Chapter 60: The Safest Place
The interrogation lasted just over half an hour before it could not proceed.
It was the first time Brown and Juan had encountered such a suspect, and he did not confess his crimes, but he did not deny the possibility of committing them. He uses the words "probably", "probably", "as if", "forgot" from beginning to end. Later, Juan discovered that it was not so much the two police officers interrogating the suspects as the suspects.
He used his superb words to constantly create traps for Juan and Brown, giving the police a feeling of "he did it" for a while, and then making people shake their heads, thinking that it couldn't be him, he didn't know anything, and it didn't look like he was lying. Brown, who has a bad temper, was simply played by Arthur, and he almost exploded in anger.
Juan, who was calmer, pulled Brown out of the interrogation room and said, "Calm down, calm down!" It's a slippery head, I said he's weird, it's probably not that simple......"
"It's not that simple, the homicide case is not that simple, and now a sexual assault case is not that simple, so what is relatively simple? Is it because our brains are simpler? ”
"If there is, it's your brain, too." Juan replied coldly.
Brown was angry, scolding a few words, Juan said: "Take him to do genetic sampling, if his genetic test results are consistent with the sample, it is useless for him to play tricks." He is now just muddying the waters, and he will have nothing to hide in the face of the evidence. ”
After saying that, the two returned to the interrogation room and no longer conducted meaningless interrogations. Brown uncuffs Arthur and takes him to the Criminal Laboratory for genetic sampling and comparison with a liquid sample taken at the scene of the crime. This is a very strong piece of evidence, Arthur frowned after learning that there were basic samples at the scene, although he was sure that he had not violated Joya, if there was liquid residue it must be someone else's, and the truth would be revealed by comparison. But if someone were to frame him, they would definitely not leave such a big loophole.
Coming out of the interrogation room, Arthur meets Dorothy, who has been waiting for him. The two had a brief chance to communicate.
"Do you want bail?"
"No, you don't."
"What about the lawyer?"
"Not at all. Take care of Gina and I'll be fine. ”
The two spoke briefly, and Arthur was taken away.
Dorothy understood what Arthur meant, and after completing the relevant formalities, she left the police station and drove to meet Russell to discuss the next step. Abramo was notified by Dorothy that he was working on an investigation into the matter, passing through Henry's line. After completing the genetic sampling, Arthur took photos for archiving and was imprisoned in the New York Police Department's detention center.
After spending the night in the detention center, Arthur's main concern is Gina, who is afraid that his neighbor Sisi will trouble her. But Dorothy is here, and she should be taken to Nassau. Arthur is imprisoned with all kinds of bulls, ghosts, snakes, thieves, hooligans, drug addicts, drunk drivers, and "the same" sexual assaulters as him. Fortunately, everyone was only temporarily detained, and they were not interested in each other before, and it would be bad luck to make trouble at the police station.
Arthur found a random place to lie down and sleep, and at about 11 o'clock in the evening, Arthur was woken up by the sound of an open cage. Someone else was locked in, Arthur opened his eyes, and when he looked up, a tall black figure was pushed into the cell by the police. He cursed and cursed, and as soon as he entered the door, a strong smell of alcohol filled the cell, making the already poor air quality even worse.
Arthur frowned, rolled over to face the wall and went back to sleep, while the drunken man sat next to Arthur with his mouth still babbling. After a while, the cell gradually quieted down, and Arthur's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he was about to fall asleep when he suddenly smelled a pungent smell of alcohol. Then, someone whispered in his ear, "I can easily kill you here, you are too careless." ”
Arthur's whole body woke up instantly, goosebumps rolled from his scalp to the soles of his feet, he quickly got up, but saw the drunk man who came in before, sitting cross-legged next to him, closing his eyes to recuperate, I don't know if he is asleep. Through the faint light outside the cell, Arthur could get a glimpse of the man's appearance. He had long blonde hair that dragged up to his shoulders and was long and messy. A thin face, a scruffy beard, I don't know how long I haven't washed my face. Although thin, he has a very large skeleton, broad shoulders, and large hands like eagle talons. He was wearing an army-green vest and khaki trousers, which were covered with large and small holes and various stains, which had not been cleaned for a long time. Get rid of a homeless man alive.
