Chapter 95: The Inquisition
"Ladies and gentlemen, the drug-related case of Akemi Sonoji Temple, which has attracted public attention a while ago, will officially open today, and according to the latest information we have received, the prosecutor in charge of this prosecution is Katsuhiro Ochiai, a prosecutor from the Supreme Prosecutor's Office......"
Less than a week after Hayashi submitted his resignation to the Minister of Crime, Akemi Sonoji and her mother, Isabel Sonoji, were prosecuted by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office as defendants, and before that, Akemi was allowed to return home on bail because the circumstances of the crime were minor. But...... Because the lawsuit has not yet been concluded, Akemi cannot leave Japan during this time.
As the main culprit in this case, Akemi's mother, Isabel Sonoji, has been detained by the police in the Fuchu Prison for the rest of her life. The crux of this case, that is, the man who handed him the suitcase claimed by Isabel Sonoji, has not been able to find his trace in the surveillance video, so from the very beginning, the General Affairs Division of the Group considered him to be a deliberately fictitious character of the suspect in order to evade criminal responsibility. Because of this, Isabel's situation is not optimistic now.
According to statistics in recent years, 99.9% of criminal cases submitted by the police to the Public Prosecutor's Office are ultimately convicted by a court, which means that from the moment the case was transferred to the Tokyo High Public Prosecutor's Office, the chances of Mrs. Isabel and Akemi clearing their names were slim.
"So...... Xiu-chan is all for me, so I will choose to quit desperately, right?"
Hearing Lin Xiuyi's resignation, Akemi couldn't help but feel very shocked, even though Akemi may not know how much effort Lin Xiuyi put into achieving today's status, but he also knows how important the position of police officer is for ordinary people, but now, for his own trouble, Lin Xiuyi actually gave up all this without hesitation.
"It's a pity, resigning from the position of police officer is equivalent to giving up all your efforts over the years, but ...... In this way, you can indeed access the original evidence of the police through the identity of a paralegal!"
When Jingzi heard the news, although she also felt sorry for Lin Xiuyi, she also agreed that this was the only way to let Lin Xiuyi get into the case file at present, and once Lin Xiuyi had the opportunity to get first-hand evidence, it might not be so difficult to find out the truth of the facts.
"So...... What do we do now?"
Standing in the waiting room, Nurse Sada Ben couldn't help but ask with some skepticism as if he was an outsider at this time, Speaking of which, Nurse Sada Ben is also a relatively senior expert in criminal defense, but because of his experience, the case in front of him does not seem to have any need for a not-guilty defense. Because judging from the current evidence, almost all the evidence is unfavorable to the defendants Ms. Isabel and Miss Akemi, after all, Mrs. Isabel was found to be carrying those illegal drugs on the spot, as for Miss Akemi, because she rushed back to the security check entrance after the fact, so strictly speaking, she has the possibility of not guilty, but ...... The premise is that Mrs. Isabel must plead guilty to all charges.
"Mr. Sada, may I ask you...... If we want to plead not guilty, do we have to prove that someone actually handed the suitcase to Ms. Isabel?"
"Yes, if it can be proved that there was indeed a man who handed him the suitcase, as Ms. Isabel said, then we will have new evidence to submit to the court, and then the success rate of the not guilty plea will be greatly improved, and at the very least, we can prove that the evidence available to the police is partial and incomplete......! The evidence you are talking about must be submitted to the court before the end of the trial......"
Hearing Nurse Sadaben's reminder, Lin Shuichi nodded approvingly, and then he stood up and said to Mrs. Isabel and Akemi, who were waiting to appear in court for a while:
"I may be away for a while, please bear with me for a while I mean, I think...... I'll find a solution to the problem as soon as possible!"
As soon as Lin Xiu finished saying this, he then picked up the information he got from the lawyer, and then left the courtroom directly. Lin Xiu has been until the point of solving the problem is not in the court, if he can't find new evidence to prove Ms. Isabel's testimony, then everything will become worthless.
When the time for the trial came, Akemi left the lounge with her lawyer. Keiko, on the other hand, was not suitable to appear at this time because of her identity, so she first stood up and hugged Akemi, and then sat back in her seat. Keiko's body hasn't fully recovered yet, so she can't return to the police department to continue her work for a while, but ...... Jingzi, who has already smelled a hint of conspiracy, is now secretly investigating this matter, and the Metropolitan Police Department and the Procuratorate have joined forces abnormally, which really makes Jingzi feel a little surprised, I hope this time my actions will not be too slow!
When the trial process officially began, Akemi's mother took the prisoner's rope around her waist and sat down in the defendant's seat first, and she looked at the prosecutor sitting next to her with some hesitation. I saw the prosecutor get up from his seat without hurry, and then asked Ms. Isabel in a clear and soothing tone:
"Ms. Isabel Sonoji, may I ask ...... Do you know why you're here? On the 13th of last month, you and your daughter, Akemi Sonoji, were carrying a batch of drugs that violated the Law on the Prohibition of Narcotics and intended to pass through the security check at the airport, and were later spotted on the spot...... Do you still have an impression of this?"
In order to take care of Mrs. Isabel, there were interpreters hired by the court on the scene to translate the words of the prosecutor and the judge to Mrs. Isabel. Hearing Prosecutor Ochiai's question, Isabel glanced at Nurse Sadaben, who was sitting on the side, with some confusion, and then could only nod helplessly.
"So...... You admit that you brought those drugs into the airport?"
"Objections, the prosecutor could not directly deduce from the evidence that Ms. Isabel was the owner of the drugs......"
"The objection is invalid, and the plaintiff asks to answer the questions posed by the prosecutor. ”
"No, I didn't bring those drugs into the airport, I was waiting for my daughter at the security checkpoint when a man came to talk to me, he said...... He was on the same flight as me, so let me help him bring his luggage in first......"