Chapter 69: Four-stage Cross-examination Strategy (3)
Kamazepin slowed down and continued:
Santo: "I promise you, Shelly (Sheldon's nickname), just tell us the names of these people and we'll take care of the rest." If we can't solve the case without your help, we really can't solve it. ”
Kamazepin looked away from the "codex" and stared straight into Santo's eyes. "Do you remember when you said something like that?"
Santo's eyes looked away, his expression hesitated, contrary to the way he had talked and laughed with Kamazeping, who was higher than him in court, and said in a low voice: "I may have said this kind of content." ”
Edward looked at the people around him, their eyes shining with victory and anticipation.
The strategy was successful, at least so far, and Santo thinks the defendants' lawyers have all the tapes of the conversations about the BLM building bombing.
Kamazepin turned around and continued:
Santo: "If we figure out who did it, don't you believe we can recruit all these guys?" You amuse me
Is it? We can get them all hired, and I tell you, it can definitely be done. ”
Sheldon: "What if someone finds out?"
Santo: "Nobody will find out. You don't even have to go to a grand jury to testify about it. We'll fix all this mess, and we probably won't have to bother you. ”
Kamazepini stammered and asked Santo if he remembered the substance of the conversation.
As expected, he began to dodge again, muttering, "This sounds familiar." Kind of like I said. ”
At this point, Judge Arnold began to grow impatient with Santo's obvious prevarication.
In response to a question from another conversation, Santo said, "I might say something like that."
Judge Arnold grabbed the conversation: "What do you mean, 'What do you mean?'" Did you say it or didn't you say it?"
Now the tide is turning, and Santo, who had been satisfied, is gradually crumbling, and Solomon feels that the situation is not good.
Solomon and Henry Puzell began to protest incessantly.
But Judge Arnold seemed to know very well what Kamaxipin was doing, and he said something that made the words of love feel a little cold in his heart.
Judge Arnold: "Cross-examination in itself is not the same as possession of evidence. Especially in the case of non-jury trials, you are in front of the courtroom, which is quite familiar with criminal cases. It was up to him to decide if the tape really existed, and whether he was going to take it out. ”
Apparently Judge Arnold wasn't convinced, and Sheldon secretly recorded all the conversations.
But as this happened, Judge Arnold became more and more interested, and he became more and more involved in the cross-examination.
Perhaps he wanted to take this opportunity to create a precedent that would go down in history, so that his name and this precedent would not stop appearing in relevant cases in the future.
Otherwise, there is no explanation as to why this is happening.
And this smoothness also made Kabamazepine, who had always been silent and reliable, a little fluttery.
The idea was Edward's idea, but the burden of cross-examination in court was entirely on his shoulders.
If he says the wrong thing, or if the other party discovers a flaw for a while, it should not be difficult for Solomon and Henry Puzell to figure out the defense's plan, and it will be completely finished.
Now that everything is going well, he's also a little floating.
So much so that when reading the transcript of the recording, he seemed to be too deeply involved in the play, put himself in the role of Santo, and began to imagine that he was the rough cop who was coaxing Sheldon, his voice became hoarse, and his accent was changed to Brooklyn English with an Italian accent, and his face was full of eyebrows, and he even touched the big back that did not exist - this was Santo's hairstyle, and the top of Kamasi's flat head was already a quasi-Mediterranean trend.
This was immediately protested by the prosecutor
Solomon: "Your Excellency, I protest against this dramatization"
Kabamazepin: "I'm sorry. ”
Judge Arnold: "I understand your pain, Mr. Solomon, but these things are really exciting. ”
At another critical juncture, Judge Arnold actually took over the cross-examination himself:
Judge Arnold: "Say it sentence by sentence. “
Kamaxipin: "Listen, tell me who did the BLM building." Tell me who those guys are. ”
Judge Arnold: "Did you have that conversation with Mr. Shelton in April 1968?"
Santo: "Yes, sir, I had that kind of conversation about the BLM building. ”
"We will never use you as a witness, we can solve the case based on the information you provide, and I will accept the use of the clues you provide." ”
Court: "Did you tell him in the conversation?" Don't tell me anything that might be impossible, I want to know, did you say it or didn't you say it?"
Santo: "I think I've already said that, Your Excellency, I actually said to Mr. Sheldon that we can solve the case based on the information you provided. ”
Judge Arnold has now assisted the defence in cross-examination.
Kamazepin continued: "We will not take you as a witness, we will not! There's no need, we don't need you to solve the case. ”
Judge Arnold raised his voice and asked Santo, "Did you say that?"
Santo: "I don't remember saying those specific words, Your Excellency."
