20 years, what can be done?

20 years is enough for a baby to grow up, enough for a generation to grow old.

20 years is enough for Brian to miss his daughter's life, he can't catch up with his daughter's graduation ceremony, his daughter's first love, his daughter's entry into the palace of marriage, and his daughter's birth of the crystallization of love.

Even if his daughter can forgive him, 20 years is enough for him to miss most of his daughter's wonderful life.

Because of the impulse, it may be just a sentence that destroys a family.

After the verdict was announced, Brooklyn still felt a little emotional.

Ray and Bob also sighed a lot, which directly led to their table eating food with relish at lunchtime, and sighing from time to time.

Nelly couldn't get used to seeing the three big men sigh here.

"I guess I haven't arrived at the prison yet, it's such a pity, hurry up and stuff him with a spoon." [Note 1]

As she spoke, Nelly handed the spoon to Brooklyn.

"No, you don't ......" Bob was a little anxious, his voice raised an octave, but met Nelly's gaze and quickly deflated back, "Do you feel a pity?" ”

"What's the pity?" Nellie took advantage of the three men's long sighs and ate most of the pork ribs alone. She nibbled on the last piece of ribs, threw it on the table, and said as she wiped her hands with a tissue

"Marriage is the grave, the two of them have already gone into the grave, and it is the same if they die early or late."

Seeing that all three of them were looking at her, Nelly straightened up, put the tissue on the table, and continued

"Doesn't that make sense? If they hadn't married, they wouldn't have lived together, they wouldn't have lived together, and the dead wouldn't have found Brian washing his clothes with his shoes. If you don't find Brian's clothes and heels mixed with washing, you won't nag. ”

"If the deceased didn't nag, Brian wouldn't be angry, the two wouldn't have argued, wouldn't have divorced, and wouldn't have appeared in today's court."

"If you don't get married, there's nothing going on. Brian was still the tall, handsome, masculine, and attractive boyfriend in the deceased's mind, not sloppy and didn't know how to wash the clothes separately. There is also a fox smell and a husband who doesn't know how to use perfume. ”

"The deceased is still plump in Brian's mind, and at a glance, he can't wait to put an engine on his precious girlfriend, not a nagging and uninteresting wife."

"If they hadn't gotten married, maybe they would have used up the two boxes of small umbrellas they bought after visiting the mall."

"Seventy percent of the murderers in marriage are spouses. Why? Isn't it because I'm married? ”

Nelly's words left the three of them dumbfounded.

Even Brooklyn, who felt a little afraid of women because of Selena, felt that his three views were at risk of collapsing.

Ray was blinded and lame by Nelly.

Bob muttered, "Did I marry Mary by mistake?" ”

Nelly glanced at Bob and didn't answer.

"So, what's there to sigh about. Everything is self-inflicted. Nelly got up to make a final wrap-up, and gracefully walked into the bathroom with her handbag to touch up her makeup.

The three big men were left looking at each other, carefully tinkering with their three views.

"I've seen it, it's been a long time."

Brooklyn muttered in Chinese.

Ray glanced at Brooklyn.

The lunch was so strange that the three big men in Brooklyn were so shocked by Nelly's speech that they even lamented the tragedy of the Brians.

I used to see this kind of thing in the courthouse a lot, and I didn't feel so much, and in Nelly's words, the three of them were 'pretending to be emotional' and trying to lure the girl in.

It's no wonder that Nelly is hard-hearted, the various touching stories rumored by the outside world are packaged, and the court sees the whole face of these stories, which naturally also contains the ugly side.

So, after coming back to his senses after being unified, Brooklyn himself felt a little hypocritical.

The three of them were still regaining their shattered three views, and Nelly had finished her makeup and came out of the bathroom with high heels.

Instead of returning to the table, she ignored the three of them and passed by the table.

Bob covered his face, indicating that he had no eyes to see.

Ray had already stood up and pulled Brooklyn to leave.

Brooklyn looked in the direction she was walking, and sure enough, there was a sexy man with a muscular build.

