Chapter 263, Anne wants to go to heaven
With Regulus officially accepting Anne's indictment, the $1.7 billion Powerball jackpot once again hit the front page and became the subject of heated discussions.
Only then did the public know that it was not the jackpot winner who was overseas, or the jackpot winner who was at war, but that the person was dead!
For a time, the topic of inheritance rights of all kinds, as well as the inventory of eucalyptus caused by various lotteries, became the main target of all media reports.
Newspapers and TV news began to fly all kinds of lottery tickets, and there were hundreds of millions of billions of large assets reported at every turn......
But soon, things took an unexpected turn.
After the Angus trial, Judge Regulus got a taste of what Brooklyn was like.
His courtroom was crowded with media, and he was surrounded by media interviews wherever he went.
When Regulus was interviewed by the media, he behaved very well. He vowed to the camera that he would enforce the law impartially and fulfill the responsibilities of a judge.
However, in court, the evidence presented by the police was not convincing, and the defendant Bobby Singh sang all the way and Anne Aldington retreated.
Regulus was so weak that whenever it was Anne Aldington's turn to speak, whenever Bobby Singh was adamantly opposed, he would meditate on declaring 'the objection valid'.
Ask why Bobby Singer has a detailed map of the New York City neighborhood on the Governor Thomas Dewey Highway in his house?
Oppose! The privacy of the defendant is involved.
Opposition is valid! It is true that privacy is involved.
Ask Julie Angus about her testimony?
Oppose! This is just Julie's statement alone.
Opposition is valid! Considering that Julie is one of the suspects, the testimony is unreliable.
Evidence of the scene that Julie killed the Angus?
Oppose! A fire broke out at the scene, and the police entered to collect evidence only after extinguishing the fire.
Opposition is valid! Considering that firefighters may have vandalized the scene, the police's evidence at the scene is not very credible.
What? You say that the police collected the evidence in accordance with the prescribed process, and the process was legal and reliable?
Oppose! The police had premeditated the seizure of Bobby Singh himself, perhaps out of discriminatory prejudice, and concealed the illegal process of extracting evidence, unless you can prove that the whole process was completely legal and compliant!
Opposition is valid! As Bobby Singh said, you have to show the evidence.
Video footage of evidence collected at the scene?
Oppose! The footage may have been synthesized and faked at a later stage. It may also have been added later!
Opposition is valid!
What? You say there's a timestamp on it?
Oppose! Timestamps can be faked in a variety of ways!
Opposition is valid!
……
No matter what Anne Aldington invokes, Bobby Singh comes up with a single objection, and then the objection is valid. Later, it became that as soon as Anne Aldington spoke, Bobby Singh objected, and Regulus ruled that the objection was valid. Prosecutors are required to use language appropriately.
Anne approached Regulus in private, but was turned away by Regulus' judge's assistant on the grounds that 'during the trial, neither of the judge and the parties was suitable to meet to avoid misunderstanding'.
What's even more desperate is that at the beginning of the trial, Bobby Singh proposed to give up the jury, and Anne Aldington received Regulus's 'hint' in court, and decided that it was more beneficial for her to give up the jury and chose to agree.
And Bobby Singh's application for a closed trial was also approved by Regulus's 'hint'.
Anne still remembers Regulus's expression.
A kind smile, a reassuring look, and a gesture of waving his fist at her as he retreated from the courtroom, and he gestured "We have won".
Ha!
Anne felt like a fool.
Even now, how could she still not understand the situation.
Regulus is Bobby Singh's accomplice!
Why did she work with the murderous team for so long and only found a similar case of insurance fraud? Because all the other similar pieces have been disposed of by Judge Regulus!
Why did the suspect in insurance fraud die?
Because he's a flaw!
Why did Regulus tell the judge on duty early to pay special attention to Bobby Singh's indictment?
Because he's Bobby Singh's accomplice!
Why did Anne procrastinate when she first went to find Regulus?
Because he is an accomplice!
