Lao Rongzhi has been executed, and the case should be closed. However, his second brother was dissatisfied with the Supreme Court's approval and recently filed a new appeal. Recently, Lao Rongzhi's second brother publicly stated that he had entrusted lawyer Xiong Da to represent Lao Rongzhi in his appeal.
Everyone should be familiar with the name Xiong Da, he once ** Lao Rongzhi's reputation right case. Because the rumors about Lao Rongzhi on the Internet are mostly negative rumors, Xiong Da is responsible for protecting Lao Rongzhi's right to reputation.
Death row prisoners are already facing the most important test of their right to life, and it is indeed rare for them to pursue the preservation of their reputation at this time. Lao Rongzhi herself did not approve of Xiong Da's lawsuit against others, so she dismissed Xiong Da's lawyer's entrustment of her right to reputation. In a final meeting with the family, she said she did not want to sue anyone, believing that there was no point in doing so.
In his appeal, Law's brother, who claimed to be a Vietnam veteran, argued that his sister's case had been wronged, and pointed out that the lawyer he had appointed in the first trial had not participated in the defense, and that he was also very dissatisfied with the lawyer he had appointed during the death penalty review.
He said: "We are extremely angry at the legal aid lawyer who forcibly intervened in the first trial and did not communicate with the family, and we are very dissatisfied with the fact that the lawyer admitted in his defense statement in the death penalty review stage a large number of things that Lao Rongzhi himself did not admit. The family was also very angry and dissatisfied with the lawyer's refusal to give witness statements from other lawyers. Lo Rongzhi's second brother said that he believed that the testimony of the new witness was in line with Lo Rongzhi's personality and historical background, and that the witness knew about Lo Rongzhi's hidden characteristics. At their last meeting with Lo Rongzhi, the family also learned that Lo Rongzhi knew the witness, so they believed the witness's testimony and were very dissatisfied that the two lawyers did not accept it.
The lawyers for the death penalty review phase of Lo Rongzhi are Wu Danhong and Liu Changsong, two law professors. Wu Danhong and her assistant were defense lawyers in the second trial, and their defense was satisfactory to Lao Rongzhi's family. However, at the stage of the death penalty review, Liu Changsong's defense that Lao Rongzhi bought the refrigerator made the family unhappy, because Lao Rongzhi did not admit that he had purchased the refrigerator.
Neither Liu Changsong nor Wu Danhong accepted the testimony of the new witnesses found by Xiong Da, but included them in their defenses.
Lawyer Xiong Da found the new witness, but he did not disclose the witness to the two criminal defense lawyers of Lao Rongzhi. The family had asked Mr. Ng to meet with Mr. Lo to verify the witnesses, but Mr. Ng said in a recorded call that he did not believe the testimony and therefore did not consider it necessary. Therefore, Wu Danhong did not go to the meeting, and then said in the live broadcast room that he had not heard about the new witnesses. She also told Lao Rongzhi's brother that during the death penalty review stage, the family's leading lawyers were not herself, but Liu Changsong and Xiong Da.
Lao Rongzhi's family and three lawyers, Wu Danhong, Liu Changsong and Xiong Da, continued to blame each other after the death penalty review. Lo's family accused Wu Danhong and Liu Changsong of failing to do their job, while the two lawyers accused Xiong Da of misleading and participating in the family for personal fame. At the same time, Wu Danhong also criticized the family for not upholding their own opinions during the death penalty review stage.
Several of Lo Rongzhi's lawyers were volunteers, and the family only paid for the travel expenses. Before the results of the death penalty review came out, Wu Danhong and Liu Changsong were indeed trusted lawyers and were entrusted by many clients, but with the execution of Lao Rongzhi, the family showed dissatisfaction, and the two lawyers also suffered fame and fortune.