"What do you mean?"

"I think $10,000 is the right number."

That's a decent number.

Brooklyn had expected the other side to come up with a low outrageous offer, or simply not to pay bail.

But the figures given by the other party are very reasonable and sincere.

The crime of arson is serious, but considering that the other party is a minor, the deposit of $10,000 is a lot.

"I don't think it's inappropriate to deny bail to Monrika Russell several times for contempt of court, insulting judges, and even wanting to leave the table when the court considered the bail request, and showing no guilt or remorse, but rather expressing extreme hatred."

"Your Excellency, my client is only a suspect, not a criminal."

The strange lady reminded.

"Monrika Russell is not a criminal, but she is a suspect."

Brooklyn shrugged, adjusted the order, and returned the words as they were.

"I believe that under the guardianship of my client, my client will not do anything that worries the court."

"But she was also under the guardianship of her guardian when the GOOD fast food restaurant was burned."

Brooklyn didn't budge.

The strange lady stared at Brooklyn for a moment, then chose to give in and nodded reluctantly.

Brooklyn looked at Ben Stone.

Ben Stone raised his hands.

"I'm sorry, Brooklyn."

…………

The gap between Tom and the strange lady is as obvious as the gap between Jerry and Ben Stone.

After the two professionals were replaced, the rhythm of the trial immediately took off, and it was as smooth as silk.

The two sides have resumed their exchange of fire on the four core issues, and they will not budge an inch.

Brooklyn listened quietly, but her mind was thinking about what was going on in the inner court.

As soon as he locked Jerry up, the District Attorney's Office immediately sent someone to take over, and the other side immediately sent professionals to fight Ben Stone in the ring.

If the defense wanted to win, wouldn't it be easier to send this strange lady before Ben Stone?

With the inextricable ability of the strange lady and Ben Stone, it is not easy to deal with Jerry!

But if the defense doesn't want to win, why replace Tom?

Isn't it faster to let Tom lose against Ben Stone?

Obviously, there is a person with strong ability like Strange Lady, but she doesn't use it, but chooses a rookie like Tom.

What is it for?

Although the exposure of Monrika's case is not as good as that of Emma's case, it is not low, and the representation fee for this case should be expensive, and once you represent this case, whether you win or lose, it will increase your fame.

Why did such a good opportunity give way to Tom's rookie?

It's also strange on the side of the District Attorney's Office.

Shouldn't an inexperienced prosecutor like Jerry start as an assistant? How can you come up and take over the case, or the arson case!

Brooklyn pondered, his eyes wandering back and forth between Ben Stone and the strange lady. I always felt that there was a connection between the two.

"It can be clearly seen on the reconstruction map of the fire scene provided by the other party that the fire started near this area."

In the courtroom, Ben Stone pointed to the big screen and talked eloquently.

Today, his tie is a little loose, which makes his whole person a little less elegant and calm, and with his serious face, it looks a little aggressive at a glance.

He continued as he circled his fingers in front of the counter

"What's here? Decorative lanterns, drinks splashing after being smashed by stones, flammable Santa Claus. ”

"Based on the on-site investigation after the accident, we can see"

The big screen was replaced with another picture.

"The investigation found that the scene was decorated with Christmas decorations, and several wires were connected, one of which was suspected to be the fire point. The line is here. ”

Ben Stone points to the vicinity of the bar, switches back to the previous image, and overlaps the two images.

But the owner of the GOOD fast food restaurant is cautious, and he puts the line in a safe place. This is a reconstruction of the scene based on the memories and reconstructed video footage of the owner and several store staff. ”

As he spoke, he switched to the third image, which was very simple, with only the bar, wine cabinet, lines, Santa Claus and Christmas tree marked in key locations.

After showing the restoration of the scene, he overlapped all three images and pointed to the route that had clearly changed its position before and after the fire

"The line, which is suspected to be the point of the fire, ran from here to here."

"Why?"

The next moment, he switches to the big screen and plays a demo animation.

In the animation, the window shatters first, causing part of the light strip to break, then the wine in the wine cabinet is broken and spilled, and as the stones continue to grow, Santa Claus falls first, followed by the Christmas tree.

But the tree was so tall that when it fell, its branches grabbed the line, and the line was pulled by the tree and fell into the drink.

Then, the lights in the store flickered a few times, and the fire ignited.

"According to the simulation tests, the demo animation fits perfectly into the real time."

"We also found evidence in the restored footage."

As he spoke, Ben Stone switched to the big screen and released screenshots of the video.

Each time the screenshot is switched, there are different changes corresponding to the demo animation, and the timestamp in the upper right corner of the screenshot silently marks the order of the screenshot.

When everything was shown, Ben Stone bowed slightly to the jury bench and turned back to the plaintiff's bench.

"Lola, is there anything else you'd like to add?"

Brooklyn asked.

Lola is the strange lady, Monrika's new defense lawyer.

After taking over the case, Ms. Lola became more and more courageous, and fought with Ben Stone for 5 days, biting the exact video of the arson at the scene, which pushed this cross-examination battle that was originally a rookie pecking each other to a climax.

After the media was surprised that the prosecution and defense changed lawyers together, they were quickly attracted by the brilliant showdown between Lola and Ben Stone, and the coverage of the Monrika case gradually increased.

At the same time, with the imminent trial of Emma's case, there was a renewed uproar, and child advocacy groups even organized two marches to block the main entrance of the E.D.N.Y.

Today is January 25th, and after the jury selection in the Emma case in the morning, Brooklyn had to temporarily suspend the trial in the Emma case because the Monrika case could not be concluded as planned, choosing to end the Monrika case first.

"Prosecutor Ben Stone's statement is entirely speculation, self-questioning, self-amusement, and imagination."

Lola responded calmly

"The other party could not provide the fingerprints of our client on the stone that hit the Christmas tree, nor could it provide evidence that our client was at the scene at the time of the fire.

The most important thing is that the act of smashing the stone occurred before the fire, and according to the video provided by the other party, the act of smashing the stone had stopped at the time of the fire, and my client and the other partners had already left. ”

"In addition, I would like to point out that the so-called fire time test provided by the other party does not accurately reproduce the situation on the night of the crime.

Environmental factors such as wind direction and temperature cannot be accurately restored. ”

"At the same time, we need to emphasize again that the record of the fire point was provided by the NYPD, not compiled by us without authorization, and the fire point provided by the police was near the bar, as for how the fire was caused, this is not a question that my party needs to think about."