Chapter 100: Courtroom Confrontation

The federal courthouse in Philadelphia was solemn, and Judge Augusto sat on a high seat with a solemn face to show the majesty of the law.

After the routine oath of the Bible, the prosecution has completed his presentation and proceeded directly to the questioning, in which one side pleads guilty and the other side pleads not guilty, and the-for-tat scene has been repeated countless times in this 200-year-old court, which is just another repetition of history.

"Defendant, who were you with on the afternoon of the incident?" The prosecution of the Federal Prosecutor's Office is a middle-aged man, Jonathan, with sharp eyes and concise words.

"Ivanka Trupp."

"What's your relationship?"

"Classmates." The question is extremely simple, Chen Boming knows that the other party is burying the pit, and he can only follow the other party's routine, and the court is not a place to mess around.

"Your Excellency!" Jonathan took a folder at this time, took out a coloring page and said, "This is a paper cut of Sports Illustrated, which can prove that two people are dating, and it is a boyfriend and girlfriend relationship!" ”

"I object, what their relationship is has nothing to do with this case!" Obama immediately raised his hand and shouted.

"The opposition is valid!" Augusto tapped the gavel and said, "The prosecution's questions must not be separated from this case." ”

Jonathan continued to ask, "I have here a copy of the judgment taken from the Los Angeles court, so the defendant only needs to answer yes or no to my next question!" ”

"I object to any and all inquiries that are not relevant to this case." Obama shouted again.

"Your Excellency, this verdict has similarities with this case, so you might as well listen to it and talk about it." Jonathan immediately said shrewdly, which also made the gavel in Augusto's hand retract before it fell, "The objection is invalid!" Please continue to ask. ”

"Defendant!" Jonathan raised his voice abruptly and said, "In Los Angeles, you and Mr. Richard Gere also had a conflict because of racial discrimination, yes or no?" ”

"Yes."

"Did he end up being knocked to the ground by you?"

"I was in self-defense." Chen Bo couldn't help but refute.

"Please answer my question, yes or no." Jonathan ignored it and said it straight and tough.

"Yes." In the face of the established procedures, he could only nod his head and give in.

Jonathan nodded, walked to the other side, and asked the victim's side, "Erson, were you with Pierre at the scene?" ”

"Yes, sir." The one who answered the question was the one of the four who was knocked out of the back molars by Chen Bo.

"What did you see at the time?"

"Ivanka kissed Vincent."

"And then?"

Pierre felt that by making such an indecent gesture in public at the school celebration event, the two men were defiling the sacred campus, so he stepped forward to stop it. Vincent not only did not stop moving, but also insulted us! ”

"What are you scolding?"

"Call me a white-skinned pig, dog offal, and knock out my back molars!" Erson opened his mouth and showed Chen Bo's masterpiece to the judge and jury.

Chen Bo looked at all this coldly, since he had already prepared in advance, how could he admit his crime, erase all the evidence, and fight back, this drama was also fully done. It's seamless, it's iron-hearted to kill him.

The 12 juries, all but two blacks and one Asian, were all white, and how could they not be moved by the accusations of racial discrimination, and now they all glared at Chen Bo sitting in the defendant's dock with disdain.

"So did you use insulting language to hit back at the defendant before you did it?"

"Yes!"

"What exactly?"

"Just some mantras, like fuck, shit and stuff."

"Are there any racist words?"

"Not at all."

"So have you had a holiday before?"

"When he came to Wharton's first class, he threatened that he knew kung fu and would fight us alone, but no one paid attention!" Ersun swears by it.

"Are you sure you're not mistaken?" Jonathan asked.

"Sure."

Jonathan asked Chen Bo again, "As the victim said, is it true that you have verbally provoked and threatened the victim?" ”

"It's true."

"Okay, I'm done with my question." Jonathan said to the judge, "Your Excellency Judge and members of the jury, the defendant has been implicated in two racial discrimination disputes in Los Angeles and Philadelphia within six months, and both have chosen to use violent means to solve the problem, and the defendant is suspected of verbal intimidation and threats to the victim. This was a long-planned physical injury, and I have reason to doubt whether he was psychologically violent. ”

The prosecution's conclusion is absolutely damaging, completely avoiding the important and misleading everyone, and a trace of anger has appeared on the face of the lawyer Obama, and the judicial curls on his head are almost crooked. It is an absolute insult to the judicial system that the Federal Prosecutor's Office has gone so far as to confuse the public.

