Brooklyn may be the only person in the court who understands Cedric's approach. The other is Ray. Brooklyn answered the juror's questions with an explanation of the results of his verdict and the basis for his decision.

She was also well-intentioned, and she was one of those who had just looked at Robert Bales with sympathetic eyes. Cedric seemed surprised that Brooklyn understood what he was doing, and he glanced at Brooklyn before withdrawing his gaze without squinting.

On Veterans Day, Cedric knew that Robert Bales' chance to win the lawsuit was in what had happened to him.

Cedric didn't want to care. He was familiar with Robert Bales, one of the few soldiers under his command who was so ill.

They tried all sorts of ways to help Robert Bales, got him a better doctor, tried strange potions, and even stole holy water from the church.

But Robert Bales's condition not only did not improve, but gradually worsened. Unlike normal PTSD, he began to lose the distinction between reality and memory, and he began to see visions that would hurt his wife and children when he was sick.

The reality is worse than Cedric revealed. Cedric, along with several veterans' club leaders, received more than one distress call from Robert's wife, who mistook his wife and children for enemies and tortured them.

Every time they arrived at the scene, Robert's wife was almost covered in bruises. When they subdue Robert and wake up, Robert will cry in pain, say sorry over and over again, and attempt suicide.

When they heard that Robert had divorced his wife, they were relieved. Because they could see that if they continued like this, sooner or later Robert would kill his wife and children as enemies.

With this experience, Cedric thought it was understandable that Robert was murderous, even though his condition seemed to be much better after the divorce.

But in the end, he managed anyway. Cedric has been managing the New York Veterans Club for a long time, dealing with many lawyers, and it is precisely because he knows the faces of the lawyers in court that he obtained his own lawyer's license to help the club members defend themselves.

If Robert were handed over to other lawyers, they would surely use Robert's experience to win sympathy. Cedric didn't think this was the outcome Robert wanted to see.

That was the only thing Robert had left, the only thing he had. The first time he went to Brooklyn, Cedric was ready to lose the case, he didn't expect to win, and his bottom line was that Robert Bales was treated like a normal person.

The situation was better than he had imagined. Cedric suddenly realized that the judge was able to understand what he was doing.

………………………… Brooklyn didn't know what was going on under Cedric's old-fashioned, stern countenance, as he announced the beginning of the trial.

Without the interference of the auditorium, the pace of the trial is easier to control and smoother. Anne Aldington's first round of evidence was brought up by a member of the Veterans Club.

Robert Bales is charged with seven counts of kidnapping, stalking, intimidation, false imprisonment, theft of property, first-degree murder, and second-degree murder, with the first five counts of the victim being the owner of the Chevrolet car and the latter two counts of the owner's husband and son.

After killing two people in a row, Robert Bales took the Chevrolet owner to a veterans' club, where he was later rescued by club members.

More than 100 people at the scene were eyewitnesses. After asking for basic information such as her name, Anne Aldington got down to business.

"Where were you on November 11th?"

"Veterans Club." The witness replied dryly, in the same veins as Cedric had done.

"Have you been there?" Anne Aldington asked. This is her style, which uses detective reasoning to deduce the process of eucalyptus, and proves the defendant's guilt from the results.

"Yes."

"When did you meet Robert Bales?"

"Around 12 noon."

"What was he doing?" The witness did not answer immediately, and subconsciously looked into the dock and made eye contact with Cedric.

Cedric looked angry, staring at the witness with wide eyes. The witness quickly withdrew his gaze.

"Sergeant Robert Bales is holding a woman hostage and hiding in the warehouse." The witnesses were so frightened that they even made comparisons, and the army's unique tactical moves came out.

Anne Aldington glanced back at Cedric, a little surprised. She also thought that Cedric would threaten and even intimidate witnesses, making them refuse to answer or even give false testimony.

"How did he take hostages?" Anne Aldington retracted her gaze and continued.

