Chapter 163: Who Will Testify?

The solemn complex not far from the House of Lords in the capital city of Lensar has once again become the focus of the federal public today, although the attention has been slightly less due to the recent assassination, but there are still many federal citizens who want to know how the young man who may have saved Her Royal Highness the eldest princess but was caught in the case of the War Apostle riot will be convicted.

The military security outside the courtroom was indeed at least twice as much as Chen Fengxiao said, so even if Shi Chen planned to repeat his old tricks, he would only be shot into a sieve on the spot.

So Shi Chen, who was the last kidnapper, has become the 'Shi Chen' on the Titan at this moment, dressed in a gray trench coat, swaggering past the stone Six Laws Code behind the door, which represents fairness and justice but is covered with a layer of snow at the moment, and walked into the highest military court of the Federation.

Naturally, he did not come to rob the prison or make trouble, but he submitted an application to the staff of the military court.

The hearing bench had already been divided after the first trial, so he could only sit quietly in the empty lounge, watching the live TV broadcast on the screen, silently holding a terminal in his hand.

On the TV screen, the originally empty military courtroom was already crowded.

Golden sunlight poured in from the huge skylight more than ten meters high, illuminating the more than a dozen rows of pure black seats in the courtroom.

However, lawyer Gu Meiyan, who was sitting in the defense lawyer's seat at the front of the defendant's seat, had a thin face buried in the shadow of bangs, so that people could not see her expression, but she could also feel that she was not in a very good mood.

She is in a bad mood, so lawyer Yuan Shang, who is her opponent, is in a particularly good mood. He looked at Gu Meiyan's lowered face, and his heart was full of excitement about to become famous and the pleasure of seeing his opponent sink.

No matter how hard you are, without witnesses, you can't change the outcome of this trial after all. No matter what kind of achievements you have in the past, as long as you lose this lawsuit and break the golden body that has never lost a lawsuit, then it will be difficult to mix smoothly in the legal profession in the future.

Yuan Shang has enough confidence, at this moment, on the auditorium behind him, there are twenty-three powerful figures from the Blackstone Military Region, among which Colonel Su Ye is the most important, not to mention a group of high-level figures from various fields of the Federation, their influence alone is enough to influence the trend of the case or public opinion to a certain extent.

But there are only two people on Gu Meiyan's side, except for herself, the defense lawyer, and only the defendant Xu Qiusheng, who is as pale as a zombie, looks extremely lonely.

Xu Qiusheng's face was very pale, and his white was not normal, which was mostly due to the fact that he had been imprisoned for too long and had not seen the sun. Gu Meiyan's face was also very white, a sickly paleness.

Since she took over the case, she has received dozens of threatening letters and more than ten violent threats in the past half a month, although she did not really dare to cause substantial damage to her, but the long-term mental tension and some invisible pressure made it difficult for her to sleep a few times, so her mental state was extremely poor.

The father, who hadn't contacted her for a long time, suddenly called her some time ago and talked to her worriedly all night, which touched her very much, but it didn't change her decision to continue this lawsuit.

And she herself knows that it is already a miracle that this case can be fought to the second trial, to some extent, and until now, the role of the previous information and defense evidence is not very large.

So she continued to fight, in a sense, a big gamble, on the men behind the suspect, or on the fact that his money-slinger employer would be able to find a sufficient number of witnesses.

Maybe to outsiders, she was for the good pay. But with her fame and talent in the legal profession, the money can be earned back in just a few years.

And the reason why she took this case was not because the guy named Shi Chen had any special personality charm, but because when she had just entered the most difficult and difficult legal profession, she had heard the legendary deeds of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and since then, she has a vision, she hopes that one day, she can also become such an excellent and remarkable woman, even if it is only in the legal profession.

Today, a few years later, she has achieved her wish to some extent, so although she has never known Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, she has always had a feeling of admiration similar to idols.

So when Shi Chen handed over those photos to her that day, she agreed without hesitation.

A guy who saved Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is worth her risk, even if she fails, but her wish has been achieved, then there is nothing to regret, not to mention, today's lawsuit is a lawsuit destined to go down in the history of the Federation.