I don't know if this person is talking to him, but Arthur doesn't dare to sleep anymore. The voice just now reminded him that if someone really wanted to kill him, this was indeed an opportunity. If you create chaos and cause a fight, you can take advantage of the chaos to kill the black hand, and you will not die or be disabled. Arthur thought it was the safest place, but when he thought about it, it wasn't safe either.
He stayed up until the next morning, when he went to work at the police station, and Arthur was approached and informed that the prosecution would indict him the following week, and that if he did not have a lawyer, the government would assign him a free defense lawyer. Arthur agreed.
At noon, when Arthur met his defense lawyer in the interview room, he was shocked because it was none other than Karen who was providing him with his defense!
"Hey, it's you?"
"That's right, it's me."
Karen was apparently not surprised to see Arthur, as she had seen Arthur's dossier before accepting the defense. Through the photo and name, she confirmed that it was the guy who had a half-time affair with her in the library. She didn't expect to be here, in such an identity, to meet Arthur again.
Arthur was obviously a little surprised, he had always been a little obsessed with Karen in his heart, and her unique charm and extraordinary boldness had a whirlpool charm. Arthur had imagined that he would see her again one day, but he never expected to meet again at the police station, in the relationship between the suspect and the defense lawyer.
"Nothing you want to ask? Arthur? Seeing Arthur's surprised and speechless look, Karen raised her eyebrows and asked.
She thought Arthur would deny his sin, or confess in front of him, or be incoherent and ashamed. The reason why she loves the profession of lawyer is that a good lawyer can use some terms and conditions that ordinary people never know and are not clear about, and she has a firm grip on the other party in the palm of her hand, and she enjoys the sense of awe that people have in American society for lawyers. Of course, she has not been a lawyer for a long time, and she must start as a free defense lawyer.
At this time, Arthur had come back to his senses, and he did feel a little embarrassed, but he quickly adjusted and asked, "Hmm... I do have a question for you, who won last night's game between the Rockets and the Knicks? ”
Karen, who was looking down at the case file, raised her head after hearing this, and looked at Arthur with incredible eyes, "What? ”
Karen was dressed very differently today than she was when she was in the library that day. Her hair was neatly tied behind her head, she wore small silver stud earrings on her ears, her glasses were replaced with rimless oval lenses, her light blue long-sleeved and light-striped shirt was very slim, and her lower body was a set of black professional trousers, and black round-toed high-heeled shoes were shiny. She wore light makeup, her green eyes were crystal clear, and she was watching Arthur behind her lenses.
"I mean, who won last night's NBA Finals? I'm a basketball fan. Arthur repeated, he was supposed to be at home yesterday to watch the NBA Finals, but ended up in the police station.
Karen showed a strange expression, what the hell was this guy thinking? At this time, he still cares about the NBA game?
"The Houston Rockets won the first game, and I read the morning paper. Do you have nothing to say about the accusations against you? Karen brought the conversation back to the case, and she felt that the conversation between the two seemed to be a little out of control, and she didn't like the feeling of being out of control.
"I didn't do anything, but someone sued me for doing it, and I'm wondering if I did it at all."
Karen shook her head helplessly, she didn't know what Arthur was thinking, so she opened the file, according to the description on the file, and asked little questions, hoping to find out the truth of the facts, whether her agent had sexually assaulted Joa Ceci. Halfway through the question, Arthur told Karen about his full alibi, and Karen was surprised: "Did you tell the police about this?" ”
"No, I forgot about it at the time, I only remembered it last night."
"If that's the case, they don't even have a reason to detain you, and you should be released immediately."
"They took a sample of my DNA and I suspect someone picked up a condom that I threw in the trash."
"Really? So you have a habit of using condoms? Karen's sudden change of words caught Arthur off guard.
Seeing that Arthur was blocked by his own words, Karen felt that she had pulled back a city, she closed the file and said, "I'm going to check the alibi you said, if it's true, then the DNA evidence is useless." The court will be in court next week, and if you can, it's best to let your family bail you out, and it's not a good time here. ”
"Thanks, though, I feel comfortable here, just... I just can't watch the game. ”