"Sergeant Robert Bales cut the hostage's arms backwards, tied his clothes behind his back, gagged the hostage's mouth with a towel, held a wrench in one hand, grabbed the hostage in front of him with the other, pushed the hostage out of the car, and tied the hostage to a chair." After a pause, the witness continued

"Prepare for torture."

"Sergeant Robert Bales demanded that the hostages apologize to him and asked who instructed her to follow her and kill her own teammates."

"Why is Robert Bales torturing this?" Anne Aldington asked. This time, the witness did not answer.

"Sir, this issue involves military secrets." Cedric reminded. Seeing Brooklyn look over, Cedric explained

"Robert Bales believes he's still on a mission, which involves military secrets." As soon as Cedric finished speaking, the phone screen on his desk in Brooklyn lit up, showing that a call had come in.

Brooklyn hung up the phone, and before he could speak, the screen lit up again. This time he simply turned off his phone.

"Go on." Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Brooklyn said. Obviously, the tasks that Robert performed were the key to his illness, and he was immersed in the memory of the mission for a long time, unable to distinguish reality.

But this has little to do with this. It was the trigger for Robert's illness, which led to a change in Robert's personality and then a crime.

It would be more effective to discuss the content of the task than to discuss Robert's condition. Anne Aldington was very curious, and after hearing that the matter was confidential, she was in good spirits, but fortunately she remembered her identity and did not continue to ask questions.

"What happened next?" Anne Aldington asked.

"Yes." The witness replied

"The men in the warehouse took control of Robert Bales and freed the hostages." Anne Aldington nodded, facing the jury bench

"I think the witnesses have made it very clear."

"There were hundreds of witnesses like this at the scene, and they all witnessed first-hand how Robert Bales controlled the victim against his will, and forced the victim to say something." With that, Anne Aldington returned to the plaintiff's dock.

Brooklyn looked at Cedric curiously, and he wondered how Cedric was going to testify. Cedric simply chose to give up.

"Sir, we have no questions to ask the witnesses." Cedric said solemnly. One sentence caused an uproar in the jury room.

Just after being explained by Brooklyn, the suppressed suspicion of Cedric resurfaced. The jurors whispered, looking at the dock with strange eyes, which were full of strangeness, questioning, regret, pity, and contempt.

The jurors sympathized with Robert Bales and for his encounter with such a lawyer. The jurors disdained Cedric, believing that Cedric was perfunctory.

It sounds good, but in fact, it doesn't show its feet. In the trial, even if they encounter similar ironclad evidence, the lawyers will struggle, even if it is symbolic, they will ask a few questions, or be vexatious, or pick a bone in the egg, not only to show the client that they have done their best, but also to abide by professional ethics.

Although their efforts are no different from you Cedric doing nothing. But they tried.

Cedric didn't even make an effort and just gave up. Brooklyn frowned, looking at Cedric in surprise.

Cedric still had a straight face, not smiling.

"Are you sure, defense lawyer?" Brooklyn asked.

"Yes, sir. I'm sure. Cedric replied. Brooklyn nodded, and instead asked Anne Aldington if she needed a supplement.

Anne was obviously shaken by Cedric's hand. She had imagined countless situations, but she never thought that the other party would give up directly.

After staring at Cedric for a moment, Anne slowly withdrew her gaze and shook her head, indicating that she didn't need to add any more.

Witnesses were removed from the courtroom. Mark Robert Bales was convicted of at least three of the seven counts of kidnapping, intimidation, and unlawful imprisonment.

It's enough for Robert Bales to be sentenced to death in old age.

"The defense adduces evidence." Brooklyn ticked off the prosecution's list of evidence and pulled out the defendant's list of evidence.

Compared with the prosecution's lengthy list of evidence, the defence list is much more concise. Brooklyn's eyes wandered back and forth over several pieces of evidence, trying to put himself in Cedric's place and what to do.

Then he found out that there was no way at all. The prosecution had so much evidence that Robert Bales' confession came out.