Anne even thought of the conversation between them when Regulus was in the office at the time:
["According to your indictment, it seems that this Bobby Singh is not the first time he has committed a crime, and you didn't find anything like a ledger in his house? ”
"I'm sorry, Regulus, we didn't find it."
"Oh, young people nowadays like to use computers, maybe his ledger is in the computer. Have you looked for it? ”】
Bobby Singh's ledger!
With the cooperation of Bobby Singh and Regulus, the trial proceeded at an incredible pace, starting on Wednesday and reaching the sentencing stage on Friday.
Friday afternoon, February 11th.
State Court, Regulus Court.
After Regulus routinely asked the parties what other evidence needed to be adduced, Bobby Singer shook his head and said no, and he didn't even wait for Anne Aldington to give an answer, and went straight to the closing statement.
Anne Aldington's concluding statement was frequently interrupted by Regulus, and Bobby Singer repeatedly stood up to object, and then, unsurprisingly, the objection was valid.
In the end, Anne Aldington's concluding statement was so fragmented that even she didn't know what she had said.
Bobby Singh's concluding statement was then well maintained.
Whenever Anne Aldington was about to object, she was warned by Regulus.
After Bobby Singh finished speaking, Regulus read out the verdict without even asking Anne Aldington if she needed more.
In the end, he refused to even pretend!
Anne stood in the plaintiff's seat, staring at the verdict in Regulus' hand, her face full of anger.
Take out the verdict in court!
“…… Bobby Singh, not guilty! ”
Accompanied by the sound of duangduang striking the gavel, Bobby Singh showed a sincere standardized smile.
Anne Aldington felt her ears ringing, she didn't seem to hear what was being said, and she looked at the judge's bench with some blankness. Watching as Regulus packed up his papers, he got up and left. Look at Regulus looking at him, look at his smile.
The old and easy-going face was full of mockery of her at this time.
Anne Aldington is furious!
She shook off Bobby Singh's outstretched hand, grabbed her file bag and got up to leave.
Pushing open the door of the courtroom, the noise of media reporters poured into my ears.
Anne walked forward without hesitation, until she reached the courthouse, and then suddenly stopped.
She looked up at the old building and vaguely saw Regulus's office, and saw him standing side by side with Bobby Singer in front of the window, looking down at herself with a mocking smile on his face.
"What was the outcome of the trial?"
A reporter finally caught up with Anne and handed over the microphone to ask a question.
"You seem to be unhappy, did Bobby Singh win the case?"
"What are you looking at?"
"What do you have to say about losing this case?"
"Did Judge Regulus's fears come true, as he had previously expressed concern about the recklessness of the police in filing the indictment before they had all the evidence, urging him to accept the trial?"
"What do you think of Judge Regulus?"
"How? Ha! Anne Aldington suddenly grabbed the microphone, tilted her head and said loudly, "He's a good judge!" That's great! ”
"I want to file a complaint with the Judicial Conduct Commission!"
"Plus! I am going to file an indictment with the State Supreme Court. ”
"Are you not satisfied with Judge Regulus's verdict?" The reporter immediately asked.
"Yes, not satisfied." Anne Aldington still tilted her head, "I'm going to sue Regulus, that old bastard!" ”
With that, she threw the microphone to the reporter and left without looking back.
Anne Aldington was gone, but the news she threw exploded.
The prosecutor is going to prosecute the judge!
This is also a big news that has never been heard of in the whole Federation.
In the Commonwealth, whether you are a prosecutor or a lawyer, if you are not satisfied with the outcome of the trial, you can choose to appeal, and if you are very dissatisfied with the outcome of the trial, you can even file a complaint with the Judicial Conduct Commission, which will decide whether to investigate the judge on a case-by-case basis.
But directly sue the judge?
Sorry, this is neither in compliance nor in accordance with the regulations.
Since the founding of the Federation, there has been no such rule.
In order to ensure the supremacy of judges in court, judges can only be complained about, not prosecuted.
It's not that there are no judges in the dock, as Brooklyn once did, but that's because the judges themselves are involved.
