"My client, Mr. Curtis, is not guilty."

Harvin maintained the exuberant fighting spirit of the pretrial hearing, and before Benstone could sit down, he had already walked to the jury and began to make a statement.

Brooklyn has always wondered, what makes Haven suddenly scrappy? Did you really look away?

Not knowing what the judge was thinking, Harvin kept his rhythm and waved his arms as he passionately refuted Benstone's accusations.

"I'm just one of Hahn's many fans."

"The First Amendment to the Constitution gives my client the right to freedom of belief." [Note 1]

"I don't say anything about Hahn like fans like Taylor and fans like Marlon Brando."

"According to the prosecutor's reasoning, there are tens of thousands of Hahn's fans in the Qun Federation, and the police should immediately arrest all of them. Because of the inference of the secret prosecution, they are all potential murderers. ”

Brooklyn couldn't help but shake her head.

He didn't look away, Harvin was still the same Harvin.

No matter how passionate his statement is, no matter how infectious his voice is, and how wrong the content is, everything is in vain.

Benstone spends a lot of time talking about Curtis's connection to Hahn, describing Curtis's adoration of Hahn in order to presume him guilty?

Not.

His purpose was to deepen the jury's impression by making the jury ignore individual differences and subconsciously replace the impression of Curtis with Hahn.

Curtis is a rookie, and Hahn has been famous for a long time.

What is your impression of Hahn?

Cold-blooded, cruel, cunning, treacherous, murderous without blinking, demonic, psychopathic, x-dysfunctional......

These labels may not accurately describe Hahn, but it doesn't matter, after repeated and long-term rendering by the media, when it comes to Hahn, the public's impression is this.

Benstone's painstaking description of Hahn and Curtis is intended to equate Curtis with Hahn in the minds of the jurors.

Once the jury has this impression, the prosecution will have a huge advantage.

"In addition, the police could not provide evidence of my client's presence at the scene, and they only made a judgment based on the results of my client's interrogation."

Unbeknownst to Brooklyn, Harvin had lost his opening statement in Brooklyn's eyes, and he was still making his statement.

"The police interrogation was conducted without a lawyer, and I have reason to doubt the fairness of the interrogation."

"As for my client's description of the crime scene, it is likely to come from a fan group."

"Against! Speculative reasoning, not facts. ”

Benstone slowly raised his hand in opposition.

"The opposition is valid!"

Brooklyn raised an eyebrow and rang the gavel.

"Pay attention to what you say, Attorney Harvin."

In Brooklyn's view, Harvin's statement can be described as a mess.

If the first half is only inferior to Benstone, the second half is asking for trouble.

Not everyone has the confidence to question the procedural fairness of the police, as Brooklyn did in his original statement.

Even Brooklyn took the initiative to step down from the New York police based on the facts.

Without any evidence, Haven deduced that the police interrogation process was unfair and could easily cause unnecessary trouble.

Lawyers across the Federation would not make such inferences without hard evidence, let alone make such statements based on speculation.

Maybe he watched Brooklyn's trial speech and wanted to curry favor with Brooklyn and make similar remarks, but that was very irrational.

Harvin was stunned for a moment, and his impassioned speech came to an abrupt end, clenching his fists and taking several deep breaths repeatedly before he continued to speak.

"Before the trial began, my client underwent a psychiatric test, and according to the results of the evaluation, he was a performative personality and was eager to get attention. My client's interrogation transcript should be seen more as a deliberate statement in the desire for attention than a confession of guilt. ”

With that, Haven returned to his seat.

Brooklyn shook his head in silence.

Haven is really a head iron.

"Anything else you need to add?"

Brooklyn asked.

Seeing that the prosecution and defense shook their heads in denial, Brooklyn announced

"It's time to ask for witnesses."

The trial enters the presentation of evidence, with the prosecution presenting evidence first, the defense cross-examining evidence, and the two sides alternately until the presentation of all evidence by both sides is completed.

"The police officer who applied for Curtis's arrest and trial, and David Portman, a member of the New York Homicide Squad, testified as a witness that he could confirm the impartiality of Curtis's interrogation."

"Honorable judge, can the court accept him as a witness in this case?"

Benstone stood up.

"Accept."

Brooklyn glanced at Benstone with a slight surprise.

He didn't expect Benstone to come up and magnify his moves and dig directly into Harvin's roots.

Once David proves as a witness that the entire interrogation is legal and compliant, the content of the interrogation will have strong credibility and directly crucify Curtis.

Brooklyn had even guessed that if there were no accidents, Benstone's second presentation would apply for the contents of the trial as evidence.

In the federal government, there is no such thing as 'investigating the truth'. You now say that you are not guilty, why did you confess to your guilt during the trial?

In many cases, a legal and fair confession of a suspect is sufficient to convict him.

There may be cases in which the truth is truly pursued, but there are definitely not many. No one wants to waste a lot of resources trying to get a case over for a guilty person.

The biggest weakness of Benstone's side was that Curtis's testimony did not match the facts - although Curtis was able to describe all the crime scenes, the police did not find evidence of Curtis's existence at the crime scenes.

Now this loophole has been plugged by Harvin on his own initiative.

With ironclad testimony, does the evidence of the suspect's presence at the crime scene still matter?

Maybe the suspect was alert and erased all the proof of existence!

The persuasiveness of this vulnerability has dropped by at least 90 percent before ironclad testimony.

While thinking about it, David was brought to the witness stand in a navy blue suit.

The guest assistant expertly pulled out a Bible and asked David to swear that he was telling the truth.

David sat down after taking the oath and smiled at Brooklyn.

Brooklyn coughed dryly, kept a straight face, and pretended not to know him.

Benstone came to the witness stand and asked

"David, did you deploy the operation to capture Curtis?"

"Yes." David bowed his head.

"How do you know where Curtis will be?"

David thought for a moment and replied

"The information we obtained from Hahn learned that the imitator was the next target, communicated with the target in advance, deployed police forces around the target's home, and monitored the target's home in real time after obtaining the target's consent."

"That night, Curtis broke into the Ring and entered the target's home, where we arrested Curtis before committing the crime against him, and found roses, red wine, and murder weapons in the package that Curtis carried."

Concentrate:

1. Article 1 of the Constitutional Amendment shall not enact laws relating to the establishment of a state religion or the prohibition of freedom of religious activity; deprivation of freedom of speech or of the press; Depriving people of the right to peacefully assemble and petition the Government.