In the office, Qi Nian looked at the female juror who had just interrupted the normal trial of the court, Sima Qiqi remembered that this was the housewife, Sima Qiqi originally wanted to exclude the housewife, but because the housewife was very unassertive, Sima Qiqi thought that this was an uncertain factor, whether it was for Sima Qiqi or Tu Minghao. And Sima Qiqi thought that she was also a woman and could better impress this housewife, so she did not exclude housewives at the beginning.

At this time, the housewife disrupted the normal trial, and Sima Qiqi was a little worried.

Qi Nian asked slowly: "Juror No. 9, why did you interrupt the normal trial just now, please give me a reasonable reason." ”

It was obvious that Qi Nian was angry at the behavior of this juror just now, and juror No. 9 suddenly became timid when he heard Qi Nian's question. Whispered.

"I, I'm afraid."

Everyone was surprised to hear Juror No. 9's answer, Qi Nian was even more puzzled, looked at Juror No. 9 and asked, "Juror No. 9, what are you afraid of?" Someone threatens you? ”

Juror No. 9 nodded and said, "Yes, if someone threatens me, I am the defendant!" ”

The previous performance of juror No. 9 made Qi Nian a little worried, but Sima Qiqi and Tu Minghao were curious, but when they heard Juror No. 9's answer, Qi Nian and Sima Qiqi were puzzled, and Tu Minghao looked calm. Qi Nian hurriedly interrupted Juror No. 9 and asked slowly.

"Juror No. 9, your current identity is not an ordinary person, but one of the jurors in this case, your judgment will affect the final sentencing and conviction of the case, you said that you were threatened by the defendant, and the defendants were locked up, how did he threaten you, and in what way did he threaten you?"

Sima Qiqi also looked at the No. 9 juror with a puzzled expression. If it was really Kan Yu who found someone to threaten this juror, then the death of the previous juror was very likely to be related to Kan Yu, Sima Qiqi looked at juror No. 9 nervously, waiting for the juror's answer.

Juror No. 9 was very surprised, looked at Qi Nian and said, "Your Excellency, why is your memory so bad, when the last trial was about to end, the defendant directly threatened us with words, don't you remember?" ”

Juror No. 9 has become slowly excited, after she said this, the other jurors also nodded, Qi Nian heard Juror No. 9 say about the situation of the last trial, sighed and said: "The defendant was just because he was more emotional, and you also know that the defendant is not yet 18 years old and his mind is not mature. Juror Nine, you are an adult, and you don't have to take this kind of child's verbal threat seriously. ”

"Why don't you take it seriously, now someone is dead, juror No. 4 is dead, how can this be explained, we jurors, your court has carried out data protection, and no one else knows where we live, but what about now, the defendant has verbally threatened us, turned his head, and some of us are dead, I just saw that the defendant has been looking at the jury, what is he looking at, is he looking at the next target?"

Juror Nine spoke excitedly, but it was evident that it was incitative, and the other jurors became uneasy when they heard Juror Nine say this. Indeed, the police have not yet found the murderer, and the case of the juror being killed is not known to have anything to do with Kan Yu, but people have a sense of crisis, and in an uncertain environment, people associate all the bad things together.

Sima Qiqi found that if he let this No. 9 juror continue to speak, Kan Yu might have already been convicted in the minds of this gang.

Sima Qiqi looked at Qi Nian and said slowly: "Your Excellency, I'm afraid the remarks of juror No. 9 just now are not very appropriate, the police are still investigating the case of juror being killed, and there is no evidence to prove that it is related to my client, now listening to juror No. 9, my client is the mastermind?" ”

Qi Nian heard Sima Qiqi say this, nodded slightly, looked at Juror No. 9 and comforted: "Juror No. 9, please pay attention to your words, now the case of the juror's murder is still under investigation, and the defendant cannot be regarded as a criminal suspect." ”

Tu Minghao, who was sitting quietly, suddenly interjected: "This is not necessarily. ”

Sima Qiqi and Qi Nian heard Tu Minghao speak, and both of them looked at Tu Minghao with a vigilant expression.

Tu Minghao smiled slightly and said: "This defendant made verbal threats before, and soon after, someone who was threatened was killed, this ordinary person is easy to have this association, and we can't blame them." ”

Tu Minghao's words undoubtedly gave Juror No. 9 an invisible encouragement, Juror No. 9 nodded and said: "Yes, you said that there is no evidence to prove that it is related to the defendant, so do you have any evidence that has nothing to do with the defendant at all?" ”

Juror No. 9 looked at Sima Qiqi and Qi Nian, and the two were speechless for a while, and the question could not be answered in an infinite loop.

