Chapter 8: Bloodstains

"Pain is a self-protection mechanism for the body, just like fear."

"We are afraid of pain because pain tends to happen when we are hurt. So, even with deliberate patience, our tolerance for pain is still very low. ”

"Just after the trial, after the pain continued to increase and became more and more pronounced, our body began to prevent us from continuing to apply. So we stopped. ”

"It's the body's instinct that prevents us from inflicting pain on a continuous basis, and it's not the body's instinct to commit suicide."

"We tend to do things that are contrary to our instincts."

"For example, we are afraid of flames because fire can bring disasters and harm, but we still overcome our instincts and use fire to roast meat, keep warm, and cook food."

"It's the result of rational choice, not instinct."

"When a person makes up his mind to commit suicide, he equally overcomes his body's instincts."

"The prosecution just mentioned that Selena has no medical background......"

"I don't have a professional background in sea fishing, but I can learn from others, look up information on the Internet, and keep practicing, and now I am an excellent sea angler."

"A lot of people who don't have professional culinary training can still become good chefs and cook delicious food."

"What does an academic qualification represent? Academic qualifications don't mean anything. ”

With that, Brooklyn returned to his seat.

His cross-examination was unusual.

Compared with ordinary cross-examination, his speech is more like a kind of guidance, a kind of inspiration, he is only responsible for providing everyone with another way of thinking, but he does not completely draw conclusions.

Such statements are often inefficient or even ineffective in the cross-examination.

But today is different.

Most of today's juries are more capable of independent thinking, and if they are given an idea, they will be able to follow the train of thought on their own.

If Brooklyn had explained everything, it would have made them doubt the conclusion.

Brooklyn and Coulson briefly exchanged a glance, then quickly staggered.

In the first tentative encounter, Coulson took the lead in the offense and Brooklyn defended.

On the surface, both sides are point-to-point, and neither hole card is revealed.

"Since the defense did not submit a list of evidence, it is up to the prosecution to continue to present evidence."

Judge Anna said.

Coulson got up, hesitated for a moment, and chose evidence No. 25 and No. 26. They are the on-site bloodstain and NYPD bloodstain analyst, Mr. Dexter Morgan.

"Put your right hand upon the Bible and swear to God that you will know to the best of His knowledge that what is said is true and that nothing is hidden"

Dexter was soon called to the witness stand, and the judge's assistant brought a Bible and asked Dexter to press it with one hand.

"I swear"

Dexter swore solemnly.

The judge's assistant nodded and took the Bible.

Brooklyn looked at the bloodstain analyst.

The other party was dressed seemingly casually, a pair of jeans, a half-worn jacket, and a dark gray T-shirt underneath, but the clothes were clean and neat, and the collar was ironed.

He sat on the witness stand, his waist straight, his brow slightly frowned, and his half-open, half-closed blue eyes scanned the audience before finally stopping at Brooklyn.

Brooklyn was slightly stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he found that the other party had staggered his eyes.

He couldn't help but touch his neck, feeling cold.

"Dexter, we can see that the blood stains at the scene are very messy, there are splatters of blood droplets, pools of blood, and bloody footprints and handprints, can you tell us about their relationship?"

Coulson had already started asking questions.

Brooklyn couldn't help but straighten her body, too.

The bloodstains and murder weapon at the scene, this is the prosecutor's big killing weapon, Coulson quickly sacrificed the bloodstained mass murder weapon after a short temptation, which made Brooklyn's body tremble slightly.

It's not about nervousness.

This shiver is more like the excitement caused by a sudden rush of adrenaline.

Brooklyn listened intently.

"We recreated the simulated scene based on the bloodstains."

Dexter said calmly

"The murderer was very close to the deceased at the beginning, and after the crime, he had frequent contact with the deceased."

"The murderer was behind the deceased and uncovered, which led to the fact that when the crime occurred, blood splattered out, leaving a complete splatter of blood in front of the deceased."

"After confirming the death of the deceased, the murderer got up and stepped back, leaning against the wall, the blood on his hands stained on the wall."

He pointed to the photos of the scene and talked eloquently, his tone gradually rising and falling.

"The murderer stood by the wall for a while, possibly sat down, and then he got up again, came to the deceased, and reconfirmed the deceased's death."

The scene cuts to Selena lying on the ground, Dexter's voice suddenly rises, and his eyes begin to have a strange look.

"At this moment, the murderer's feet were stained with blood, he walked towards the door, held the doorknob, spun it, opened it, and got into a physical altercation with the person under the porch."

A clear line of bloody footprints on the floor of the living room, the less obvious blood stains on the doorknob, and the slightly messy footprints under the porch are all presented.

"In other words, it was not a sudden outbreak of passion in anger, the murderer was deliberate and premeditated?"

Coulson asked thoughtfully.

"Objections, leading questions."

Brooklyn symbolically expresses his professionalism, both in tone and in action.

"Objections are invalid!" Judge Anna made her judgment.

"Yes."

After the photo was shown, Dexter's mood calmed down, and he even looked a little lost, like a man who was smoking after playing cards, unable to lift his energy.

"Usually people would stand on the front bayonet, which would make it easier to exert force, but this kind of standing would block the blood and let the blood splattered by the deceased fall on the body, resulting in an incomplete splatter."

"And standing behind you with a bayonet will not only make the blood splatters complete, but also make the wound more suicidal."

As he spoke, Dexter gestured and looked at the dock.

Brooklyn and Dexter looked at each other with a strange feeling.

The bloodstain analyst's eyes made him uncomfortable, as if he had been targeted by something.

"In other words, the murderer first stood behind the deceased, held the knife in both hands, stabbed the deceased in the chest, and created a knife mark similar to suicide, and then let go of his hand and stood quietly watching the deceased fall to the ground and struggle......"

"No signs of struggle were found at the scene." Dexter couldn't help but interrupt, "The deceased seems to have been killed by a single blow, or was restrained and unable to struggle, and fell directly to the ground after being stabbed. There is no sign of struggle. ”

“…… The murderer stood quietly and watched the deceased fall to the ground and die, in order to make sure that nothing was wrong, the murderer stepped forward to check on the deceased, then returned to the wall and sat down, and after waiting for a while, he stepped forward to check the situation again. ”

"He left only after confirming that the deceased was indeed dead."

"That's pretty much it."

Dexter thought for a moment and replied in the affirmative.

"I'm done with my question, he belongs to you."

Coulson turned around and pointed to Brooklyn as he walked.

Brooklyn's gaze moved with Coulson, calmly watching him smile at himself.

Coulson isn't stupid at all!

Brooklyn mentally overturned Coulson's assessment.

From the very beginning, the other party was a purposeful temptation, and he deliberately allowed himself to attack the foundation and question the nature of the case itself.

He was not forced to take out the big killing weapon in advance at all, his purpose was to expose the flaws, lure the enemy deeper, and then suddenly launch an encirclement, intending to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.

He didn't want to delay it too long, he wanted to do it quickly!

Brooklyn realized this, his muscles tensed up in alarm, and he got up with a serious look on his face and walked in front of Dexter......