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The first day of the trial ended, and the court announced another hearing to be held in three days. The journalists in the audience were the first to release trial updates.
This case is practically of national interest.
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Those keywords successfully pushed this case into the spotlight.
There are even voices online suggesting legislation to prevent hotels (including guesthouses, inns) from privately providing accommodations to minors -- an issue that has been repeatedly banned but persists.
Netizens are eagerly discussing online, while parents who have experienced their minor children renting rooms or contemplating suicide due to young love, emotionally accuse the guesthouses of irresponsibility.
However, public opinion is just that; the law is based on rationale and evidence.
But the power of social opinion also led the judge and jurors to consider factors beyond legal reasoning when deliberating on the verdict of this case.