Juror No. 9 saw that Sima Qiqi and Qi Nian did not speak, and then looked at the rest of the jurors, and said with a frightened face: "I, I'm just an ordinary woman, I don't want to be a righteous juror, but as a citizen, I have this obligation and responsibility, but don't let us all care about our own lives." We all have our own families, right, why put our family in danger because of a stranger? ”

Juror No. 9's words immediately resonated among the jurors, and Qi Nian saw that everyone's emotions were aroused, and hurriedly said: "Jurors, you will not be in danger, this court can guarantee you." ”

When juror No. 9 heard Qi Nian's words, he immediately retorted: "Guarantee, Your Excellency Judge, how can you guarantee it, now some of us are dead, just now in the courtroom, the defendant looked at the eight of us like hungry wolves picking prey, the eight of us are like lambs to the slaughter in his eyes, and I don't know who he chose, I have my own family, my daughter is still young, I don't want to live in anxiety every day, instead of worrying about every trial, I propose that it is better to sentence and convict the defendant immediately." ”

Qi Nian was very surprised when he heard the words of juror No. 9. Qi Nian hurriedly stood up and said.

"Juror No. 9, the trial procedure is not like this, and the evidence presentation and witness questioning are still going on, and if you want to convict, you have to finish these things to have a basis, otherwise you may be wrongly judged."

At this time, a man who looked five big and three thick stood up and said: "I agree with Juror No. 9, what kind of evidence do you need to submit to the court and ask the witnesses, if you have substantial evidence, this trial will not be carried out at all, you can be convicted directly, and now the eight of us have to put down our work, leave our homes and live in a hotel, come to the trial, and finally let us sentence and convict the defendant, which means that you have no evidence in your hands at all." I listened to the previous trial, and the prosecutor and the defense lawyer had a very strong professional level, but they argued and argued, and there was no substantive result, but the defense raised doubts, and the prosecution put forward a point of view to refute. The witnesses in the back are not also the two sides of the defense and the prosecution are not the same, rather than this, it is better to be like juror No. 9 said, hurry up and get the conviction. ”

Qi Nian heard the man say this, and was about to explain again, the other jurors nodded in agreement, Sima Qiqi saw everyone nodding, and understood that the death of that juror had left a shadow in the minds of these people.

Qi Nian saw that everyone agreed, what Sima Qiqi said as a defense lawyer could be said that the jurors would not listen to it at all, and Tu Minghao was obviously out of the matter, and the simple sentence just now directly caused a series of reactions.

Thinking of this, Qi Nian couldn't help sighing, looked at the eight jurors and said: "Everyone, then please give me a little more time, even if the evidence witnesses are not in court, but you still have to listen to the closing arguments of the defense lawyer and the prosecutor, this stage is indispensable." ”

Everyone, look at me, let me look at you, the eight jurors nodded slightly, and the man who spoke just now looked at Qi Nian and said: "Your Excellency, it's not that we don't want to be jurors, but that some of us died mysteriously, we are all ordinary people, we are all afraid, afraid that there will be another victim, so please forgive me, we want to end this case as soon as possible." ”

Qi Nian nodded slightly and said: "I understand your feelings, but everyone, the defense lawyer and the prosecutor are working according to the process, and now you want to end the case immediately, you still have to look at the opinions of the prosecution and defense's lawyers." ”

Qi Nian threw the decision to Sima Qiqi and Tu Minghao, Tu Minghao smiled slightly and said: "I can understand the mood of the eight jurors, and what the jurors said before is right, we do not have complete substantive evidence to prove the defendant's criminal process. I'm sure the defense won't either, am I right? ”

Tu Minghao looked at Sima Qiqi and asked, Sima Qiqi glanced at Tu Minghao and did not speak, Tu Minghao spread his hands and said with a relaxed look: "Therefore, I personally have no opinion on ending the trial of the case early, so I don't know the ...... of the defense lawyer."

Tu Minghao said and looked at Sima Qiqi, this is clearly to put the final decision in the hands of Sima Qiqi, Sima Qiqi heard Tu Minghao say this, smiled bitterly, and said slowly: "Your Excellency Judge, I can understand the fear of the eight jurors, but I am afraid it will be difficult to end the case immediately, even if we let us make a closing statement now, we are not ready yet, I agree to end the case as soon as possible, but the closing statement may give us some time to prepare." ”

Qi Nian nodded, and when Juror No. 9 saw Qi Nian nodding, he immediately objected: "What, it will take some time, so don't we have to be scared for a while?" ”

Sima Qiqi said slowly: "One day, just give us a day to prepare." ”