After waiting for a while, Bob finally finished copying the materials, and Tom and Jerry exchanged lists of evidence, collected the agreement, and left.

"Bob, go call Ben and ask when they're going to file the indictment."

Brooklyn glanced at the time and shouted dissatisfied

"I've wasted all morning waiting for them!"

"Wait." Bob was just about to leave when he was stopped by Brooklyn and said, "Sort out the few open cases I still have, pick out the ones that can go through the summary process, call their lawyers, we need to get them all out this afternoon." ”

"Leave enough energy to deal with those two girls."

"Now, let's go eat first."

"I'm sorry, Brooklyn." Bob smiled wryly and declined Brooklyn's invitation, pointing to his desk outside of him, "I still have a job." ”

Becoming a judge's assistant in Brooklyn meant being closer to Brooklyn, and like Nelly, Bob had theoretically been branded as Brooklyn.

As a result, Bob no longer addresses Brooklyn as 'Judge Brooklyn', but instead refers to 'Brooklyn' as a closer one.

Brooklyn shrugged and gave him a helpless look.

Bob is on his first day as a full-fledged judge's assistant, and although he has been making guest aids before, there is still a big gap between cameos and formalities.

Bob already knows this.

The judge's assistant is not only shouting in the courtroom, but also needs to fill out documents, communicate with the original defendant's lawyer, organize files, reasonably arrange the judge's time, etc., it is a more private and tiring position than the traditional secretary.

When I came back from lunch, there was already a list lying on the table.

Brooklyn picked it up and looked at it, calling Bob.

"This divorce case, and this campus suicide claim, get them back."

Brooklyn pulled out two indictments and threw them to Bob.

"We will have to deal with the cases of Emma and Monrica for at least a month in the future, and we will not take on new cases for the time being."

"In addition, this is not a criminal case, it has nothing to do with us, go find someone else."

The E.D.N.Y. courts are nominally equal and are all integrated courts, but in practice there are some subtle differences.

Take Court 9, for example.

Due to Brooklyn's fame and other factors, Court 9 has priority in criminal cases, and no one can rob Brooklyn unless the chief justice himself comes down.

He said no, and the other courts were qualified to reach out.

It's a privilege.

Correspondingly, Court No. 9 also has no small responsibility.

For example, the Emma arson case and the Monrika arson case this time, when encountering difficult and miscellaneous cases that are under great pressure from public opinion, complicated cases, and difficult to hear, they all have to be taken over by Court No. 9 to cover the court.

"Okay."

Bob took the indictment and replied hesitantly.

"What's wrong? Any questions? ”

Brooklyn asked.

"This."

Bob pulls out the indictment for the divorce case to show Brooklyn.

"The husband and wife in this divorce case are the parents of the two children you met."

Brooklyn heard the words and remembered Orn and Kent.

They were trapped in the elevator shaft that day and almost burned to death, but firefighters arrived in time to rescue them.

They separated after going out, and Brooklyn did not see the Orn brothers' parents.

But he was impressed with Aoun's performance in the elevator shaft.

After Aoun survived the initial panic, he was very well-behaved, helping Brooklyn to hold Kent, not crying or making trouble, and Brooklyn did whatever he wanted.

It's remarkable for a six- or seven-year-old kid to behave like Orn in that environment. In Brooklyn's view, many adults are not as good as Little Orn.

"This stays, go call them, court on the 9th in the afternoon, go through the summary procedure,"

Thinking of Orn, Brooklyn left a complaint for the divorce case.

"If you agree, you will go to court, and if you don't agree, you will change the judge."

"As for this." He stretched out his finger and pointed at the student suicide compensation case, "This is no problem, right?" ”

"No problem, just go."

Bob hurriedly left with the indictment for student suicide compensation, while Brooklyn flipped through Bob's summary indictment.

Half past one in the afternoon.

Brooklyn called out to Bob as he was hurrying.

"Let's go."

Bob hadn't stopped since he came in the morning, and he was already busy. Wen Yan looked at Brooklyn in a daze, and didn't react to what he was talking about for a while.

"Go to court."

Brooklyn reminded.

"Don't wait for the lawyer in Emma's case. After a while, they contact you, and you let them line up, and if they are interested, they can go into the court to listen to a few summary trials. ”

Brooklyn chattered, and Bob hurriedly took out his robe, helped Brooklyn put it on, and followed Brooklyn towards the courtroom.

Court No. 9.

Bob was the first to enter, coughing twice before shouting

"Please all stand and Court E.D.N.Y. 9 is now in session, presided by the Honourable Judge Brooklyn Lee,"

Because they were specially selected to go through the summary procedure for a quick trial, the original defendants in each case in the courtroom occupied most of the seats, and there were only a few unrelated people who actually came to observe.

"Case No. 017-EDNY09-080, are both parties present?"

Brooklyn waved his hand, asked everyone to sit down, and directly opened the first indictment and asked.

The prosecution and defense parties and their lawyers are already seated.

It's a 'housework' that Brooklyn annoys.

The husband and wife accuse each other of being responsible for the death of their 2-year-old son.

It was a medium-sized family, not wealthy, and not bankrupt.

On the day of the incident, both husband and wife were at home, one was busy doing housework and the other was busy repairing furniture, and their child was left unattended, first fell from the crib, then crawled to the corridor, rolled down the stairs on the second floor, and died after rescue efforts failed.

After accepting the indictment, Brooklyn wanted to rush into the office of his colleagues and ask them, how could such a case be accepted?

At the request of the defense, the jury system was waived in this case, and the judge tried it alone. With several court sessions, the focus of the couple's argument has shifted from who is responsible for their son's death to who has contributed more to the family.

"I am surprised that you could agree to merge this case into a speedy trial."

Brooklyn looked at his own dense notes on the copy of the indictment

"In the previous court sessions, you quarreled fiercely, now let's return to the case itself."

"Mr. James, you claim that on the day of the crime, you explicitly asked your wife, Mrs. James, to take care of your child, little Jamie, and that you should fix the furniture."

Mr. James in the plaintiff's box nodded.

Brooklyn looked at the dock again.

"Mrs. James, you claim that Mr. James did not say such a thing on the day of the crime, and that you mentioned a few days ago that you were to do a big cleaning that day."

"Is that so?"

Mrs. James nodded.

"None of you have been able to provide evidence to support your claims."

"We've had several court sessions and this case dragged on from 2017 to 2018, and I hope you'll think about little Jamie before you decide to proceed."

"As far as I know, you have mortgaged your house to the bank for this lawsuit, and even little Jamie's funeral has not yet taken place."

"A month's time."

Brooklyn held out a finger and said solemnly

"Little Jamie has been dead for a month and there hasn't even been a funeral. Neither of you has mentioned this matter in previous court hearings. ”