Chapter 67: Four-stage Cross-examination Strategy (1)

Now the argument between the prosecution and the defense is, how did the government suspect Shelton?

Santo's testimony was that it was fully controlled, and then it was discovered by chance.

It looked good, and at first Edward believed it.

But now it can be judged that Santo lied, apparently the FBI tapped the phones of important members of the Society for the Defense of Jews, including Shelton, and then got clues from the eavesdropping, and finally waited for the rabbit to arrest them.

The purpose of today's cross-examination was to use a series of cross-examination questions to get Santo to admit that he had obtained evidence from the F.B.I. wiretapping.

Santo clearly gave false testimony on this issue.

Virtually every criminal defense lawyer knows that perjury by police officers in the United States is commonplace.

Because the police have always believed that they are in a two-front battle, both fighting crime and dealing with treacherous lawyers in court. In this two-front battle, the most important thing is to win by any means necessary, and Bao Kou uses perjury to crucify criminals who "should" be brought to justice but are "saved" by treacherous lawyers.

Even if perjury is revealed in court, the police are rarely convicted of perjury, because prosecutors and they are both employees of the Ministry of Justice and colleagues!

So, don't expect Santo to be punished, but at least let him tell the truth, or let the whole court understand that Santo's previous words are not credible!

If possible, it would be better for Santo to confess: if Sheldon had told him the names of his co-defendants, he would not have been summoned to testify. That's perfect.

Before Camamaxiping came on the court, he specially explained the prepared copywriting and cross-examination points to Edward, which was regarded as teaching him hand-in-hand.

The cross-examination was divided into four phases.

Purpose of Phase 1:

Makes Santo think that his conversation with Sheldon was not secretly recorded by the latter. Let him lie to all kinds of details unscrupulously in court.

Because he knew that only Sheldon's testimony would contradict his testimony.

Kamazepin will induce him to answer questions that will eventually be compared with the surreptitious recordings to prove that his testimony is a lie.

In the second stage, Kamazepin will read out some transcripts of Santo and Sheldon's conversation in court, word for word.

The goal was to convince Santo that Sheldon might have recorded at least part of the conversation, at which point Santo would become nervous and suspicious.

In the third stage, Kamazepin would continue to read "transcripts" of "conversations" that sounded like "word-for-word" recordings of the BLM building bombing.

In fact, this is not a transcript of the recording, but a conversation between him and Santo as Sheldon recalls. After polishing, it looks/sounds like a transcript of a real recording.

The purpose of the third stage is that after the second stage of cross-examination, and because Santo himself has a ghost in his heart, then he will probably think that Kamacipin is reading the transcript of the recording of the conversation between him and Sheldon at that time.

Now that he knew that the whole thing was recorded, Santo could only admit that he did promise Sheldon to be exonerated/exempt from prosecution. Because there are recordings, there is no point in quibbling and denying it.

In the fourth stage, audio recordings will be played in court to let the court know which conversations were recorded and which were not.

It's a clever strategy, but it's very difficult to implement: it requires the lawyer to deliberately mislead the witnesses, the prosecution, and the judge in cross-examination, at least for a while: that Sheldon secretly recorded the entire conversation.

Apparently only carbamazepine can do this job. But this strategy also has a risk of judicial morality, and it seems to be a bit of an inducement.

For this reason, Kamasi and his people mobilized their respective relations, and consulted several authoritative experts in judicial ethics to confirm the result: dangerous, and wandering on the margins of the defense system, but judging from the existing jurisprudence, it is not illegal.

However, these authoritative experts also pointed out that because of the inducement of language, judges will also have temporary misunderstandings.

In theory, this is fine, but in practice, the judge is likely to be annoyed and angry because he has been deceived, and then act against the defense, which is the biggest risk point.

But Edward had no choice but to gamble like this.

……

The first stage of cross-examination begins with a general cross-examination, with the aim of paralyzing the other party and reassuring him.

The content of the question was so general that Santo was bored.

After a while, Santo's expression relaxed, completely different from the way he had shivered and wiped his sweat at the beginning of the trial.

Kamazepin quietly winked at Edward, meaning, boy, the show is about to begin!

The second phase is launched!

So he started asking questions about that conversation.

Kamaxiping: "Did you tell (Sheldon) that you didn't tell him his right because the information he gave you could never be used as evidence against him?" ”

Santo: "No, sir, I don't!" ”

Kabamazepin: "Have you had this kind of conversation with him?" ”

Santo: "No, I don't. ”

Apparently Santo had no idea, and his conversation with Sheldon in the car was recorded.

Kamaxipin: "Did you promise him that if he provided you with information on the bombing of the Soviet Cultural Office in Mi, he would never be publicly exposed?" ”

Santo: "No. Mr. This is blatant lying.

After all, Santo is now unburdened, and the only possible evidence that he made a "promise" - the FBI's surveillance recordings, has been destroyed.

This is worse than death without evidence, after all, the medical examiner can make the body speak, and the FBI says that there is no that is no!