Kamazepin: "Did you say anything to Mr. Sheldon that contains the substance mentioned above?"
Santo: "In terms of substance, I think I said it. ”
Judge Arnold: "So that's a fact, isn't it?" At some point you said to Sheldon, "'We're never going to take you as a witness,' right?"
Santo: "My conversation with Sheldon was one of the things that we'd like, 'If we can solve the case based on what you provide, we're never going to use you as a witness.'" ’”
Judge Arnold: "I'm not asking you to say 'if', I'm asking you if you've ever told him something like that, there's no 'if'!" ”
"Read it to him, Mr. Kamasipin, please read the last few words of that passage."
Kamasiping said: "We will not use you as a witness, we will not, and there is no need, we can solve the case without you." ”
Judge Arnold: "Did you say that to him?"
Santo: "Sounds familiar, Your Excellency. I don't remember if those words were really what I said. ”
Judge Arnold roared, "Don't interrupt me. You say, 'It sounds familiar, and I'll take it as if you were saying you remembered that you had a substantial similar expression, and not playing word games with me word for word!' Got it! ”
Usually the judge has a good face in the courtroom and rarely loses his temper, after all, he plays an emotionless legal machine, and only considers the application of the law according to the evidence presented by the prosecution and defense.
Solomon was also deeply shaken by this.
As for Santo, the dignified Italian tough guy is a little unstable now.
Santo: "On substance, Your Excellency. ”
Court: "That's good. ”
In this way, Santo admitted that he had promised Sheldon that he would never subpoena him to testify in the BLM building bombing.
The strategy worked!
Even better than the best of Edward's dreams!
On the one hand, Santo denied that he had most of the recorded conversations (mainly the bait parts of the cross-examination).
But he actually admitted everything that was not recorded
At the end of the third cross-examination, everyone in the courtroom, including the judges, government prosecutors, and even Santo himself, thought Santo was a liar.
Santo slipped off the witness stand in shame and horror, Solomon staring at him with angry eyes, and Judge Arnold made no secret of his contempt for the stupid police officer who had been caught red-handed.
Indeed, it was a huge collapse.
It's time for the cross-examination to end, and it's time to play the recording.
Edward was anxious to play the recording as soon as possible while Santo's testimony was still ringing in people's ears.
Edward also wanted to explain to Judge Arnold that he had earlier said that he had secretly recorded all the tapes, and that he was just bluffing; There are indeed some tapes, but I dare not say that I have the entire tapes of Sheldon and Santo's conversation about it.
As soon as the third phase of cross-examination was over, Kamazepin said, "Now we are willing to play the recording of the conversation so that Santo can relive all kinds of remarks that he can no longer remember, which are on the record." "Of course it's a deception.
The prosecutor immediately refused.
Instead, it is advisable to give the tape to them to put it themselves, and to give it to the FBI to check if it is the original recording, and to transcribe the contents to the judge to announce that the trial will not be held until the government has done the work.
Judge Arnold agreed with Solomon's suggestion.
After all, what Solomon said was reasonable, and it was not excessive.
Now we are faced with a huge choice.
Should there be a showdown on the spot: tell Judge Arnold the truth - the defense did not record all the recordings, none of the ones that Santo himself admitted were recorded, and even the so-called transcript of the recordings was forged.
Edward decided to take a gamble and not say anything!
The reason is simple, if you say it directly now, Fang Cai's victorious atmosphere will be diluted a lot, and it seems that he admitted in court that he was suspected of inducing a confession.
Moreover, Judge Arnold was also spared just now, and now he immediately finds out that this is just a court ploy, what should I do if I am not angry and embarrassed if this thing is not good?
"From a legal point of view, the defense lawyer also has no obligation to inform." Edward comforted himself.
Kamazepin and Bert Witzleben seemed to want to disagree, but in the end they both chose to remain silent.
After all, this scene in the court today is also the first time for them, and there is no precedent for how to deal with it in the future.
Who is the boss in the lawyer team, but it is a clear matter.
In any case, this crucial court battle is over.
Crowds of advocates of the Jewish Defence League poured up to congratulate Sheldon.
Those who spat on him yesterday and were ashamed of his treachery praise him today for his loyalty and resourcefulness.
While Edward doubted that anyone was really convinced, some even believed that Sheldon had orchestrated this highly unusual play, which had completely destroyed the credibility of the government and exposed its despicable methods.
Sheldon was not only a good son of the Jews, but also a good citizen of the United States.
He warned Russia with a bomb and showed the people of the whole country how the government knew and broke the law and denied it even after being caught.
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