However, it is precisely because of this feature that there are not a few unscrupulous lawyers who take advantage of their profession to exploit legal loopholes. One of the most famous is Jiang, a lawyer who once defended the Japanese Class A war criminals who invaded China.
Jiang 1898 was born in a family of lawyers, and his father was also a famous lawyer, so Jiang was also influenced to embark on this road. He is talented and has excellent grades. He studied in many famous schools such as St. John's University, Fudan University and Soochow University. He holds a bachelor's degree in literature and law. After graduation, he worked as a lawyer in the Shanghai Concession.
In the first half of his career, he served as vice president of Fudan University for defending patriotic students, and was awarded an honorary doctorate in law by Fudan University, and was regarded as a "golden lawyer". However, with his growing fame, Jiang began to take a completely different path from his honest father all his life. For money, he can talk nonsense, ignore the facts, and even forge false certificates to defend guilty people. Okamura Ningji is one of his biggest clients.
Okamura Ningji was the supreme commander of the Japanese invaders in North China. During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he not only brutally "mopped up" the China army, but also massacred civilians in North China. His crimes are numerous. After the Japanese defeat and surrender, Okamura Ningji was regarded as a first-class war criminal and needed to be tried by the court.
In order to avoid guilt, he targeted the gold medal lawyer Jiang and asked him to defend himself. We don't know what kind of agreement they have reached, and we don't know how much benefit they have given Jiang. In short, Jiang finally agreed to the defense's request and stood on the bench of the defense lawyer in the military court.
1949 65438+1On October 26th, Okamura Ningji was escorted to the Shanghai Military Court. In court, Jiang has already prepared a set of rhetoric. He fabricated a series of "good deeds" that Okamura Ningji did for the people of China during the war, regardless of his status as a Class A war criminal in Okamura Ningji. During this period, the sound of sobbing and ridicule kept coming from the gallery, and Jiang was indifferent.
It is the duty of a lawyer to defend his client. As long as it is a fact within the scope of reason and law, he can say whatever he wants, because it is his duty as a lawyer. However, in order to save an aggressive war criminal who slaughtered countless soldiers and civilians in China, Jiang ignored the facts and fabricated perjury. This move is really chilling. Even Jiang's father tried to dissuade his son from crying after his failure, which shows how heartless he is.
Finally, thanks to Jiang's "efforts", Class A war criminals who invaded China were acquitted by the court and returned to Japan four days later. I am very grateful to Jiang in my memoirs, saying that his kindness is "eternal". Later, Jiang He moved to Taiwan Province Province, and their contact has never been interrupted. 196 1 year, and specially visited Chiang's residence in Taipei.
Finally, he died at the age of 82 in 1966, while Jiang died at the age of 73 in 197 1 year. This "transnational friendship" can be said to be full of irony, but also full of the true bitterness and helplessness of human nature under the background of the times.