On June 8, the People's Procuratorate of Anfu County protested against the judgment, arguing that there was a sentencing error in the court's judgment, which led to an extremely light sentencing and obviously improper application of punishment. According to the circular of the Intermediate People's Court of Ji 'an City, Jiangxi Province, as Wu Mou is under the age of 18, according to relevant laws and regulations, the case will not be heard in public, and a fair trial will be conducted and a fair judgment will be made. China's criminal cases follow the principle of no additional punishment on appeal, that is to say, the defendant may not increase the punishment on appeal, but if the procuratorate thinks that the court's sentencing is too light, the court of second instance that lodged a protest may increase the punishment. Generally speaking, criminal cases follow the principle of no additional punishment on appeal. However, it is not only the defendant who can start the second trial procedure. As a legal supervision organ, the procuratorial organ can also appeal to the superior if it thinks that the judgment is improper.
If the procuratorate appeals because the sentence is too light, the court of second instance may increase the sentence after finding out the facts. In practice, there are two phenomena directly: first, the procuratorate holds a negative attitude towards sentencing suggestions. Many times, the procuratorate and the prosecutor in court care about and attach importance to conviction, but do not attach importance to making sentencing suggestions. Even in many cases, prosecutors don't mention sentencing suggestions at all. Even if sentencing suggestions are put forward, they are also large-scale sentencing suggestions (such as fixed-term imprisonment of more than three years and less than four years). ). As for whether the court adopts its sentencing suggestion, the procuratorate thinks that the sentencing is obviously too light and too heavy, so it will not protest, and the prosecutor hardly cares about other circumstances. The procuratorial system also failed to assess the court's adoption of sentencing recommendations. Procuratorates and prosecutors naturally don't need to take sentencing suggestions seriously, increase their workload, and even feel embarrassed and bored (because if prosecutors put forward sentencing suggestions and the courts don't adopt them, prosecutors will lose face).