"Up, you're truly something else! All these old folks and the ones selling melons got locked up! Almost two hundred people!"
A few minutes later, Qing Lan sent another piece of uplifting news. Her joy was evident from her words.
"Don't celebrate too early," Qin Mu thought for a moment and texted back. "After the medical evaluations, those unfit for detention will still await trial out of custody. Moreover, even if they are prosecuted, because there are so many elderly individuals, they are likely to receive suspended sentences."
Before a trial, suspects are usually held in detention centers. However, these centers don't have special sections for the elderly and infirm. To avoid unnecessary complications, some elderly individuals with health problems are not detained. As for sentencing, the court will consider the overall situation and public opinion, making it unlikely for them to impose overly harsh punishments on a group of seventy-to-eighty-year-olds.