"Now the defendant's defense lawyer will start asking questions." The gavel was struck, and it was time for Obama's question.

"Vincent, what exactly did you say in the first lesson that the prosecution said?" Obama did not use the term "victim" because he would never admit that the other party was a victim if he had to defend his innocence.

"I said at the time: If you want to challenge me, let the horses come, don't hide behind and be self-righteous, I will defeat you until you go home and call your mother."

"Do you mean to beat them with kung fu?" Obama followed the temptation, and his hands were also gesturing boxing movements.

"That class was Professor Mathieu's Business Administration, and we were discussing a topic, and by that I mean academic." Chen Bo is thorough at a point, and anyone can change the concept secretly.

"You said you knew kung fu? Under what circumstances? ”

"Introduce yourself before class."

"Okay, now that we've got that, let's talk about the situation on the school day. Who will do it first, you or the accuser? ”

"The prosecution."

"Who scolds first?"

"The prosecution."

"Did they use racist terms?"

"Yes."

Obama and Chen Bo sang and said the key points of the issue, and now the confessions of both sides are in front of the jury and the judge, the biggest ambiguity is who is the racist and who made the first move? The two sides are completely at loggerheads, and even the methods of inquiry are opposite.

The prosecution has been pretending to be pitiful, and the defendant has argued that there are no verbal threats and festivals at all, and if academic disputes are also considered holidays, then there will be no living people in the university.

It is not too effective to ask for evidence, because a knife with only Pierre's fingerprints cannot prove who made the first move, after all, this is not a controlled weapon, and it is reasonable and legal to hide the weapon in the body, so it is time to enter the link of inviting witnesses from both sides.

"Witness No. 1, please tell me about your profession and what you were doing at the time of the incident?" The prosecution has this advantage, they come first in everything, and it is easy for people to have preconceived ideas.

"I'm a student at Penn, and I'm usually responsible for maintaining the stadium's turf, and because there are so many people coming on the school day, I'm worried that the turf will be trampled too badly and it will affect the football game. Penn hadn't won a championship for a long time, mainly because the quarterback was not as good as a year...... "The witness was an old man about seventy years old, with gray hair and a rickety body.

"Witnesses, please don't talk about topics that are not relevant to this case." Augusto reluctantly struck the gavel.

"Oh, yes, yes, Your Excellency." The old man muttered.

"What did you see at the time?" Jonathan asked.

"I ...... I ......," the old man watched for a week, pointing at Chen Bodao, "I saw him kick a young man away, and then knocked the other three to the ground." Ah...... That's really fast, much faster than our running back......" The old man said and danced with his hands, which is a school worker, and it is obviously a dancing god.

"Stop, please return to this case." The gavel sounded again.

"Are you sure it's him?" Jonathan pointed at Chen Bo and confirmed.

"Yes, yes, it's him, the ...... than the running back."

"Okay, I'm done." Jonathan hurriedly pressed the old man, this situation is not suitable to ask more, otherwise he would not know what the moth is.

When it was Obama's turn, he smiled and began to ask, "How long have you been at Penn?" ”

"Thirty years? Or maybe forty years?! The old man touched his head and said.

"Do you like to drink?"

"I'm against it!" Jonathan jumped out and said, "The defense lawyer's question has nothing to do with this case. ”

"I'm just making sure he was as sane then as he is now." Obama retorted, "I now doubt that he is qualified to appear as an eyewitness, and everyone can see that he is very sane!" ”

"The objection is invalid, and the defense lawyer continues to ask questions." Augusto also questioned this and rejected the prosecution's request.

"Whiskey or brandy?" Obama then asked.

"Whiskey, whiskey! I'm going to add ice! The old man said excitedly. I drink half a bottle every day! ”

"Every day? Are you sure! ”

"OK, OK. It hasn't been broken for twenty years, except today! ”

Obama smiled confidently when he received this answer, "Your Excellency, this school worker has been working at Penn for 55 years now, and he still likes to drink, and he never stops. Therefore, it is very likely that he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident, and the memory loss and the stimulation of alcohol could not objectively confirm what happened at the scene, so the statement of this witness is not enough to be accepted as a testimony. ”

Jonathan's face was already the color of pig's liver, the old man had more than enough to do, and this was also an irrefutable fact, so he simply stopped getting up, so as not to spoil the judge's impression of him.

"The defense lawyer's recommendation is adopted and the testimony is dismissed." The gavel fell, and the old man was dragged out by the police.

But is that the end of it? Apparently the prosecution has other tricks, and that's the first card.

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