Frederick said he had come to apologize, and he was sincere and sincere, but Brooklyn wasn't going to accept it.

To this day, he still finds time each month to visit Ben and Wood. In addition to confiding in them what is on their minds, it is to remind themselves not to forget how they died.

"You know Ben Stone and Wood Ward." Brooklyn asked, closing the papers in his hand and looking up.

Frederick nodded

"Yes, I apologize for that."

"They're so much better than this guy." Brooklyn pointed to the prosecution bench that was speaking.

"Ben is the best prosecutor I have ever met, he is an old-fashioned man, elegant and calm, wise and upright. If this trial had made Ben, he would not have been so excited. Ben is an idealist, but not only an idealist. He won't let anyone else pay for his justice. Seeing that Frederick was about to speak, Brooklyn waved his hand and motioned for him to shut up.

"If it is replaced, he will fight for financial compensation for the victim's family, and for this reason, he will give up some of the prosecutorial powers."

"Wood's guy is different. He was a stilted and boring man. Did you know that Wood and I were college classmates? Frederick nodded.

He had read Brooklyn materials before coming to New York, and he had a good understanding of Brooklyn's past.

"If he is a cunning businessman who is always calculating, carefully balancing justice with the interests of the parties, Wood is the quintessential knight. Humility, honor, sacrifice, valor, mercy, honesty, justice, spirituality. ”

"Do you know how many cases they handle each year and how many people they help?" Frederick was silent for a moment, then shook his head.

"You shouldn't apologize to me. You should apologize to Ben and Wood. Brooklyn spread the folder back out, looking down for a place to sign.

Frederick's face stiffened for a moment, and quickly returned to normal.

"Judge Brooklyn, I'm sorry for the death of this prosecutor and Prosecutor Wood, but you shouldn't blame it on a child advocacy organization......" Brooklyn finally found a place to sign, signed his name, closed the folder, and handed it to Bob behind him, while taking another folder from Bob and flipping it open.

"Ben Stone, Wood Ward." Brooklyn reminded as she rummaged through the place to sign

"You shouldn't know Ben or Wood that well, and strangers call them so affectionately, and they're not used to it." After signing and closing the folder, Brooklyn patted the surface of the folder lightly.

"Well, if you came to me to ask what I think, now you've got an answer."

If not, let's get straight to the point. You can see that I'm busy. Frederick pursed his lips.

He didn't expect the resistance to be so great. He had read Brooklyn and studied his relationships, and he had thought that Brooklyn and Ben Stone were just ordinary working relationships, and that Wood Ward was just classmates.

But listening to what Brooklyn meant just now, it was clear that he had misjudged. Child advocacy organizations want to continue to grow in New York, and Brooklyn is a person who can't get around it.

He has a close personal relationship with Governor Reilly Winston, the next director of the NYPD is his brother, and the female prosecutor Anne Aldington, who is favored by the boss of the District Attorney's Office, is his confidante, and he himself inherits most of the personal relationships of the former Chief Justice of the Second Court of the Circuit, Lenley Crewe, and has a pivotal position in the judicial circles of New York, and even emerged in the federal judicial circles.

After research, Frederick confirmed that it was unwise to befriend Brooklyn. In Frederick's view, if not to let Brooklyn join them, at least the unpleasantness between the two sides should be eliminated, and it would be nice to get support.

That's why he came to visit Brooklyn when he first came to New York. He even put Governor Winston behind Brooklyn.

But unfortunately, he was not a good teacher. The misjudgment of Brooklyn's relationship with the two deceased men, Ben Stone and Wood Ward, directly led to the unusability of his planned follow-up conversations.

"If you don't have anything else to talk about, you can listen to the trial and get familiar with it." Seeing that Frederick did not speak, Brooklyn opened his mouth to give a suggestion.

As if he was really thinking about Frederick, he kindly explained the situation on the field to Frederick, and even returned the papers in his hand to Bob.

