Chapter 276 The Road Ahead Is Long and Arduous

"In the past, Azkaban has always been talked about by wizards. Because of the dementors, more than 50% of the criminals were unable to escape from Azkaban alive, and the criminals who were released from prison were basically It’s not good to all die within a year.”

Under the stunned and slightly dull eyes of everyone, Bernard smiled and recounted:

"Penalty should not only make people fearful. Although it can reduce crime, after all, anyone can make mistakes. Such a high mortality rate can easily make criminals have a mentality of breaking the jar. At the same time, punishment should also make prisoners realize that Give them a chance to correct their mistakes.”

Bernard's words were impassioned, but everyone's attention was obviously still on what he said before.

"Wait a minute... Mr. Bernard, how do you allow the prisoner to fully accept a thousand-year sentence?"

The one who spoke was still the wizard who asked the question.

"With our efforts, the new Azkaban bids farewell to the darkness of the past, cancels the setting of dementors as jailers, and instead uses magic...the magic of time."

Bernard looked at him and smiled proudly:

"With the technical support of an unnamed friend, each cell in the new Azkaban is equipped with time magic. The prisoners will spend corresponding time in it according to their respective sentences, and until the sentence is When it ends, the outside world will only pass for 24 hours at most.”

"Is this really possible? That's the magic of controlling time."

The wizard frowned and murmured:

"And even if it can be done, won't the prisoner die of old age?"

"No, no, no, during this process, the time in the cell will be constantly reset. During this process, the prisoner's body will only spend a maximum of 24 hours. Even if he commits suicide, he will come back to life immediately. Only the prisoner's consciousness will not be affected. You can clearly feel how long you have been in the cell.”

Bernard snapped his fingers:

“In order to prevent prisoners from developing mental problems in repeated and long periods of loneliness, New Azkaban has also thoughtfully prepared some corresponding measures to ensure that prisoners can still maintain a clear mind even if they spend thousands of years in a cage. "

Hiss - considerate, so considerate!

The employees of the Ministry of Magic below felt chills in their hearts, and couldn't help but wonder how crazy the person who provided technical support was.

This is the kind of person who should be imprisoned in the new Azkaban!

No, the guy speaking now should be imprisoned too!

"During this process, prisoners need to complete corresponding labor exercises every day, learn legal provisions, and have enough time in their spare time to confess their crimes. If they perform well, their sentences will be reduced and paroled, and if they perform poorly, they will receive additional sentences."

Bernard's face was filled with a warm and sunny smile:

"Under this premise, for example, the prisoner in the example mentioned before needs to make a choice whether to accept the death penalty after accepting a fixed-term prison sentence of 4,785 years and possible additional sentences, or to obtain a commutation of his sentence through good performance. And parole, that’s what this example is all about.”

"Gudong——"

Everyone looked at the smile on his face and couldn't help but lower their eyes to avoid looking at him.

This man is a devil!

But putting aside the creepy feeling of being a prisoner, everyone can't help but sigh at the effectiveness of these laws.

In fact, there has always been a troubling point in the ruling on punishment. If the sentence is too low, the prisoner will not feel pain or pain; if the sentence is too high, the prisoner will break the jar. Penalties that are beyond the scope of tolerance, such as a fixed-term imprisonment of more than 200 years, are basically all is invalid.

Therefore, those really vicious criminals often don't care about doing more bad things. In the end, all we can do is let the dementors entertain them.

But in this law, every penalty will be implemented in place, and no penalty will be wasted.

In this way, even prisoners who have killed someone must consider whether it is worth sitting in an uncapped prison cell for at least a few days before execution for some minor crimes.

Looking at it this way, those punishments that directly involve death are simply lenient!

Everyone couldn't help but take another look at those crimes that could directly lead to the death penalty, and then sighed with regret.

Those crimes that carry the death penalty, such as malicious homicide, will also carry a fixed-term prison sentence starting from five hundred years. This is if the other party immediately surrenders to the Ministry of Magic after killing someone to seek sentencing.

Want to get stuck in this bug?

Doesn't exist!

After spending so much time asking Adam to build the prison of his dreams, how could Bernard leave such a shortcut that could solve the problem in one go?

As a punishment for taking a life, criminals sentenced to death can also enjoy the close care of the Ministry of Magic's new warden - Ghost Mosquito during their detention.

It can only be said that prisoners who are not well-educated and want to get stuck will be very lucky in the future~

"Any other questions?"

Bernard smiled and looked at everyone at the conference table. As a result, everyone he saw lowered their heads and shook their heads desperately.

"So……"

Bernard looked at Eugene, who took over the conversation clearly:

"This meeting is over. The trial of the Death Eaters will begin in the afternoon. If you are interested, you can attend the trial."

Although from the inner thoughts, everyone wanted to say that they would not go.

But this was the first trial after the implementation of the new law, and it also changed the previous way of voting by raising hands in the Wizengamot, so everyone still came to the scene in the afternoon with their noses pinched.

The original Wizengamot meeting room is now a court. Bernard, who used to speak generously in the meeting room, wore the clothes that symbolized the presiding judge and sat in the chief seat.

Two wizards who were originally members of the Wizengamot sat on both sides of Bernard as judges. They are respected scholars in the wizarding world, and they are also two of the members of the Wizengamot who have a close relationship with Eugene.

"Bang——"

After knocking the hammer, Bernard looked at the people below.

Although it was the first time to participate in this form of trial, many wizards were a little uncomfortable, and they couldn't even find their place at the beginning, but they began to look like they were doing it.

When I was a child, my long-term dream was to become a great lawyer like my parents, but I didn't expect that I would become the presiding judge in one step.

Oh no... it should be the chief justice?

Bernard's mind was full of thoughts, but he remained serious on the surface, and said in a cold voice:

"The first trial of the Death Eaters will begin now!"

It is somewhat ironic that the Death Eaters under Voldemort this time are much fewer in number than those under Voldemort back then because of the encirclement and suppression from many sides.

But the number of people who need to go through the trial in the end is much more than the previous time. Due to the current shortage of manpower in the Ministry of Magic in the judicial field, the trial even needs to be conducted in batches.

You should know that some of the Death Eaters have even postponed the trial because they need to be further determined in biological classification!

It is a long and arduous task to establish a real judicial system in the wizarding world.

What did Adam say...

Bernard looked at the Death Eaters brought up by two bailiffs with a cold and firm look.

The road is long and arduous, and I will search up and down.