwise, it made no sense for such a well-known criminal defense attorney to make such a basic mistake... The expression on the lawyer's face was uncertain, whether to cry or to laugh. At Dafeng Law Firm, Old Han was looking at the online reports, his brows furrowed beyond recognition. He had thought that if Tengda couldn't handle it, then he would take over. In the future, let Tengda dine at the kids' table. But what he had in mind was to pull some strings and have the Lawyers Association punish Lv Zhizhang! Getting him to stop practicing for a while would have been enough, but when Tengda took action, it was a full-on assault. A lawyer intentionally committing a crime could result in the revocation of their professional qualification, and they would never be able to work as a lawyer again.