But no matter how influential this lawsuit is, it is only a lawsuit staged in reality, and it is not as tense as it is shown in some legal film and television dramas, full of countless accusations and counter-arguments with hidden mystery traps, on the contrary, the process of trial of the case must go strictly in accordance with the legal procedures of the federation after all, and anything that is shackled by rules is destined to be very boring and boring.

In the dull and repetitive process of presenting evidence and defending in the first instance, the voices of the lawyers on both sides were strictly controlled within a certain range, and Gu Meiyan, who was under great pressure, had a calm expression, a gentle and rigorous speech, and impatiently made a very detailed description of the trial procedures and the scope of evidence.

In addition to the sound of the lawyers on both sides not fluctuating in tone, there is only the rustle of reading heavy legal documents and the snapping of the keyboard of the recorder in the process of transcribing the case, in addition, there are occasionally a few muffled coughs and the friction of the soles of shoes moving on the wooden floor due to nervousness or boredom.

Only the Colonel Suyer in the gallery remained in a military posture throughout, impartial, unmoving, like the most serious statue, and did not seem to care about the final outcome of the case.

And the twenty-three Blackstone officers behind her looked at everything with an indifferent expression as if they were holding the victory.

For them, the case of the Titan War Apostle Riot is already a definite case, even if someone stirred up the situation last time, but what if there are no witnesses, who can come out to testify, and who dares to come out to testify?

The young man in the dock with a pale face remained as calm as a wax figure, and did not seem to have any intention of arguing himself. The clenched fists in his arms betrayed his emotions.

Xu Qiusheng didn't want to die, so he had been waiting for the promise of the dead old man, but the lawsuit had come to an end, and there was no movement for anything.

These small actions naturally couldn't hide from the treacherous and cunning upper-level people in the hearing seat, and a mocking smile was repeatedly revealed in the subtle exchange of heads.

In their opinion, Xu Qiusheng's silence and Gu Meiyan's calmness were just the most desperate struggles.

After a boring restatement of the legal provisions and the temptation of objections, the lawyers on both sides of the court began to get to the heart of the topic, and Yuan Shang, who had always been patient, finally showed his fangs.

He glanced at Gu Meiyan coldly, and continued to **: "Although you took out some relevant photos in the first trial, they are extremely blurry, and the possibility of artificial forgery cannot be ruled out, so in order to ensure the fairness of the law, please also show your witnesses." ”

Hearing this, Gu Meiyan's already somewhat white face became even paler, and she gritted her teeth and insisted: "Plaintiff's lawyer, you can't prove that those photos are fake." ”

"Yes, we can't prove that those photos are forged, but according to the six laws of the Federation, when there are objections and unprovable physical evidence, there must be corresponding human evidence before legal judgment can be made.

Saying that, he appealed to **: "Your Excellency, according to the normal legal procedures, I request that the defendant show his witness. ”

"I protest." Gu Meiyan gritted her teeth and said.

The ten judges looked at each other, and one of them, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, tapped his fingers on the table and said, "The protest is invalid." Defense lawyer, please show your witness. ”

Gu Meiyan's fingers froze as she was flipping through the case file, and she raised her head to look at the old judge, very puzzled and shocked by the other party's unhesitation and certain bias.

Witnesses? Who would choose to testify against the vast majority of the Union at such a time? Even if there were, it wasn't something she could reach in such a short period of time.

Looking at Gu Meiyan, who was poor in donkey skills, a mocking smile appeared on Lawyer Yuan's face.

Although the Federal Military Court represents fairness and justice to a certain extent, there is no real fairness and justice in the world. Maybe the Six Laws Code is, but the legal process must be driven by people, as long as it is human, there can be no absolute real fairness and justice, because people are group animals and can never survive without the masses.

The forces involved in this case are so extensive that in any case, they have a way to influence the judgment of some judges, at least, in terms of not violating the legal process, and can do some harmless actions, such as now.

Just when the case was at its lowest point, Shi Chen, who was watching this scene in the rest room next door, also had a sinking face, hesitated for a long time, and finally dialed the phone that had been parked on the display screen for a long time.

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