"This prosecutor is so hot-blooded that he wants to put the defendant in the electric chair, but killing the defendant does not do the victim's family any good. He should apply for a plea bargain. Help the victim's family to claim financial compensation. Brooklyn whispered, pointing to the angry prosecutor

Of course, this plea bargain is not universal. The defendant was clearly a rich man who could afford it. If you encounter someone who can't afford to pay for it, or a miser, you can only send people to the electric chair. ”

"And this lawyer." When it was the defense's turn to speak, Brooklyn whispered again

"Don't look at him as professional, in fact, he is perfunctory to his employer."

"He knew in his heart that this case was doomed to lose, and he had given up struggling."

"Hah! If it were me, I would do the same. The murder weapon, eyewitnesses, surveillance video, fingerprints, and motives are all available, and I don't know what the use of this defendant is in refusing to admit guilt. ”

"In the face of ironclad evidence, confession is the best choice, and there is no need to waste everyone's time." Brooklyn turned his head, looked at Frederick, and said seriously

"You said yes, right?" Several reporters next to them originally found that it was Brooklyn sitting next to them, so they didn't rush up to disturb, but when they heard Brooklyn's commentary on the situation on the field, they all pricked up their ears to eavesdrop, and when they heard the last sentence, they couldn't help but look over, and then without waiting for Brooklyn to react, they immediately moved away.

"Mr. Brooklyn, Advocacy for Children would like to talk to E. Organise an event together to teach parents and children how to properly protect their children's rights. Frederick said earnestly as if he hadn't heard what Brooklyn was saying.

"The venue, publicity and other expenses of this event are all borne by the children's rights protection organization, and we hope you can attend."

"You should go to the Bar Association." Brooklyn pointed

"The courts are where criminals are sent to prison, not where the law is popularized."

"The Bar Association is better at this."

"In addition, as you can see, Child Advocacy is a global non-profit organization, and it covers too many people, and we lack a person who is proficient in justice to tell volunteers how to face temptation. If you wish, we can offer an annual salary of $7.8 million. ”

"We have hired you to sit on the Honorary Global Board of Directors of Child Advocacy Organizations. Your job is to check the branches for illegal activities and hold regular lectures. ”

"No need. But thank you for thinking I'm worth 7.5 million. Brooklyn didn't think about it, and just shook his head and refused.

Frederick was not silent or evasive as before, he sat up straight, his eyes met Brooklyn's gaze without hesitation, and asked calmly

"Don't you really want to think about it again?" Brooklyn pretended to think, and finally shook his head

"I've thought about it, but I don't need to."

"Is there no room at all?" Brooklyn nodded earnestly.

"When the children were cut off, the doctors must have left no room for them."

"When a fire in a container burns, there must be no room for it."

"So, yes, there's no room for that. If you don't die, you are simply blind to God and the demons of hell. Frederick wasn't by Brooklyn, which was a bit of a pity for Brooklyn.

He just nodded earnestly and said

"Okay, I got it." His voice was untouched. With that, Frederick got up, nodded politely at Brooklyn, and left.

Brooklyn didn't care about Frederick's departure, took the papers handed by Bob, and continued to sign them while listening to the trial.

At the end of the hour-and-a-half-hour trial, Brooklyn stood up with the crowd and stretched.

He gained a lot in this hour and a half. It took a lot of paperwork alone, and Bob even went out to get it during this time.

Back in the inner court, Brooklyn called Clement over. It was the first time that Claim had encountered a criminal case, and he was afraid that he would not be able to handle it well, so he called Brooklyn to audit, intending to let Brooklyn give him some advice.

Although Brooklyn seemed half-hearted as he listened to the trial and processed the documents, he actually listened very carefully.

After all, all you need to do is find the blank space that Nelly circled with a pencil and sign her name on the underline, and you don't need to use your brain at all.

Clément arrived quickly. Brooklyn didn't engage in the 'first rise and then suppress' set, and said directly

"I listened to it and had a few questions."

