Edward's little trick of cross-examination was completely overturned, and it was on the verge of success.

Judge Arnold ordered that the content associated with the tapes be completely excluded from the evidence.

In other words, Santo's previous admission in court, "he did promise that if Sheldon was an informant, he would be exempt from prosecution" and that the issue of "wiretapping" would not play any role in the court's subsequent trial, and Sheldon would have to testify against the other two in court.

Even if the judge gave him a de facto light sentence in the end, he was socially dead to Sheldon.

Santo went from a flawed lying cop to a bastion of truth.

He will remain the prosecution's best and strongest witness!

Subsequently, Judge Arnold also hinted that he would publicly condemn Kabamazepin's "violation of professional ethics" in the subsequent trial.

No lawyer wants to accept such a punishment!

This is tantamount to tattooing a "moral turpitude" gold seal on the lawyer's forehead, which will accompany him throughout his career or even his entire life.

Solomon and Henry Puzell didn't say anything, just watched it all coldly.

……

Edward groggily exited the locker room.

Back in the office, Chris saw that his face was pale, and he knew that it was not a good thing.

Hurriedly recruited several other lawyers.

They were all stunned when they heard Edward's account.

"Arnold, this guy is not entering menopause early! Or is he having a hysterical outbreak! Bert Witzleben said.

"yes, why did you suddenly make a 180-degree turn?" Barry Slotnik also found it strange.

"There is a motto hanging on the wall of the Ministry of Justice building, 'When justice is served, it is the best commendation for the government'" Kamasipin said coldly, "but in fact, this statement should be reversed, and justice can only be done when it is commended by the government!" Got it? Who are our opponents? 'Pretty Solomon', pretty doesn't just mean his face! ”

The words make a lot of sense, but just talking cool things won't help.

Silari panicked: "What the hell are we going to do now?" ”

"Cold salad!" Edward said casually.

All said "???? ”

"Don't worry, when he casually uses a foreign language, it means that his mind is working at a high level of stress! That's a good thing, proving that he won't give up at least. The big black man explained.

"In this case, we will follow the process, write a formal written defense, and submit it to the court on the spot in the form of a memorandum, explaining that our cross-examination is in accordance with the law!"

"That's the only way to do it." Bert Witzleben thought for a moment and agreed, "But what if the other party refuses?" ”

"Probably not" Kamazepin touched the top of his head, "if we refuse, then we can appeal directly on this basis, Judge Arnold obviously does not want to see this, he would rather accept our appeal because of dissatisfaction with the verdict than accept an appeal because of a procedural challenge to him, the latter is too ugly to hear." ”

"Okay" Everyone shrugged their shoulders together, they all ate this bowl of rice, and understood what that meant, and in the next few days, everyone should not expect to live an easy life, and go to the library to look at the precedents.

A similar precedent would prove the legitimacy of Kabamazepin's cross-examination trick and overturn Judge Arnold's view, and if the other side is not convinced, only the Second Circuit will see it.

Even if the case happened 200 years ago, as long as it is included in the case collection, it has legal efficiency and can be the basis for the judgment.

Once the foundation is in place, it is much easier for lawyers to talk nonsense, and it is also convenient to appeal, even if the lawsuit goes to the Federal High Court.

The essence of the lawyer's scolding of the judge is also a favorite subject in the United States press circles, and its essence is still the people's distrust of officials, which is also in line with the traditional aesthetics of the United States public.

Edward broke the kettle and decided to make a big deal out of it.

But the premise is to find the right judgment.

……

Four days later, he went back to court.

Fortunately for the past few days, Edward was a veteran and well-informed man, and soon found a large number of similar examples to show that "this method (let's call it witness deception) has long been regarded as an essential element of effective cross-examination, especially against a lying witness, who needs to be given a time when the cross-examiner has more, less, or different evidence than he actually has." "It's a legal solution.

Even happier was to find a case of a similar tactic that Lincoln had used back then.

It looks like chicken soup for the soul or something, but it actually happened and is fully documented.

The most widely circulated versions are as follows:

A man named Grayson was charged with murder, and Lincoln, as his defense lawyer, questioned witnesses in court about how they saw the defendant commit the crime.

The witness replied that it was "seen in the moonlight"

Lincoln then took out a calendar from his pocket, opened it, and spread it out to the witness, pointing out that according to the calendar, there was no moonlight on the night of the crime, and the witness had to admit that he was a criminal when he saw that the ruse had been exposed.