But what is surprising is that just as Nelly was about to sit opposite the man and start talking, a man suddenly rushed out of the bathroom, rushed over in a hurry, sat next to the man, and hugged the man's arm.

The man kissed him dotingly.

After a long tired interaction between the two, they remembered that there was someone next to them, and the mature man raised his head and smiled apologetically at Nelly, "Madam, is there something wrong?" ”

Nellie was dumbfounded, and a burst of laughter erupted behind her.

Brooklyn and Ray laughed, and when they saw Nelly coming over, they quickly got up to settle the bill and fled.

…………………………

In the afternoon, Anne Aldington came to find her.

Looking at her face, you don't need to ask at all to know that this Brian is not as honest as Brian in the morning.

Sure enough, after taking the coffee from Bob and thanking her, Anne spoke to herself.

"It's useless! Your Excellency Judge Brooklyn, your power does not seem to have radiated into the nursing home. ”

Just as God cannot fill the whole world with light. This is a very normal thing. Brooklyn chuckled in response to Annie's teasing.

Anne took a sip of her coffee to hide her embarrassment.

Comparing herself to God, she was embarrassed for Brooklyn.

"Ahem...... Anyway, I tried everything, and she insisted that she wouldn't talk to me about it, saying she had the right not to talk to me unless it was a court summons or arrest warrant. ”

"So, Judge Brooklyn, is there any better way? Do you want to issue a subpoena? ”

Anne looked expectantly at Brooklyn.

"Do the Brians have children?"

Remembering the conversation between Brian, who has the same name in the morning, and his daughter, Brooklyn asked.

Anne shook her head.

"According to the records, they had a daughter, but that one never appeared."

"In the list of missing persons?" Brooklyn asked.

The Federation's missing persons list is a large volume, thanks to the federal people's character of walking away, some of the people on the missing persons list may really be dead, but some of them are just gone, leaving the place where they used to live.

"Nope. I checked the list of missing persons, and among the women with the surname Brian, there was no match. Anne replied.

"Where's your box of papers?" Brooklyn thought for a moment and suddenly asked.

"What?"

"If you file an indictment, maybe I'll be interested." Brooklyn laughed, "So, I might need to know a little bit about the eucalyptus first." ”

Anne's eyes lit up, and she got up from the couch in a hurry, and rushed out with her paperbag.

About half an hour passed, and she happily returned with her receipt.

Sitting down on the couch again, I remembered and asked about the change in Brooklyn, "Why are you interested again today?" ”

Brooklyn shrugged and tossed over the morning file that Bob had just handed over.

Anne Aldington flipped it open and looked at it.

The dossier is very detailed, including the daughter's final accusation against her father, which is faithfully recorded.

Seeing that Anne Aldington had finished reading it, Brooklyn took the file back, handed it to Bob to take for archiving, and spoke

"This eucalyptus inspired me a lot."

"I want to participate in more eucalyptus pieces that are simple and simple in structure, and can be encountered by ordinary people."

Brooklyn has been involved in many court trials, such as the Red Devil Imitation Murder, Emma Arson, Hahn's retrial, the Baruch College Football Team Player, the Baruch College Cafeteria Bombing Attack, and so on.

The filth and filth of these eucalyptus lakes caught his eyes.

The law comes from the moral concepts of ordinary people, and Brooklyn found himself gradually detached from the moral concepts of ordinary people after a morning trial.

More and more eucalyptus cases are being involved in the trial, but the number of ordinary eucalyptus cases of ordinary people is gradually decreasing.

This morning, when his daughter complained about Brian, he found that he had not felt such ordinary emotions for a long time.

It is true that he wants to be a justice, but he does not want to be a judge who is divorced from the masses, and any justice who is divorced from the masses and floats in the sky will not end well.

Because they don't understand what ordinary people are thinking and what they need.

Brooklyn said that what was given to Anne Aldington was just an excuse, and Anne Aldington did not delve further.

For her, whatever Brooklyn's intentions, the result was that he was ready to accept the indictment.

That's a good thing.

Anne was delighted.

Brooklyn was not so happy.