"The first is the issue of discipline. It's up to you what you think. I prefer the courtroom to be quiet and serious, so my courtroom is more disciplined. It is not allowed to make too much noise during the trial, which will interfere with the train of thought of the prosecution and defense and interrupt the mood of the jury. ”

"In this afternoon's trial, you are all sitting in the judge's seat, and there is still a lot of noise in the courtroom, like a middle school classroom. Your assistants didn't know how to help, just stood there waiting, waiting for them to calm down. ”

"It's such a waste of time. What if they don't quiet down all the time? What are you going to do? Waiting? ”

"The second problem is the rhythm." Brooklyn continued

"You're a judge, I don't know if it's because I'm here, or because you're nervous because you're in contact with criminal cases for the first time? Caution? ”

"You're too loose about the pace of the trial. Almost the parties can say whatever they want, and they can say as long as they want. ”

"For example, the defendant's statement about the car. He started with buying a car, and talked a lot about it, but in fact he just wanted to express that his car was too worn, and the brake failure was not his fault, it was the car's fault. ”

"What can be ended in one sentence, you let the defendant spend more than ten minutes."

"It is true that criminal cases are more careful and more deliberate than civil ones, but there is no need for such caution. You understand, or you think the jury understands, and the parties are still repeating, you can just intervene. ”

"No matter what the case, the ultimate goal is only to make the facts clear, so that those who deserve to be punished are punished, and those who should not be punished are exempted from punishment. Don't get it that complicated. Brooklyn spoke a little seriously, but Clement didn't show the slightest hint of displeasure, but nodded earnestly, indicating that he had written it down.

This made Brooklyn have a good impression of Clement. If Clement showed impatience or other emotion when he made a few suggestions, Brooklyn would immediately stop his mouth and say, 'It's not that serious, you're doing well.'

'Leave people in a perfunctory way. I won't look at Clement again. Everyone is a colleague, and he is not Clemant's parents, so there is no need to force others to study and annoy people in vain.

Now Brooklyn is already thinking about further training Clemant. Claim is a newcomer, completely blank slate.

There is a lot of potential for cultivation. Brooklyn's external network has gradually opened up and is steadily developing, but the internal relationship of the judge community is still very thin.

In order to climb higher, not only external support is needed, but also support from the ranks of judges.

If you don't cultivate it now, it's too late to cultivate it when you need it. Sending Clement away, Brooklyn calls Bob to check in on tomorrow's itinerary.

"There are three court hearings tomorrow, and you need to be a guest on A's show in the evening, and A has said hello in advance. In addition, you will need to preside over the naturalization ceremony tomorrow. ”

"Naturalization?" Brooklyn's signatory hand stopped. When a foreign citizen or national needs to grant federal citizenship after meeting the requirements set forth by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act, the person in need of naturalization submits an application for naturalization to USCIS.

The Federal Citizenship and Immigration Service processes all naturalization applications and provides the court with a list of candidates selected for naturalization by the Federal Court.

After the list is approved, the court will notify the naturalization applicant to come to the court at the designated time to participate in the naturalization ceremony.

Ceremonies are usually presided over by a judge of the Federal District Court. Different courts have different traditions. For example, e.g. The ceremony is presided over by the 20 judges of the court, usually on the second floor, where the judge will first read the powers and responsibilities of federal citizens, and then the judge will lead the naturalization applicant to take the oath, after the oath, the judge will personally issue a certificate of naturalization to each naturalization applicant.

It's a boring process. When you repeat a ritual a hundred times or a thousand times, even the most solemn ceremony can become boring.

Brooklyn didn't want to participate in the ceremony, and it would be better to hold a court session one more time if he had this time. But this is the same as the rotation of judges, everyone takes turns, and there is no reason for him to escape.

"Okay. Naturalization. Brooklyn nodded helplessly

"Anything else?"

"It's gone." Bob shows the itinerary to Brooklyn.