Chapter 96: Protective Confinement
"Wait," Xiao Yao waved his hand and asked the female lawyer, "I want to ask you first what you mean by refusing bail." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"That's right," the lawyer explained, "because the prima facie evidence has now formed a complete chain of evidence, the district attorney thinks that the prosecution of Miss Sun can be filed, and the judge has approved it." Now that she is in the preparatory stage for the trial, she will not be able to come out and will be locked up in prison to await the court hearing. Because the prosecutor was charging with murder and believed that the potential harm to society would be great if she went out, he denied my bail request. ”
"Damn!" Xiao Yao bounced up from the sofa and said, "Prison, how can it be so fast, tease me, right?"
"Mr. Xiao, don't get excited," the female lawyer motioned for Xiao Yao to sit down, and continued, "Generally, the time between the filing of the prosecution and the opening of the court is not short, and we still have time." As long as we find a hole in their chain of evidence during this time, or the police discover new evidence, or a new suspect emerges, we all have the opportunity to ask the prosecutor to drop the charge. However, during this time, I can only temporarily wronged Miss Sun. ”
"I don't want her to stay in jail, even for a day. Xiao Yao clenched his fists and shouted.
What kind of environment Sun Tingting has grown up in over the years, no one knows better than Xiao Yao. He really couldn't imagine what Sun Tingting would be like in prison, even if she was finally proven innocent, then the days inside could cause irreparable psychological and even physical damage to her.
Although he has never been in prison, the descriptions of prison in countless film and television works about prison in his past and present lives make Xiao Yao shudder when he imagines Sun Tingting in that kind of environment. If he could, Xiao Yao really wanted to go to prison instead of Sun Tingting. After all, she has practiced martial arts, and where there are no firearms, Xiao Yao is confident that she will not suffer, while Sun Tingting has practiced dancing, and her figure and appearance will only make her more likely to become the target of bullying by others there. At this moment, Xiao Yao even had an urge to rob the prison.
"Young, calm down. The way you are now won't help Tiana. Zhou Jingyi looked at Xiao Yao, who was excited, stretched out a hand, pressed one of Xiao Yao's shoulders and said. Although Samion, who was sitting on the other side of Xiao Yao, did not speak, he also stretched out a hand and pressed Xiao Yao's other shoulder, obviously the same as Zhou Jingyi.
"Huh~" Xiao Yao took a deep breath, turned his head to look at the female lawyer and said, "Ms. Quinn, if she can't be released on bail, then is there a way to separate her from the other prisoners in the prison, such as solitary confinement or something?"
"Unlikely," the female lawyer shook her head, "solitary confinement is provided to prisoners who have broken the law and have reached an agreement with the prosecutor or the police to become tainted witnesses after being arrested, in order to protect them from retaliation, and it is protective custody." We have no evidence that Ms. Sun may have been subjected to retaliatory harm in prison. I know what you're worried about, but certain prison cultures are not on the radar of the police and prosecutors, and that's something that all inmates face. ”
"Your girlfriend is not you, and none of the robbers on the run pose a potential security threat to her. Tim Haggis also interjected.
"Why not?" Xiao Yao's heart moved, and he immediately took out his mobile phone and operated it. After Sun Tingting arrived in the United States, she registered a popular American social software account similar to Twitter in her previous life, and Xiao Yao also registered a mutual fan after knowing it. Xiao Yao quickly opened the software called FreeSpeak, found Sun Tingting's account homepage from his account, and found it among her fans and followers. Soon, Xiao Yao found the three classmates and friends of Sun Tingting he had met this morning through the avatar, and entered their homepages one by one to check them out. Finally, on Gina's homepage, Xiao Yao found what he needed.
Xiao Yao handed the mobile phone in his hand to the female lawyer and said, "Ms. Quinn, take a look at this." I wonder if this can be used as a basis for applying for protective custody for my girlfriend?"
"What is this?" the female lawyer took the phone and looked at Xiao Yao with some suspicion.
"This is a video in which the one who plays the guitar is me, and the one who kisses me is my girlfriend. Xiao Yao explained, "Look at the text of this FS forward: Tiana Sun's boyfriend specially flew from Huaxia to the United States to see her, she is good-looking and can play the guitar, these are not important, the important thing is the latter sentence, I have subdued the robbers on the plane, and I really envy this girl who plays the violin." Do you know about last night's plane robbery? The person who subdued the robber was me, and now there is a suspect at large, and the FBI thinks she might retaliate against me, so they arranged for someone to protect me. Here is my girlfriend's name, some say she plays the violin, and the publisher's profile also says that Chambers is a student, with a school, a major, and a name, as long as you have the heart to look up, you can know that my girlfriend has been arrested. The escaped robber could have taken revenge on me by hurting my girlfriend. Of course, it's unlikely that she'll sneak into the prison herself, but you can't rule out the possibility that she'd pay other inmates in the prison? Although I know it's very unlikely, isn't a good lawyer just trying to get his clients' interests on the basis of the slightest possibility? Isn't that enough for you to file a case with the police for protective custody for my girlfriend?"
"Oh my God!" several people looked at Xiao Yao in surprise.
Tim Haggis, a professional police officer, was the most surprised, and he couldn't help but exclaim in his heart: "To think of such a solution in such a short time, this guy reacts too quickly, right?
