In the teahouse at the entrance of Brighton's Chinatown, Zhou Ming and his bodyguard** drank tea here and chose a private seat, lawyer Allen hurriedly came in and sat down with Zhou Ming under the guidance of the waiter.

"Mr. Zhou Ming's choice of this place is really good, the tea house is the most famous feature of Chinatown, if you want to drink tea, you can only come here, and I heard that the health benefits of drinking tea are far better than drinking coffee and other drinks, three hundred years ago, tea sold in Europe more expensive than gold!"

Alan came over and first praised Zhou Ming's choice, Zhou Ming just smiled meaninglessly, although Zhou Ming knew that tea was expensive three hundred years ago because the Silk Road was blocked, and tea could not be shipped to Europe, but Zhou Ming did not say it, because they were not here to discuss this today, Zhou Ming asked Allen: "How are things going?"

"As a responsible lawyer, I think my employer should have enough trust in me. ”

Allen teased, then took out a stack of materials from his bag and handed it to Zhou Ming and said: "These are the documents signed with Wharton before, I went to Wharton with these documents before, he has agreed to withdraw his previous words, and re-incorporate the dormitory convenience store into the normal business scope of the company, and at the same time, he will also submit a protest to the government, demanding that the seizure of the dormitory convenience store be revoked immediately." ”

"This is only 3 is a stopgap measure, since Wharton can do these things once, there must be a second and third time, can we kick him out of the company, I don't want to get entangled with other people over the ownership of the company. Zhou Ming said.

"Of course, there is no problem, what Wharton has done is in fact a breach of contract, and we have reason to apply to the court for an injunction to allow Mr. Wharton to leave the company. ”

Allen said that his tone seemed very confident, but his attitude then became wavering: "But Mr. Zhou Ming, what I am worried about is the second trial in three days, because during this time my time is busy dealing with other things, and I have no preparation for the trial, I am very worried that they will respond differently, but the prosecutor's office may not be an opponent." ”

"Just do your best, because there are things we don't expect. Zhou Ming said.

As a barrister, Alan of course heard Zhou Ming's voice, so he immediately asked, "Mr. Zhou Ming, did you get any information when you said that?"

"Very important message. Zhou Ming said, took out the photo printed out from the computer and handed it to Allen.

Alan got the photo and gasped: "My God, how could such a thing happen?"

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Three days passed quickly, and on the day of the second trial of Brooke's case, Zhou Ming and Allen came to the Brighton City Courthouse again, and when the court bell rang nine o'clock, Zhou Ming and Allen followed Deputy Prosecutor Clark into the courtroom.

First of all, it was still the case statement, this time Deputy Attorney General Clark and Allen still had a tough attitude to ask Brooke to be convicted, but then when they came to Sapiro's side, the fantasy lawyer changed his last defensive position and began to take the initiative, he said to the judge: "Mr. Judge, in order to confirm the innocence of my client, I asked for the last witness to appear, and I have a few questions to ask." ”

The judge granted Sapiro's request and invited the last witness to appear in court, and the first student who was originally scheduled to appear in court was the onlookers, but Sapiro said: "Mr. Judge, with all due respect, this witness only saw the process of the riot and cannot prove that my client was involved in this incident, so I don't think there is any need for this witness to appear in court at all." ”

In light of Sapiro's arguments, the judge allowed the black brother to appear in court, with the elder brother at the front.

Sapiro walked out of the dock and came to the witness and asked him: "Is it right with Mr. Herm? Hello, I think I remember very well that you testified in the last trial that my client gave you money, that he instructed you to go to the dormitory convenience store to cause a disturbance, and that he did it because he wanted to take revenge on Zhou Ming, or that he wanted to take the opportunity to attack his competitors, right?"

The black Herm nodded yes, and Sarpi Rome asked, "Herm, can you guarantee that the testimony you just said is true and reliable?"

"Of course, I never lie in the Holy Court. Hem said.

"You once said in court that you don't have any criminal record, and you are not lying, is it also true?" asked Sapiro again.

"Of course I don't have any criminal record, I'm just a student, I can only study. Herm replied.

"Well, Hem-san, I found something very interesting in the course of my investigation. ”

Sapiro said, taking out a document from his desk and showing it to everyone, "This is a document I got from the Fenway District Police Department, which clearly records that Holm was arrested and documented for blackmailing junior students in Fenway District five years ago. ”

Sapiro handed the document to the judge and turned to Helm and asked, "Holm-san, you said that you never lie in the holy court, and you also said that you have no criminal record, which is not a lie, so how do you explain it now?"

"I didn't know there was this. Herm said subconsciously.

"I don't know? Are you trying to say that you forgot the facts of your criminal record, or do you not know that I got this from the Fenway District police department?"