If this is a criminal investigation against a judge, the prosecutor can of course prosecute the judge when there is sufficient evidence.
But because you're not satisfied with a verdict, you want to sue the judge?
Even if the indicted judge agrees, thousands of judges across the federal Union will not.
The indictment will not even be entertained by a judge.
Because whoever accepts an indictment that is not satisfactory to the outcome of a single trial is a traitor in the ranks of judges.
The judge who accepts the case simply can't wait for the day when the list of evidence is filed, and he doesn't even have time to go to the hearing before he is discharged from the post of investigation, and then faces endless trouble.
Anne Aldington sat in the car and calmed down before she realized that she was a little reckless.
Before she could think of a way to remedy it, her top boss, Chandler Kane, called and told her to come back to the District Attorney's Office to talk.
Hanging up the phone, Anne Aldington simply threw the phone at the co-pilot, and stopped thinking about it.
Driven intently back to the District Attorney's Office, Anne Aldington received strange stares from her colleagues along the way.
They didn't speak, just their eyes as if they were glued to her, moving as she moved, and saluted her all the way to Chandler's office.
"Boss, you're looking for me?"
After knocking on the door and entering, Anne Aldington asked calmly.
Chandler was sitting behind his desk looking at the computer, nodding his head without looking up.
The office was so quiet that Anne Aldington could even hear her own heartbeat.
After waiting five minutes for Chandler to finish watching the video of the interview, he was reluctant to take his eyes off the screen.
"The interview at the door of the state courthouse, what's going on?"
Chandler did not rush to reprimand Anne for her recklessness, but asked why.
Chandler still values Anne very much, and since he was transferred to New York, after a long period of hidden observation, Chandler found that there are probably only a few prosecutors in the entire New York District Attorney's Office such as Anne who are worth cultivating.
And Anne is the most talented one among them.
Chandler was willing to take three minutes to listen to her explanation.
Three minutes.
"Regulus is in league with Bobby Singh."
Anne Aldington has calmed down, calmly telling how she was deceived, and how Regulus and Bobby Singh worked together in court to manipulate the outcome of the trial.
Despite the shame of telling her boss that she had been cheated and giving her boss the impression that she was incompetent, Anne Aldington did.
It's easy to choose between losing your role as a prosecutor immediately and slowly remedying it later.
After listening to Anne Aldington's explanation, Chandler nodded and said, "Do you have proof?" ”
"Is there any evidence that Judge Regulus is in league with Bobby Singh?"
Anne shook her head, "No." ”
But anyone at the trial could tell that Regulus was deliberately biased in favor of Bobby Singh. All you need to do is get a permit to access the video of the trial. ”
"How do you convince the state Supreme Court to sign a warrant?" Chandler asked again.
"Complaint Regulus to the Judicial Conduct Commission. As long as Regulus is investigated, the trial video will inevitably be reviewed. ”
Chandler glanced up at Anne and nodded, somewhat relieved.
Anne wasn't stupid enough to say something stupid, 'we'll sue Regulus,' or 'we'll have proof as long as we get permission.'
"Annie, you're not a newcomer, you've been through hundreds of cases and dozens of court cases." Chandler gestured to the chair in front of him, sat Anne down, and continued
"You should be aware that it is very common for judges to have their own position in a case."
"With so many judges in the whole federation and so many cases to deal with every day, which judge do you think has no position of his own when dealing with which case, but is in absolute neutrality and maintains absolute impartiality?"
Anne Aldington opened her mouth, Brooklyn's face coming to mind.
But she didn't name Brooklyn.
She herself knows that Brooklyn is not absolutely neutral and impartial.
Brooklyn's sentencing has always been harsh, and in his courts, whenever a defendant is found guilty, the sentence is usually attached to the maximum sentence.
This is also a bias in position.
Judges are people, not machines. If you are a human being, you must have feelings and thoughts, and if you have thoughts, you can't avoid having your own views on one thing, and if you have feelings, you can't avoid having sympathy, likes and dislikes.