Chapter 557: The Instigator
Due to the sudden change in the situation, even Qi Nian couldn't control it, and the jurors were not machines, and they couldn't force other people's thoughts, under the tough attitude of the jurors, Tu Minghao's fanning the flames, and Sima Qiqi's reluctant permission, Qi Nian wanted everyone to announce after the adjournment that the next trial would directly make closing arguments.
These words immediately caused an uproar, and many media workers in the auditorium heard Qi Nian's notice, as if a shark smelled blood, and immediately noticed that the situation was abnormal, and edited the information one after another and sent it back to the company.
At the end of the trial, Sima Qiqi and Tu Minghao were both surrounded by media workers, all of whom wanted to know what happened during the 15 minutes of the adjournment, why Qi Nian made such an announcement, and some even asked more tricky questions, asking whether it was because of the accidental death of a juror before that caused panic among the current jurors.
Escorting Sima Qiqi out of the courthouse, Sima Qiqi returned home looking exhausted, washed up and fell asleep early.
The last trial, this trial actually had to shout to enter the courtroom, and after entering the courtroom, I couldn't believe my eyes, where is this courtroom, it is simply the feeling of a large-scale star release scene, not to mention the media workers, even the ground is full of people, carefully passing through the crowd and coming to the position.
At the beginning of the trial, Sima Qiqi first began to close the case, and Sima Qiqi used the fact that there was no substantial evidence in the case to prove that Kan Yu had a subjective consciousness of intentional homicide in the crime, and that Kan Yu should not be convicted of murder on the premise that the interests of the doubtful points belong to the defendant.
In the process of closing the case, Sima Qiqi also emphasized that Kan Yu is a minor, even if he is 17 years old and will be 18 years old in a few months, as long as he is not old, he is a minor under the provisions of the law, and the law must give a lenient sentence.
After Sima Qiqi finished talking about his own point of view, he began to make a final summary of the defendant's experience sensationally, and this time the closing argument must not only be reasonable, but also able to impress the jurors, even if the jurors still have the shadow of being threatened by Kan Yu and the mysterious death of one of the jurors.
However, human beings are very amazing creatures, and after a period of washing, they will slowly forget what they are most afraid of. Therefore, human beings always fall again and again on the same mistakes, Sima Qiqi believes that even if these jurors have a shadow in their hearts, they are still alive, and as long as they are alive, their mentality will change.
What can change their mentality is Sima Qiqi's sensational words, speaking in a frustrated tone about Kan Yu's experience when he was a child, with the purpose of making the eight jurors associate and empathize.
Sima Qiqi paid attention to the changes in the jurors' expressions as she spoke, many of them had a sad expression, and Sima Qiqi knew that her sensational words had achieved their purpose.
After Sima Qiqi's statement was completed, it was Tu Minghao's turn to make a closing statement. Tu Minghao obviously took a completely different path from Sima Qiqi's direction.
Tu Minghao first praised Sima Qiqi's professionalism, and then listed many cases of juvenile crimes, and without exception, the victims were seriously injured or even killed, and the perpetrators did not receive much punishment because of the word "minor".
It is really not wrong to say that Tu Minghao is Sima Qiqi's senior brother, Tu Minghao is also extremely sensational, but Tu Minghao is not inciting the sadness of the jurors, but a kind of anger, Tu Minghao thinks that the "juvenile" offender does not know the height of the sky, does not know the preciousness of life, and a move without thinking will lead to the tragedy of a person and a family, Tu Minghao said that he hopes that eight jurors will give Kan Yu a felony, so that all sectors of society can redefine the conviction and sentencing indicators for juvenile offenders.
Tu Minghao's impassioned words not only made the eight jurors empathize with Kan Yu, as if Kan Yu was the murderer of their relatives, but also raised the decision made by the eight jurors on Kan Yu's sentencing and conviction to a moral high point.
Sima Qiqi instantly felt that he had just played the pathos card and sympathy card, which made the eight jurors have a trace of pity for Kan Yu, which was ruthlessly extinguished by Tu Minghao.
Sima Qiqi felt that the eight jurors were very likely to make an unfavorable verdict against Kan Yu, but the only consolation was that before this, Qi Nian had already told the eight jurors that the death of the juror should not be taken into account when judging the case, because the case has not yet been clarified, and Kan Yu is not even a criminal suspect.
And more importantly, Sima Qiqi wanted to supervise the jurors' deliberations throughout the process on the grounds of shortening the process, and Tu Minghao heard that Sima Qiqi actually made such a tough request, and he was not to be outdone, and also said that he would supervise the whole process. And both of them said that if Qi Nian disagreed, then the trial should do whatever it should be, and it is not allowed to shorten the process.
