「Ten minutes later.」
A series of evidence was presented to the collegial panel. At the same time, copies of this evidence were also handed over to Meng Lei by the court enforcement personnel. This stage was for presenting and challenging the evidence. As the defendant, Meng Lei had the right to question these pieces of evidence.
In the courtroom, the Judgment Chief, having reviewed the evidence, asked solemnly, "Defendant party, do you have any objection to this evidence?"
He referred to Meng Lei's side as the "defendant party," not the "accused." Generally speaking, only in a criminal case of public prosecution can the defendant party be called the "accused." In civil cases, as well as private prosecution criminal cases, the defendant party should not be called the "accused." The term "accused" corresponds to the public prosecutor and refers to a confirmed suspect in a criminal offense.
