The movie "Article 20" is based on real events and tells the story of a group of law students who discover an unjust case that has been sealed for many years during their internship and seek justice for the parties. The film sparked an enthusiastic response after its release, with co-screenwriter Wang Tianyi's ingenious use of the law highly praised.
Awaken the sleeping law.
Article 20, the unjust case discovered by law students stems from a traffic accident. The driver of the accident escaped, resulting in the death of three members of the victim's family. However, due to insufficient evidence, the case could not be solved, and the case was eventually closed.
Years later, law students revisited the case during their internships. They found that Article 20 of the Criminal Law, a little-known law at that time, stipulated that "a person who clearly knows that his or her actions will have a result harmful to society, and hopes or allows such a result to occur, and thus constitutes a crime, shall be punished as an intentional crime."
The significance of this law is that even if the driver did not directly and intentionally kill the victim, he could still be held criminally liable for the crime of intentional homicide because he knew that his escape would lead to the death of the victim and allowed this to happen.
Take the law as the **.
The law students realized that Article 20 of the Criminal Code was tailor-made for this unjust case. They decided to use this law to bring justice to the victims' families.
In the film, Wang Tianyi skillfully uses Article 20 of the Criminal Law to construct an interlocking chain of legal reasoning. Through careful analysis of the evidence and in-depth interpretation of the law, the students restored the truth of the case step by step, and finally brought the driver to justice.
Wang Tianyi said that his original intention in creating Article 20 was to awaken the sleeping laws and let the laws truly play their due role. In his view, article 20 of the Criminal Code was a very important legal provision that could bridge the gap between intentional and negligent crimes and prevent criminals from going unpunished.
The temperature of the law.
Article 20 is not only a wonderful suspense film, but also a legal film with temperature. The film conveys the warmth and power of the law through the story of law students seeking justice for unjust cases.
Wang Tianyi said that he hopes that through this film, more people will understand the law, believe in the law, and use the law to protect their legitimate rights and interests. He believes that the law should not be a dead letter, but a sharp sword to protect justice and punish **.
The successful release of Article 20 proves the great potential of realistic films. The film was not only an artistic success, but also aroused widespread discussion in society and promoted the awareness of the rule of law.