If he is allowed to fight with this kind of eucalyptus, he will definitely lose. If you don't give up using Robert Bales's past, there may be a silver lining.

"It's the defense's turn to present evidence." Brooklyn sighed and said. Cedric submitted Evidence No. 1 and No. 2 in the order of the list of evidence.

Exhibit No. 1 was the autopsy report of the Chevrolet owner's eight-year-old son. Previously, it was reported in the media that Robert Bales brutally killed a six-year-old boy.

Actually, this is a false positive. The Chevrolet owner's son was eight years old, and the autopsy report on the boy was so thick that the forensic doctor gave the cause of death after repeated autopsies.

Exhibit No. 2 is the autopsy forensic examiner, Dexter. Dexter is getting married recently, and he is very high-spirited, and he is used to making cameo appearances as forensic doctors.

The autopsy was requested by him on his own initiative. Dexter was brought into the courtroom by Ray and stood on the witness stand, awaiting the oath.

Brooklyn took Bob's Bible and stood face to face with Dexter. It was the first time they had seen each other since they met on the side of the road that night.

The two looked at each other, conveying information that others couldn't understand. The corners of Brooklyn's mouth curled up slightly, as if to say hello.

'I know it's you. I know all your secrets,' Dexter's spirits dissipated.

No matter how well he handled it, how successful he was in stealing beams and changing pillars, how happy he was now, and how much he wanted to change his ways, the person in front of him was an insider.

He knows everything about his past! What frightened him even more was that he suddenly thought that David, the leader of the murderous group, was good friends with Brooklyn!

Dexter's eyes began to look at Brooklyn's neck, considering where to go with the knife.

"Put your right hand upon the Bible and swear to God that to the best of His knowledge you will tell the truth and have nothing to hide." Brooklyn didn't know what he was doing unintentionally, and Dexter thought so much about it, and he was going through the witness oath process step by step.

Looking at Dexter was just curiosity. The news of Dexter's marriage was told to him by David, and they were both curious as to why the serial killer had washed his hands.

Dexter's hand pressed on the Bible, repeated Brooklyn's words, and finished the oath.

"You're the medical examiner who conducted the autopsy, right?" Cedric stayed true to his usual style and came up straight to the point.

"Yes." Dexter replied rigorously

"I'm a bloodstain analyst, and I'm the one who conducted this autopsy."

"In the analysis of the cause of death in the practice report, you spent a lot of space describing it, why?" Cedric asked.

Normally, a lawyer at this point should ask, 'What is a bloodstain analyst' or 'Is a bloodstain analyst a medical examiner?'

to confirm the authority of Dexter's autopsy report and reassure the jury. But he didn't, and he asked at his own pace as if he hadn't heard Dexter's answer.

"The cause of death of the deceased is complex." Dexter was not an ordinary person, and calmly looked at Cedric and began to explain.

"There were bruises on the neck of the corpse, but no hyoid bone fracture was found after autopsy, and the formation of corpse spots on the neck of the corpse was not obvious."

"There were also bruises on the chest and supraumbilicus abdomen, more pronounced than on the neck. Among them, there are obvious finger marks in the supraumbilicus abdomen, and obvious columnar indentations on both sides of the thoracic cage. ”

"Further autopsy revealed seven fractures in the body's ribs, and minor rupture or tears in the abdomen and chest organs."

"Chyme was found in the stomach, esophagus, and trachea of the corpse, and it was determined by laboratory tests that it was a lake of cereal."

"It is consistent with the scene, the clothing provided by the defendant Robert Bales, and the residue in the mouth and nose of the deceased." Dexter said a lot of things without hesitation, completely reciting the contents of the autopsy report, which made people listen to it and not understand what they were talking about.

At this point, he paused, and looked at the spectators. After seeing a pair of confused eyes, he seemed to realize that there were a group of laymen here.

So Dexter explained further

"Based on the characterization of the corpse and the autopsy, and after preliminary examination, it was determined that the deceased had undergone the Heimlich maneuver before his death."