Chapter 850: Justice cannot be desecrated.
Chapter 833: Judicial Justice Cannot Be Desecrated
Facts once again proved that the butcher’s knife could not necessarily solve the problem, but it could definitely solve the person who created the problem.
Since the Vienna government went on a killing spree, the forces resisting the government’s investigation declined all of a sudden. In contrast, the number of people who turned themselves in to the investigation team suddenly increased.
Even the problem of the security of the members of the investigation team, which had been doubly disturbed, had been solved at once, and the assassins seemed to have all disappeared overnight.
The shocking reversal left Franz dumbfounded. Hoping to engage in this half year of time, the so-called toughness was all hardened. Seeing that the government refused to budge, one by one, they wimped out.
Come to think of it, although there were many people involved, there were very few real powerhouses.
Needless to say, most of the emerging nobles made their fortunes during the war, and their roots are in the military, as well as a small number of capitalists who have transformed.
The time to make a fortune was short, and there was no time to operate in the government, and now they were in the accumulation stage, with very few in positions of power.
The premise of power and money transactions is to be in power first, not enough power in the hands, naturally fewer will be dragged down.
The old aristocracy can survive naturally has its own way of survival, in addition to a few fools, most know to pay attention to the appearance of food, know when to stop.
Even if it is to play the transfer of benefits, people are also a one-time deal, do not do the business of repeat customers.
Immediately after the end of the matter to clean up the head and tail, destroy the relevant clues, the surface simply can not find evidence.
Occasionally a power and money transactions, can be said to be an accidental coincidence, the real will be suspected, in fact, or long-term cooperation, officials repeatedly for a person or a company to break the routine.
If there is really no sign at all, even if the government wants to investigate, it does not know where to start.
Even the capitalist who pays the money does not necessarily know the real identity of the collaborator, the transaction is carried out through intermediaries.
This can be seen from the list of people involved in the case, most of the officials caught in the net are middle class, grassroots, and part of the fallen nobles, emerging nobles and old nobles are a minority.
The biggest powerhouses had stayed out of the way when the anti-corruption case kicked off, and the rest naturally couldn’t make a big wave.
Those who dared to resist the investigation were simply unable to feel the pulse of the government and were holding on to their luck. When the government raised the butcher’s knife, they were dumbfounded.
If they continue to carry on, they will have no choice but to revolt. This kind of high-risk, low-reward work is obviously not suitable for these owners of families and businesses.
This can also be seen from the many assassinations that took place earlier.
The assassins all failed to even reach the amateur level, and instead of being assassins, they were more like middle-aged teenagers.
There were no modern stabbing tools, and many of them rushed forward with a fruit knife, the threatening warning obviously higher than the stabbing itself.
After all, if you really kill the investigation team officials, it is not a question of corruption and imprisonment, but to lose your head.
It doesn’t matter what your identity is, how hard your backstage is, if you violate the rules of the game, you have to pay the price in blood.
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Franz asked suspiciously, “Do we have to execute so many people?”
It wasn’t that he was fussing, executing thousands of people at a time in a time of peace was appalling enough in itself.
In fact, the thousand that the Vienna government had previously executed had caused a sensation, claiming to be the largest execution in Europe in the last decade.
This is not a joke, after the suppression of the Paris revolution, the French government in the fall to settle scores in the execution of prisoners are not so many, only a dozen years ago Alexander II carried out the Great Purge, the number of executions more than a thousand.
Now there are more than five thousand people to be executed, if this is accomplished, it is estimated that this is a world record that has never been seen before and will never be seen again.
Of course, this is a prerequisite – “anti-corruption” and “tried in a court of law”.
Prime Minister Karl replied affirmatively, “Yes, Your Majesty! According to the Imperial Criminal Code, all 5,316 of these people should be sentenced to death.
There are also another 4,328 people who fall into the category of those who can be sentenced to death and those who can be sentenced to life imprisonment.”
Prime Minister Karl was also helpless, the evidence had all been found, there was no need to specifically target these guys to send them to the guillotine.
Before the Vienna government is a dilemma, kill all the impact is too big, the execution of a thousand people in front of it has caused a sensation in the European world.
And then click off more than 5,000 people, or simply make up 10,000 people, then the international public opinion shall not explode, the mouth of the party in any world is not in short supply.
Showing mercy is equally unacceptable, it involves the dignity of the law. The evidence is in front of the eyes are not dealt with, after setting this precedent, who knows what impact it will have on the future?
Reduced sentences exist, the problem is that these guys are not enough ah! Can’t have the Emperor use his privileges to commute these people’s sentences, right?
Rubbing his forehead, Franz could only sigh at the number of scum in Austria, easily catching so many criminals.
Franz pursued, “What are the identities of these people?”
Prime Minister Karl: “Among this group of felons, more than 5,000 of them have triad backgrounds, most of them are gang leaders and fighters, and all of them have murder cases on them.
They are mainly engaged in collecting protection fees, underground casinos, loan-sharking, drug trafficking, counterfeit money and other criminal violations.
Another 3,000 or so are capitalist-raised thugs, nearly half of whom also have triad backgrounds and are engaged in similar businesses, except that there is one more suppression of workers’ strikes, and fewer protection fees and drug counterfeiting.
The number of capitalists and officials who need to be sentenced to death is actually not too large, adding up to less than a thousand, with slightly more capitalists and actually less than a hundred officials involved in serious cases.”
This result, did not surprise Franz.
As long as a triad member had a murder on his hands, he basically couldn’t get away with it. Even if it was an accident, after all, other charges would have to be added up.
The Austrian government had always punished these people severely. They were the scum of society anyway, and there was no need to worry about manslaughter.
In contrast, the capitalists and officials involved in the case, even if they had problems, they were mostly economic problems, or involved in gangs, and very few of them carried a direct hit on their bodies.
There are so many capitalists and officials who have to lose their heads, most probably because they have hooked up too deeply with the triads, and are legally liable for being piggybacked together.
As for whether someone will lose his head because of the huge amount of embezzlement, Franz can answer with certainty: no!
The Anti-Corruption Bureau and the police are not idle, there are too many industries to cover up.
Huge amounts of unidentified sources of property are themselves fireflies in the night, and it’s hard not to be watched.
Everyone knows that Austrian officials take money and don’t do anything, even if it’s legal, ordinary people simply don’t dare to give bribes.
Even if someone gives you a gift, you have to first consider whether you have encountered fishing law enforcement, this kind of thing anti-corruption bureau but often do.
Corruption and bribery, but also only from a few reliable people to jerk wool, and how much oil can be squeezed out?
After carefully calculating, Franz found that it seems that keeping these people, in addition to adding trouble to themselves, there is no value.
As for the international public opinion, if you like to say, go ahead, in any case, the mouth is long in the body, simply can not stop.
Even if more criminals are executed, no one will really come over to criticize, these days there is no one who dares to interfere in Austria’s internal affairs.
“Justice is not to be desecrated, this time we will use these people to show the outside world that our determination to maintain justice.
Let’s make up a whole number, that will be more deterrent. It’s just right to let this matter become a benchmark for Austrian law.”
Hearing the word “benchmark”, let Prime Minister Karl originally prepared words swallowed back, judicial justice is also need blood to cast.
This is the opposite of the law is not responsible for the public. Today, because of the number of people involved in the case of mercy, then the deterrent effect of the law will be greatly reduced, and more similar incidents will occur in the future.
Instead of laying hidden dangers for the future, it is better to cut the Gordian knot now. Anyway, there is no use for these people to stay, and there is no shortage of labor in Austria now.
“Yes, Your Majesty!” Prime Minister Karl replied cautiously
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(End of chapter)