But in reality, it's not that simple.

Lincoln played a "little trick" by replacing the common calendar with a special one.

The original court records are:

Lincoln: "Does the almanac say that on August 29, the night of the crime, the moon was just over a quarter of a string, not a full moon?" In such a faint moonlight, at such a distance, can you see clearly? ”

Witness: "......"

Lincoln: "Does the calendar say that at eleven o'clock that night, the moon was still hanging in the sky?" ”

Witness "......"

In the end, the defendant was acquitted.

This time, Edward was holding back ruthlessly, and tried to do the most meticulous copywriting work.

In order to ensure that there are absolutely no loopholes, he also specially let Bakhruyan Sorokin fly directly to Harvard University in Massachusetts.

There is one of the earliest and most complete calendar libraries in the United States, so be sure to find the calendar that Lincoln used in that day.

Bakhruyan lived up to his expectations, quickly found the original, and consulted the Harvard Planetarium, eventually obtaining the following information.

The calendar does say that "the moon has a quarter string", but this is the difference between the expression in this book and the universal calendar: usually the quarter string is when the moon shows a quarter, and in this calendar book it means that a quarter is not visible, in other words, at least three-quarters of the moon shines on the earth that day, hanging in the sky all night, and the brightness is completely sufficient! And the witness also swore that he would still be able to see the moon a few hours after the crime.

And judging from the trial records, Lincoln never showed the court what made the calendar different in his hand!

Lincoln actually lured false witnesses too!

"Mother, Xipi! The father of the nation can be tempted, but I can't be tempted?! Edward hung up the phone, and was in high spirits again, and in his eyes, the law changed from a man-eating tiger to a little nun, and he could go up and touch two at will!

The others were not idle, and each other found several valid precedents, which were compiled into a very beautiful and neat defense document.

Three days later, the defence lawyer went to the courthouse again, this time without the prosecution and anyone else, just a communication between the defence counsel and the judge, with a clerk next to him, as usual, who was responsible for recording everything.

However, the "tribunal" was not impressed by this professional memo.

TRIBUNAL: "I would now like to remind the defense counsel not to use the same attitude that Mr. Edward spoke to me last Friday. ”

Edward: "Your Excellency, I don't understand what you mean! ”

"Tribunal": "I regret it. Now you can get started. ”

Edward: "Do you mean that my voice was too loud or too long?" Or is there something wrong with your attitude that makes you feel uncomfortable? ”

"Court": "Again, courts are not in the habit of answering questions!" ”

Edward: "Then let the recorder write that Kabamazepin will speak in a smooth and quiet tone, with the highest respect possible." ”

As he said this, Edward's stomach thought of the classic story of Hollywood star Mae West: "When the judge asked him if he wanted to show his contempt for the court, the eldest sister replied: No, I am trying to hide my contempt." ”

As he said this, the corners of Edward's mouth curled up, this time he really didn't look down on this Judge Arnold, and now he was showing naked contempt for him.

He's only 25 years old after all!

The "court" laughed: "I have a word of advice for you: young people should not be too arrogant. ”

Edward knew that he couldn't answer this, but his mind was hot, and he blurted out, "Are you still called a young man if you are not angry?" ”

"Hey, why is it so smooth? It feels like it's been rehearsed......" He also wondered in his heart, the two sides were almost like lines, and the two sentences were seamlessly connected, "Hey, it seems that my demeanor is still not domineering enough?" ”

Chris hurriedly dragged him to sit down: "Your mentality is not suitable for talking anymore, let Kamasi be even." ”

Kamazepin stood up: "Your Excellency, the problem now is that we have always believed that our words and deeds are completely correct. We have sufficient legal basis to prove this. You must know that it is very difficult to defend Mr. Sheldon Sieger, but we still do our best to work as hard as the law allows, just to clear his name. But the court always found that we were not doing the right thing, and that Mr. Edward's tone was wrong, or that he ignored our arguments. ”

"Court": "It's not appropriate for a lawyer to ask questions of the court, you know that!" ”

", which law says that? This old fool "Edward scolded angrily in his heart" The lawyer can't ask questions to the judge? This lawsuit Lao Tzu will fight you to the Federal Supreme Court, and I will win. ”

But then I thought that I was not qualified to practice, and I was discouraged again.

Carbamazepine to low old qualifications.