Carbamazepine became more and more relaxed.

Kamaxipin: "When you asked Mr. Shelton for information about the shooting incident at the Soviet diplomatic mission, did you say that if he provided information, then you would never summon him to testify in court during any trial, or expose the face of his whistleblower?" ”

Santo: "Mr. Sheldon volunteered to tell me about this."

In fact, the recording says to him in this case that if Sheldon had provided that information, he would never be summoned to testify at any trial, or his whistleblower would have been revealed.

The recording will undoubtedly show that Sheldon did not "voluntarily" tell him this information.

Santo uses several means in the tape to pressure a hesitant Sheldon, only to get this information after Santo repeatedly promises not to reveal that he is the source of the information.

Santo fell deeper and deeper into the trap set by Kamazepin.

He lied one after another. He certainly knew that the answers to that question were false, but he didn't think we could prove them to be false.

Even during a short break in the hall, he boasted to Sileri about how well he handled cross-examination: "Hey look at this Kabamazepin, your boss, he's probably the best zombie in class, but he doesn't know how to cross-examine a police officer. I'm Italian, but this shrewd Jew can't take advantage of me! ”

The second phase has fully achieved its goal: Santo has fully stepped into the trap.

At this point, Solomon asked for a brief adjournment.

After the reconvention, Kamasipin walked toward the podium, holding a clip of a transcript of the audio recording.

This is an important prop for the third stage of cross-examination.

At this point, Bakhruyan placed several tapes on the desk where the lawyer was sitting.

Fearing that the prosecution might jump over the wall, they would demand that the tapes be confiscated in public, so as to find out what was actually recorded on them.

Bakhruyan kept the real tapes in the briefcase and some of the tapes with the music on the table.

Even the discussion of what kind of music tape should be put on has caused controversy, and Bakhruyan wants to play "Twilight of the Gods".

But Sheldon was adamantly opposed to any kind of Wagner's music, because Wagner was Hitler's favorite classical musician.

In the end, Edward himself made various versions of "Bohemian Rhapsody", of course, with the word "Recording" written on the cover.

Kamazepin asked the French government to allow him to invoke Santo's "foul language" in his continued cross-examination.

Judge Arnold solemnly replied that his usual practice was to "quote what is actually said".

This statement immediately caused a burst of laughter from the audience in the courtroom.

(Mrs. Kabamazepin, who also attended the hearing, later denounced Kabamazepin for using obscene language without her consent, which was inconsistent with Jewish teachings!) )

Kamazepin began to attack, and he asked Santo if he had "had the following conversation with Sheldon Sheldon:"

"You (Sheldon) won't be sentenced for these two cases, and if you say it's what I said, I'll deny it, and I'll find you one night, and I'm going to run you over with a wheel."

Santo did not understand the nature of what was happening and chose to deny it.

Santo replied, "No, sir, I deny it. ”

Kasamazepin asked, "Are you sure you never said anything like running him over with a car?"

Answer: "I have never said anything like that. ”

Kamakiping continued: "Have you ever said something like this: 'If I tell you anything, if you dare to fool me, if you secretly do evil, I want your puppy's head to bloom.'"

Santo began to reply in a tone of less certainty: "I don't think I've ever made such a statement. ”

Similar cross-examination questions and answers continue.

Apparently Kabamazein is quoting what Santo has said that has appeared in the recording.

Maybe he forgot it at first, but as the "hints" gradually increased, Santo's seemed to recall a lot of things.

Slowly, he began to rout, and his original nonchalant expression was gone.

Instead, he turned pale and even asked for water.

However, the hand holding the cup trembled, and almost spilled the glass of water on the ground.

At this point, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Romana Blomheim interrupted Kabamazepin's cross-examination with continuous protests. The purpose was clear, and he wanted to buy Santo enough time to understand his own predicament and figure out how to answer the cross-examination.

However, this was overruled by Judge Arnold.

Santo was clever and although he was in a disadvantageous situation, he understood what Solomon meant.

"The only thing I can say about that question is, lawyer, I sometimes use that language..."

Santo's tone began to change, and his confident denial dissipated.

And Kamazepin was still pressing, after all, there was too much information in the secretly recorded tape, so Santo's answer began to become vague and vague, and he said that he couldn't remember many places.

Such as:

"I don't remember, but it sounds like there's something going on."

"I may well have said something like that in the transcript of the conversation"

"I've probably said something similar to that in order to get on good terms with the whistleblower."

Now it is becoming more and more clear to everyone in the courtroom that the defense lawyer has an audio tape in his hand, which is enough to prove that Santo's previous testimony is unreliable!

And Bert Witzleben taps the tape on the table intentionally or unintentionally, which is also a psychological tactic.

The staunch supporters of the Jewish League, who had nothing to be happy about until then, now recognized that things were right

Change is on top of the desktop.

Judge Arnold warned: "There were some people in the audience who were a little overly jubilant. Unless they can restrain themselves well, I will let them out of the courtroom. ”

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