Qi Nian was very depressed when he heard the threat of the two, but he still agreed, the two were only supervising and could not interfere with the judgment made by the jurors.
After Tu Minghao finished speaking, the judge let the jurors into the room for discussion. At this time, the court staff gave Tu Minghao and Sima Qiqi a tablet, and all the media workers felt strange, but due to the distance and the angle, everyone didn't know what Tu Minghao and Sima Qiqi were watching, but these media workers were not stupid, and they guessed that the two were watching the juror discussion.
I heard some media workers whisper their conjectures directly.
"I haven't heard that when the jurors discuss the outcome of the case, the prosecution and defense can still watch the process through the tablet."
"I think, this trial is very weird, before it was clear that the evidence was presented in court and the witnesses were questioned, and the case was suddenly closed, I think it must be Sima Qiqi or Tu Minghao who asked to supervise the jurors on this ground, there must be a lot of information in it, find a way to dig it out."
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Hearing the conversation of these reporters, I thought, "It's a shame not to be a detective." ”
Sima Qiqi and Tu Minghao also looked at the tablet with different expressions, Tu Minghao looked relaxed, his purpose was to prove the unreliability of the jury system, so that the traditional faction would take the opportunity to suppress Lu Sixue and others. The second purpose is to increase the sentencing of juvenile crimes, which is also the political capital of the traditionalists this time. No matter what the outcome of the jurors' deliberations is, as long as the guilt is not too light, Tu Minghao's goal can be achieved. Therefore, Tu Minghao looked at the tablet with a relaxed face, and looked at Sima Qiqi from time to time.
Sima Qiqi looked anxious, Sima Qiqi succeeded only one result, that is, Kan Yu's sentencing length, only less than three years Sima Qiqi was considered successful, Sima Qiqi saw that the eight jurors in the video also had different opinions, three of them, Sima Qiqi left the jurors as Sima Qiqi expected, these three people felt the same way, and there was not too much fear, more sympathy for Kan Yu, so these three obviously agreed to sentence Kan to less than three years in prison.
Two of the eight jurors were obviously reluctant to give too much of their opinions and remained neutral, while juror No. 9 was the most agitated of the other three, insisting on the heaviest punishment, and juror No. 9 also used Tu Minghao's previous closing arguments to persuade everyone from time to time.
After a long discussion, none of the eight jurors was convinced, and one of them proposed that a vote be held first, and the result was as Sima Qiqi expected.
Three votes in favor, three votes against, and two abstentions, Sima Qiqi looked at it for a while, rubbed the corners of his eyes, Sima Qiqi knew that this was another long wait. The key now is the two abstentions, and if one person comes forward, the outcome will change immediately.
Sima Qiqi noticed that Juror No. 9 was very active in instilling his thoughts to the two who abstained from voting, and Sima Qiqi had read Juror No. 9's information before and asked a question to determine Juror No. 9's character.
Sima Qiqi remembers that she classified Juror No. 9 as a housewife, and although she had some opinions, she was easily influenced by others, so Sima Qiqi left her behind. But now the appearance of this No. 9 juror is not what Sima Qiqi judged at the beginning, which makes Sima Qiqi wonder.
It was her misjudgment, Sima Qiqi denied this idea in her heart, she Sima Qiqi didn't dare to say anything else, although this kind of skill of recognizing people is not as powerful as some micro-expression experts, she can see what the other party thinks at a glance, but with a sentence Sima Qiqi judges what kind of person this is, and she can still pass.
If there is no error in judgment, then there is another possibility, Sima Qiqi has a preliminary expectation in her heart, this No. 9 juror was influenced by someone, and it is an extreme influence, causing her to change from a juror who should echo her opinions to the most active instigator among the jurors.
Sima Qiqi raised his head and looked at Tu Minghao, Tu Minghao noticed that Sima Qiqi was looking at him with a puzzled expression and tilted his head to look at Sima Qiqi.
Sima Qiqi smiled bitterly and vetoed the very ridiculous idea in his heart just now.
No matter how powerful Tu Minghao is, it is impossible to contact the jurors, it is impossible to influence the jurors, Sima Qiqi feels that he is under too much pressure, and he thinks about it crankily. However, the performance of juror No. 9 attracted the attention of Sima Qiqi.
Since the eight jurors have not come up with a corresponding answer after a long discussion, Qi Nian announced that he will withdraw from the courtroom, and the eight jurors will discuss in a special room, and there will be a special person responsible for their food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Sima Qiqi returned the tablet to the staff, and was about to leave when Tu Minghao called Sima Qiqi at this time.