Hearing the unreasonable difficulties faced by Judge Arnold, he did not show any annoyance, but still looked unfazed: "Of course, the lawyer has the right to understand the questions he needs to answer, so as not to cause misunderstandings and imprecise answers." Isn't that a matter of course? ”

Court: "What are you trying to say?" ”

It's strange to say, just now he can still feel good about himself to give Edward a little life experience, but at the moment he is a little hairy at the sparse Kabamazein on the top of his head for no reason, as if all the hair that Kasakiping has lost has run to his heart.

His hunch was correct.

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Today, everyone came up with a ghost story:

A programmer came home after working overtime late at night, took a shortcut home, and there was a tomb on the side of the road (don't ask why the tomb is repaired on the side of the road, there are ghosts in this story, don't care about other things.) ）

The code farmers are all atheists, and they are not afraid, they just want to go home and sleep.

Suddenly, the mobile phone rang, and when I picked it up, I heard that there was a bug and I needed to clear the fire line immediately.

The coder was helpless, sighed, took out his notebook from his backpack, saw that the tombstone was at the right height, put it on the side, opened it and began to debug......

At this time, the hero of the story, the ghost, appeared.

The wind is gusting, and the ghost is crying, "I died so miserably......

The code farmer didn't raise his head, and angrily reprimanded, "Quiet, the bug can't be fixed, so it's miserable." ”

Gui was stunned for a moment, and he was not happy, and felt that the code farmer was rude.

Immediately took off his head and put it on the keyboard: "You see I don't have a head!" Miserable! ”

The coder was forced to stop, his eyes were still staring at the screen, and he said angrily, "Get out, Lao Tzu doesn't even have his hair, you can sing rock and roll with this hairstyle!" You fucking know how expensive a hair transplant is! ”

Gui was stunned again, and patted the tombstone angrily, "You look up at me!" ”

The coder looked up and froze.

This is a female ghost, with a good figure, although she has no head, but she can also be seen to be a beautiful young lady (before her death).

What surprised the farmer the most was that the clothes on this female ghost were neither white nor red, but plaid ......

Plaid shirt on the upper body and a plaid JK skirt on the lower body.

The coder was suddenly ecstatic, hugged the head on the keyboard, and put it back on the neck of the female ghost, "It turned out to be a programmer, come on, help me review the code." ”

The female ghost was helpless: "Your python statement is wrong, and what do you architects eat, he does this, it will increase the ...... of invalid code"

Male farmer: "Who said no, but I am over 30 years old with a mortgage and a car loan, and a second child, and it is not easy to find a job now......"

The female ghost sighed, "Hey, today was supposed to be the day for me to find a replacement, but I think you seem to be too miserable, what if you hang up your wife and children?" Forget it, I'll help you continue to look at the code, and in the future, if you have the heart to burn some paper for me on the Qingming winter solstice. ”

So one person and one ghost worked together on the blue screen.

Suddenly, there was a rooster crow, and the east showed the whiteness of the fish's belly.

The female ghost was shocked, "It's dawn, I have to go back quickly, otherwise ......"

As soon as the words fell, the morning sun rose, and it was too late for the yard farmer to take off his plaid shirt and ask the other party to block the sun.

However, the female ghost did not disappear, but floated to the sky, and the voice of the Buddha came from the void, "Be merciful from the bottom of your heart, don't hurt your life, and help me read the code, go to reincarnation." ”

The coder happily waved goodbye to her, and the female ghost smiled all over her face.

When the coder lowered his head, the computer screen flashed blue, ran out of power, and the results of the night were not saved......

…… The story is over

But the discussion in the group continued

Several people said that the story did not conform to the basic logic: Durnyima had become a ghost and was ready to find a replacement, so how could he still help someone review the code?

When the dispute continued, a slow sentence: One day we become ghosts, if you see someone writing nonsense and not talking about logic, I guess I can't help but help change it......

The audience was silent......

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In addition, some readers have recently not talked about martial arts in book reviews, and have repeatedly bluntly said that the author is too short!

Strong protest!

I hope you rat tail juice!

If it weren't for the government's refusal to send the map, I would have amazed the world. Shy .jpg

Bow down and crawl away from the codeword.

……

Forget to repent.

I'm guilty

I asked the great god to help me push the book, and I could write the title of the book incorrectly in the recommendation.

There is more than one great god who is respected by readers as "the congenital and false avenue supernatural powers"

I'm guilty......