Anne offered to bring him the papers, and Brooklyn considered that it was Friday, and he should have read the papers on the weekend, not in the office.

So, the two went to the parking lot together, ready to move the documents directly to the car in Brooklyn.

The silver car was still parked in the doorway.

After finishing the carton, the two glanced at each other from a distance.

"Are they bothering you again?"

Brooklyn asked, remembering the guy who had driven all the way from Washington State to New York.

Anne shook her head.

"Do you know what a profession is more dangerous than a judge?"

"What?" Anne asked.

Brooklyn pointed at her as "prosecutor." ”

"You are more hated than judges."

Ben Stone and Wood Ward, for example.

"I know." Anne Aldington said suddenly.

"What do you know?"

"I know about your friend," said Anne Aldington, "Prosecutor Ben Stone and Prosecutor Wood Ward." ”

The two walked back slowly, and Anne whispered

"I've heard Prosecutor Wood Ward's trial, and I chose New York for Prosecutor Wood Ward."

"And Prosecutor Ben Stone. I grew up reading his books. It was because of him that I chose to become a prosecutor. ”

"You're still a fan of Wood Ward?" Brooklyn was a little surprised.

"I'm not a fan, am I?" Anne Aldington said uncertainly.

She hasn't chased stars, so she doesn't know what it looks like to be a fan.

"Prosecutor Wood Ward's awe-inspiring appearance in the courtroom is infectious, and it is easy to feel that fairness and justice are still there. He just wants to be a knight who comes out of the epic, which makes people feel like a spring breeze. ”

"His style doesn't suit you."

Brooklyn said after looking Anne up and down

"He is old-fashioned and decent, persevering, and persistent, unless he is similar to his personality, he does not fit his style at all."

Brooklyn suddenly discovered that Anne Aldington really seemed to be very similar to Wood in terms of persistence and persistence.

He couldn't help but glance at Anne again.

Anne pondered, but did not open her mouth to refute.

At this time, she suddenly remembered that the judge next to her, who was known for his fairness and strictness, was the first lawyer in New York City before becoming a judge.

"You're more adept at detective reasoning, which is a classical way of arguing that is actually rare these days."

Anne Aldington's inquisitive expression was seen by Brooklyn, and he didn't want to say anything more, but he remembered Wood and Ben, so he casually mentioned a few words.

"I'll have time to read Ben's trial transcript."

Ben Stone is a man whom Brooklyn has always admired, admired Brooklyn for his wisdom and admiration for his shrewdness, and the two intersected and shared similar interests.

After waiting in the office for a while, Bob returned with Kendall's indictment.

Seeing the indictment in Brooklyn's hands, Anne was relieved to leave.

"This eucalyptus is not easy to do."

Unexpectedly, Bob did not shout and complain about Brooklyn's 'lustful and stupid', but seriously analyzed the situation.

"This was thirty years ago, and even if Kendall is not the real murderer, it is estimated that the real murderer will die of old age."

"Moreover, there are only two eyewitnesses in the whole process, and there is no way to distinguish the authenticity of the eyewitness testimony."

Bob babbled and opened his mouth to tell all the difficulties of Ben.

That's an amazing feat.

Ordinary people take over a piece together, but it feels difficult and not easy to do, but they can't say where it is difficult or where it is not easy.

I don't even know where the problem is, how to solve it?

Bob's ability to see at a glance what the problem is remarkable.

"If we can fix it before graduation season comes, I'll go back to my graduation presentation. That's all. Brooklyn knocked on the indictment and said, "If it can't be resolved before then, just push it away, and I won't dare to accept the invitation in the future." ”

Some time ago, he received an invitation from his alma mater, Harvard University, to say something to the graduates at the graduation ceremony.

Brooklyn hadn't decided whether to go or not.

The people invited to the commencement ceremony by Harvard University are usually political and business celebrities, and let's be honest, Brooklyn is not qualified enough.

He was invited mainly because Lyleigh Crewe repeatedly praised him in public, and the bombing of the Baruch College cafeteria made Harvard University consider him a potential alumnus.