Wood Ward's announcement that the prosecution is waiting is not good news for the defense.

The prosecution's wait means that the prosecution feels that the available evidence is enough to crucify the accused.

In fact, the prosecution has mastered the motive, planning, method of crime, time and place of Emma Gilson's crime...... Except for the computer that is nowhere, the prosecution has all the evidence and has completely restored everything.

All Dona could do was try to keep Emma Gilson from being executed.

First-degree murder punishable by death!

The state of New York does not prohibit the death penalty!

It just so happened that the trial judge was a judge known for his harsh sentencing!

It just so happened that the defense seriously offended the trial judge!

Donna felt tired and exhausted.

She wanted to move out of Mr. Gilson to play the emotional card, but Wood Ward saw through it and directed all her attention directly to the custody transfer agreement.

How warm and filial the front is, how much a 'father and daughter', when Mr. Gilson admits that he knowingly voluntarily renounced Emma's fatherhood, how much contrast there is.

The jurors, who had listened to it with relish and had a light in their eyes, changed color when they heard Mr. Gilson admit that they knew.

Wood Ward's purpose was accomplished, and he turned away in a dashing manner, and after taking two steps, he turned back, took out a handkerchief, and handed it to Mr. Gilson, who was weeping bitterly.

He watched as Mr. Gilson wept bitterly with a complicated expression, and finally just patted him on the shoulder.

"Defense, do you have any questions for the witnesses?"

Brooklyn took the tissue box, placed it in front of Mr. Gilson, and looked up and asked.

Dona looked complicated and shook her head silently.

How did she ask? And what should Mr. Gilson say?

Wood Ward had an unsolvable puzzle in front of her.

Custody Transfer Agreement!

Mr. Gilson admitted to knowing that her purpose of inviting Mr. Gilson to testify in court could not be achieved; If Mr. Gilson does not admit to knowing, her employer will be involved.

It was the New York Children's Advocacy Group that hired her to defend Emma Gilson, not Emma Gilson!

It was Sierra Hart who paid! Not Emma Gilson!

At this moment, Donna finds herself pitted by Serra Hart......

"Does the defendant have any other evidence to adduce?"

"Yes!"

Donna regained her strength and got up again.

"We have asked for the structural drawings of the apartment building as evidence, which can prove that the fire and the tragedy caused it were not only the fault of my client, Emma Gilson."

Dona's words caused a commotion again.

The trial on the financial compensation of the apartment building was first held in the court next door, and it has been dragged on until now, and it is still in full swing.

At that trial, the plaintiff had already applied for a structural plan as evidence.

They even know the purpose of Dona's application for a structure chart.

In order to ensure that more rooms are available for rent, the structural design of the apartment building does not meet the requirements of the code.

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"Here's a structural diagram of an apartment building."

Dona explained, pointing to the drawings on the big screen

"According to the requirements, the building must be equipped with a refuge floor when it is more than 100 meters." [Note 1]

"The usable area of the refuge floor is determined by accommodating an average of five people per square meter. In order to ensure that the people who need to take refuge do not miss the refuge floor, the smoke-proof stairwell is required to be disconnected from the refuge floor at the staggered position of the refuge floor or the upper and lower floors, so that the personnel can go up and down through the refuge floor. ”

"In the event of a fire, residents can flee to the refuge floor and wait for rescue."

"The top floor of the apartment building should be 115 meters high, and at least two refuge floors should be provided. Residents are provided with evacuation and refuge, but we can see from the structure that there is no refuge floor in the whole building. ”

"In addition, the government also requires buildings to be equipped with a fire isolation layer, once a fire breaks out, the fire isolation layer can effectively block the spread of the fire and buy time for personnel to escape."

"But the police did not find the fire barrier material at the scene."

"It was precisely because the apartment building did not have a refuge floor and a fire isolation layer that the fire spread quickly after it broke out in a very short period of time."

"If the apartment building had been built as required, perhaps this disaster could have been avoided."

With that, Dona glanced in the direction of the plaintiff.

Wood Ward sat there, looking at his nose and nose, and his heart and not moving.

In fact, as early as the night he sacrificed Monrika Russell's killer move, Donna approached him to sign a plea agreement.

However, the prosecution has been annoyed by Monrika Russell's DPA agreement, and Emma Gilson is not Monrika Russell, she has nothing to use for the transaction, and the plea agreement was rejected by the prosecution.

Since that day, Donna has approached him many times, all for the purpose of plea agreement, and part of the trial was also involved in the conversation between the two.

Not only does he know that Dona will play the emotional card and throw the blame on the apartment building in desperation, but he also knows that Donna will bite Emma Gilson's age problem!

In Brooklyn's view, Donna's dumping apartment building was completely untenable.

The apartment building was not built as required, and that was the responsibility of the apartment building, but it was not the reason for Emma Gilson's arson.

Emma Gilson is not an enforcer, she does not have the power to enforce the law, and she does not have the right to burn down buildings that do not meet the requirements.

Brooklyn felt that Dona should look at age if she wanted to fight for Emma Gilson.

Once she can prove that Emma Gilson is a minor in a convincing way in court, even he cannot sentence Emma Gilson to death.

Both the prosecution and the defense are clearly aware of this.

After the trial, Wood Ward and Dona followed Brooklyn's butt all the way to the inner court.

Entering the office, Wood Ward was the first to attack.

"Your Excellency, I am requesting a bone age test for the defendant Emma Gilson to determine his true age."

“Objection！” Dona subconsciously shouted out against it, and then realized that this was not a courtroom, and her face was embarrassed. But he continued despite the strange looks of Bob and Brooklyn

"Bone age testing can only determine biological age, which has nothing to do with actual age, and bone age testing only has reference value."

"All we want is Emma Gilson's biological age!" Wood Ward turned around and said stiffly.

"Judicial rulings will consider a judgment reduction defense, which should obviously be a mental age."

Dona retorted.

"In addition, federal law and state law have many protections for minors, and there are clear guardianship provisions, which is rooted in the lack of judgment of minors, so it can be seen that more consideration should be given to mental age in judicial decisions, and nothing to do with biological age."

"You mean that Hannibal is innocent as long as it can be proven that he is immature?"

Wood Ward sneered.

"Hannibal is different from Emma Gilson, and Emma Gilson's situation does not apply to Hannibal." Donna said earnestly as if she hadn't heard the sarcasm between Wood Ward's words

"Emma Gilson started the fire because she was mentally immature and didn't know what the consequences of her actions were. This is not the same thing as Hannibal. ”

"Regardless of Emma Gilson's biological age, Emma Gilson should be a minor. And this is evidenced by the testimony of Mr. Gilson. ”

"That's not what the police database thinks."

Wood Ward retorted, then looked at Brooklyn.

Brooklyn didn't expect that the focus of their argument would be not only about Emma Gilson's age, but also about the judicial decisions that would arise from it.

This is no longer within the scope of the local court's ruling, and these issues should be raised with the Supreme Court.