Alan immediately raised his hand and said, "I object, Your Honor, I don't think that the question asked by Sapiro is directly related to the case, and I ask the witness to refuse to answer." ”

Sapiro said: "My opinion, my opinion is the opposite, and I think that the testimony of the witness on this issue has a lot to do with the case, because if the witness himself is a dishonest person, then I don't think he has any credibility in his testimony in the case. And his testimony is also decisive about whether my client is guilty or not, so this question must be answered truthfully by the witness. ”

The judge thought about the ruling for a moment: "The witness must answer the questions of the defense lawyer truthfully. ”

The black man Hem had no choice but to reply: "I was only eighteen years old at the time, I was protected by the law, and they also said that my file would be sealed, so I didn't ......"

Before Herm could finish speaking, Sapiro interrupted him and said, "I think the situation is now very clear, this witness, Mr. Herm, is not an honest man, and since he can lie about whether he has a criminal record, then we also have reason to believe that he will also lie about testifying against my client, and this lie can help him to reduce his sentence, because the sentence is not the same between the crime of being instructed and the crime of one's own subject." ”

Sapiro pointed to the document in the judge's hand and said: "Since Herm had a history of fraud before, I think it is very possible for him to get compensation from the dormitory convenience store through fraud again, so it is very likely that Herm will lie in court in order to escape or reduce his guilt." ”

The last witness to testify in court was Zyra, and this time Allen decided to strike first, he stood up and said: "Your Excellency Judge and all the jurors, Ms. Zyra is a very good teacher at Harvard University, she has no criminal record, and she has no interest in the suspect, so I think her testimony is absolutely credible." ”

Sapiro stood up unhurriedly and walked up to Zyra's side and asked her, "You are Zhou Ming's class teacher, Zyra?"

Zyra nodded and said, "Yes, but I'm not going to help him lie in court just because I'm his class leader." ”

"I do believe in Zyra-sensei on this point. Sapiro then changed his tone and asked, "But what if it's for a lover?"

"Lover, what lover?" asked Zyra, confused.

"Of course it's Zhou Ming, in fact, everyone doesn't know that this beautiful Jie La teacher, there is an improper teacher-student relationship between her and her student Zhou Ming, they are lovers. Sapiro said.

With Sapiro's words, the scene was in an uproar, not only on the hearing bench, but also on the jury's side, expressing their shock at this incident.

"I don't, Zhou Ming and I are just an ordinary teacher-student relationship, we don't have any other relationship!" Zyra defended.

Lawyer Allen also immediately stood up and said: "I object, I think the defense lawyer is maliciously speculating about the relationship between other people, and he deliberately smears Teacher Zyra and my client, I think his practice is very unprofessional ethics of lawyers, and it is also a contempt of court, I think the court should give him enough warning." ”

The judge looked at Sapiro, but before the judge could speak, Sapiro first said: "Your Excellency, I am not speculating on groundless, I have witnesses, please allow my witnesses to appear in court." ”

Then a white man was brought to court, and he testified: "I am a teacher in the economics department of Harvard Business School, and I have personally seen that Zyra and Zhou Ming have very intimate behavior, and they often date alone, I think they must be in a relationship." ”

Sapiro said: "Your Excellency Judge and jurors, I think it is now very clear that in order to help her lover convict my client, Zyra has made up a set of stories about my client privately asking Hem to blackmail the dormitory convenience store, which is a joint false accusation, and I don't think it has any ability to prove it!"

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At twelve o'clock at noon, the trial ended, Zhou Ming and Alan walked out of the courtroom, Alan opened his mobile phone and received a call, he went out and came back in five minutes, and also brought Zhou Ming a piece of information.

"Mr. Zhou Ming, this is the information that my friend who works in the court helped me get out. Alan said and opened the information and handed it to Zhou Ming, "This is a semi-public document of the judge, Judge Reggie is the presiding judge in charge of Brooke this time, I really didn't expect him to be a side member of the Brooke family, this is my negligence in my work." ”

Allen then said to Zhou Ming: "According to our Massachusetts law, although the court has a jury, the judge's influence on the verdict of the case is decisive, because if the judge is not satisfied with the jury outcome, he can also use his veto power to persuade the jury, as long as he can convince more than half of the jury members, he can change the verdict." ”

Speaking of this, Alan paused for a moment before continuing: "So the news we know is enough to reverse all the results. ”

In the end, Allen showed a wry smile: "Mr. Zhou Ming, from Wharton to the trial and now to the judge, we are passive everywhere, I'm afraid this judgment will be difficult." ”

"It doesn't matter, we have an old saying in China that the willows are dark and the flowers are bright and the village is bright, and there will always be a rainbow in the dark clouds in the past, Allen, you are the most famous lawyer in Massachusetts, you can't admit defeat so easily. Zhou Ming said.