Chapter 85, Cross-examination
Emma Gilson and Monrika Russell's social media and some chat logs were displayed on the big screen.
Dona has done a deal in the privacy part, so that the screenshot is not beautiful, but the content carried by the picture is very clear.
In the chat records of the two, most of them mainly complain about school and family, and occasionally discuss cosmetics and celebrities.
At a cursory glance, this is a chat record of an ordinary girlfriend and classmate.
After playing the screenshot of the chat log, Dona took out a thick bound book, which was roughly estimated to be at least seven or eight centimeters thick and had thousands of pages.
"This is a part of the chat history that we have obtained with the consent of the communication company and has not been overwritten."
Dona placed the binder on the table and continued
"This part of the chat history began four years ago and ended on December 24, 2017, when Monrika Russell was arrested."
If you look through the chat history in detail, you will find that there is only a simple friendship between Emma Gilson and Monrika Russell, and there is no possibility of joint crime.
They may speak ill of a classmate behind their backs, and it is absolutely impossible for them to plot a crime behind their backs! ”
"This is Emma Gilson's social account."
Donna didn't give everyone a chance to react at all, and seamlessly connected to the output
"We can see that Emma Gilson likes to share her life, and 37% of the content she posts is songs, 44% is school life, and the rest is about interacting with others."
"We couldn't find a single bit of information related to computer technology or hacker identities in our social media accounts."
"If anyone thinks that this social media account is not enough to prove that Emma Gilson has no criminal foundation, then please imagine that your children are planning a crime behind your back."
"Can you imagine?"
“Objection!”
Wood Ward buttoned up and stood up and shouted.
"Your Excellency, She's intimidating the jurors! Preset a scene! This claim is baseless! The logic doesn't make sense either! ”
"The opposition is valid!"
Brooklyn was afraid that Wood Ward would publish a long paper in court, discussing the meaning and use of the preset scene, and hastened to confirm that his objection was valid.
"Lawyer Dona, watch your words."
Brooklyn looked at Dona and reminded
"Every parent will not be happy to portray children as criminals."
"Not only your parents, but I'm afraid that Ms. Sierra behind you will put you in the dock."
Then he turned to the jury and asked the jury to ignore the defendant's question. ”
"Every article published on this social account, I think every parent should be familiar with it."
Donna was unfazed, and resumed as soon as Brooklyn signaled that she could continue
"It's the same as every normal high school girl's social account."
With that, Dona nodded slightly at Brooklyn.
"They're yours."
As she returned to her seat, Donna said to Wood Ward.
Wood Ward got up, buttoned up, nodded in return, and walked to the jury.
"The defendant has just admitted that this record is not complete."
Wood picked up the bound book and flipped through it, casually flipped through a page and spread it out to show everyone, who didn't know why, some with question marks on their faces, and some craned their necks to read the screenshots on the page.
Wood flipped through several pages in a row before putting down the book.
"I've just selected the front, middle, and back parts of this bound book for presentation. As can be seen from the display, the size of the screenshots on each page of this bound book is the same. ”
As he spoke, he flipped to the last page and glanced at the page number.
"There are 1,046 pages here, and based on the content of the page just shown to you, the average is 13 lines per page."
"The book totals 13,598 lines."
"The defendant just said that this is a four-year chat between Emma Gilson and Monrika Russell. In other words, the pair chatted an average of 9 lines per day! ”
"They go to the same school, they have the same teachers and classmates, they are not far apart, they have the same neighbors, they are highly similar in their surroundings, and they deserve more topics."
"Who would have only 9 words to talk to their classmates and close friends every day?"
“Objection!”
Donna stood up and spoke out against it.
"Speculative statement! This is his subjective assumption! ”
"Objections are invalid!"
Brooklyn quickly made a ruling, raising his chin at Wood.
"I think the jury must be curious to know why the two close friends only have nine words to talk about every day."
Wood Ward greeted Brooklyn and continued
"The defense has just said that they have read all of this record, and the chat between Emma Gilson and Monrika Russell can be summarized as school, family, celebrities and complaints."
"I didn't have time to finish the 1,000-page binder, but I knew it wasn't possible."
“Objection!!!”
Dona spoke out against it.
Wood's words are a more severe accusation against her.
Falsifying the evidence, once it is proven, will ruin her life - even though she herself does not know where she faked.
"Subjective assumptions! It's all inference! ”
"Objections are invalid!"
Brooklyn was also curious as to why Wood thought it was fake, and immediately ruled against Dona's objections.
"When you think of high school, what's the first thing that comes to everyone's mind?"
Instead of revealing the answer immediately, Wood asked a question.
"Hot!"
In Wood's encouraging eyes, the juror in front of him spat out a word.
"What do you think?"
Wood turned to another target.
"Cheerleaders!"
"Rugby!"
"Party!"
"Carnival!"
“……”
Soon the jury was answering a lot of nonsense.
“sexy!”
"Hot girls!"
This caused a chuckle.
After laughing, Wood Ward pointed in the direction in which he was speaking and nodded solemnly.
"That's right!"
"Our impression of high school may be complicated, different people have different experiences, and the impression of high school is not the same, but no matter how it changes, there is one thing that everyone's impression of high school will not change.
That is, sex. ”
"No matter who you are, your impression of high school is sexuality. The boys discuss girls, who is prettier, who has a hotter body, who is more enthusiastic and bold, and who is more open. The girls discuss the boys, who is in better shape, who is better at playing cards, who is stronger and more attractive! ”
"Even if you don't discuss it with others, you will fantasize about it in private."
"Who hasn't talked about sex with a friend in high school?"
Wood Ward asked again. This time, no one responded to him.
"But not a single word in the booklet, according to the defendant's own words, is about sex."
"Is this normal?"
"Is it a chat history between a pair of normal high school best friends?"
It's not normal Brooklyn doesn't know, he was busy worrying with Ray and David about what to eat every day in high school, and it was not his turn to think about sex.
Full of warmth and lust, before you are full of food and clothing, it is naturally not your turn to be y.
But Wood's play made Brooklyn shine.
This is the kind of way he interacts with the jury, he didn't know before!