"Is what you said true? You are now under threat to your personal safety?" the female lawyer who watched the video confirmed to Xiao Yao, "If it is true, I can really use this reason to help Miss Sun fight for protective custody." In the video, both of them showed their faces, and they could see it clearly.
"Of course it's true. Xiao Yao pointed at Tim Haggis and said, "This is the FBI Haggis agent, he is responsible for protecting my safety, and he can help me testify." ”
"Yes, what Jan said is true. Seeing the female lawyer look at him, Tim Haggis pulled out his FBI agent badge and lit up, nodding to the female lawyer.
"Okay, you wait for me a little longer, I'll go to the district attorney right now to negotiate, if it goes well, Miss Sun won't even have to wait for the police station's detention room tonight." The lawyer got up, looked at Tim Haggis again, and said, "Mr. Detective, can you come with me? I need you to help me explain and prove to the district attorney." ”
Tim Haggis looked at Xiao Yao with some hesitation. His task is to protect Xiao Yao, and he doesn't dare to stay away from Xiao Yao.
Xiao Yao saw Tim Haggis's concern, and immediately raised his hands and said, "I promise, until you come back, I will stay here and will not go anywhere." This is the police station, there are police officers everywhere, and Mary wouldn't be bold enough to rush here and hurt me. Then, Xiao Yao folded his hands and begged Tim Haggis, "Please, Tim, help me with this!"
"Okay. Tim Haggis nodded, turned and went out with the female lawyer.
After about half an hour, the lawyer, Veronica Quinn, returned with Tim Haggis on her face on her face. As soon as she entered the lounge, the female lawyer said to Xiao Yao: "The prosecutor has agreed, and the NYPD will place Miss Sun in protective custody." While waiting for the trial, Ms. Sun will not have to go to jail and will be arranged to stay in a safe house of the police until the trial!"
"Thank you, Ms. Quinn!" Xiao Yao immediately stood up, shook the female lawyer's hand gratefully, and said, "Thank you so much!"
"You're welcome, and it's not my credit alone, Agent Haggis has helped. The female lawyer laughed, "Agent Haggis said that the case of the plane robbery involved many foreign passengers, and the social impact was very large, and they must not allow the girlfriend of the hero who saved the lives of many foreign passengers on the plane to be harmed in any way." If this happens, it is likely to be reported by foreign media that are concerned about the case. At that time, no police agency could afford to withstand that kind of public opinion pressure. If the NYPD doesn't agree, the FBI will send someone to take over and guarantee that Miss Sun will be sent to court at the time of the trial. Probably not wanting the FBI to rob them of their case and the prisoner, so the district attorney and the NYPD agreed. ”
"Tim, thank you. I owe you once. Xiao Yao looked at Tim Haggis gratefully.
"You're welcome. Tim Haggis smiled politely and waved his hand, "Didn't you help me last night?"
The female lawyer said to Xiao Yao again, "The NYPD agreed to protective custody and arranged a safe house for Miss Sun to prevent her from being harmed because of you." Since they are responsible for Miss Sun's safety, then they will keep the location of Miss Sun's safe house secret, so you won't be able to see Miss Sun during this time, which is something I can't change. Now Miss Sun is already on her way to the safe house, she knows that I was invited by you, and I also quietly told her that you are worried about her safety in prison, so you tried to help her win protective confinement, so she also expressed her understanding of the fact that you could not see each other during this time. ”
"It's okay," Xiao Yao nodded in acceptance, "as long as she won't be hurt, I can not meet her during this time." ”
"Okay, now that Miss Sun's safety problem has been solved, there is no need for us to continue to stay here. Why don't you go to the office of my law firm and study the case information at hand to see if there is any way to help Miss Sun clear her name. The female lawyer suggested to Xiao Yao.
Through the performance just now, the female lawyer thought that Xiao Yao's reaction was very fast and very thoughtful, maybe it would be helpful to her in this case, so her attitude towards him changed from informing him at the beginning to inviting him to study and negotiate together.
"Okay. Xiao Yao stood up and said to Zhou Jingyi and Sami beside him, "Kim, Sammy, you go back first, and Ms. Quinn and I will go to the law firm to study this case." ”
"You're alone? We're worried about you. Zhou Jingyi said uneasily, "And Tiana is also our friend, and we also want to help her." Although they did have the intention of competing with Sun Tingting for Xiao Yao in their hearts, Zhou Jingyi and Samian really got along with Sun Tingting, they didn't believe that Sun Tingting would kill someone, and they didn't want her to be wrongfully imprisoned.
"My girlfriend is counting on me now, I'm not going to mess around. Besides, there was an FBI agent following me, and I wasn't alone. Xiao Yao smiled, "Don't worry, I'll be fine." I believe that she did not kill anyone and will prove it in the right way. You can't help with this for the time being, so let's go back and rest, and I'll look for you when I need your help. ”
"Well, we really don't understand the case, so I won't bother you. Be careful yourself, and remember to inform us if something happens. "This time it's Sarmeen. They knew that they didn't have Xiao Yao's ability to seem to be able to intervene in anything, and now they really couldn't help in this situation, so they could only nod and agree.