Chapter 293, Tangled

The episode of Jonas's attempted attack on Brooklyn did not affect the normal course of the trial. After linking to the system, Brooklyn began to 'roll call' and announced that the trial would continue.

Chandler Kane, like most people's choices, saw that the advantage was in me, and immediately chose to end the cross-examination.

After confirming that there was no further evidence to be brought to the table, Brooklyn announced that the case had entered the closing statement stage.

Incapacitated to weaken her defense, and having experienced the shock of yesterday, Ms. Nasolabial Folds seemed distracted, unable to calm down and concentrate on the eucalyptus.

Her summary statement is inverted, jumbled and illogical. Chandler Kane played in a step-by-step manner.

Brooklyn silently listened as Chandler Kane repeated the incident and then began to attack 'antisocial personality disorder'.

After the whole game, Chandler Kane behaved decently except for the one time he dug a hole for Brooklyn.

His speech was not amazing, his questions were not ingenious, he did not turn the tide of the tide, nor did he support the collapse of the building, and his defense ideas were very clear and clear, clear at a glance, simple to simple.

He was able to win the case, and I am afraid that in the eyes of most people, he was just lucky. In their eyes, anyone can win the trial!

Chandler Kane? But that's it. But Brooklyn doesn't see it that way. He saw in Chandler Kane a sense of skill that was close to the Tao.

Every time Chandler Kane speaks is just right, not too early, not too late, no more, no less, not too long, not too short, refuting the other side while at the same time making the jury understandable and not offensive.

His grasp of timing is terrifying. His speeches were indeed unremarkable, but it was these mediocre speeches that made Brooklyn more aware of Chandler Kane's professionalism.

While Brooklyn ponders who will win in comparison to Chandler Kane, Chandler Kane has shifted from Jonas Sinardo to the deceased, and begins to tell the tragic story of the deceased.

Again, this is a very simple, even old-fashioned approach. Make the jury feel disgusted with the opposing party and feel sympathy for their own party.

Generally, in response to this method, the opposing lawyer will raise objections and interrupt in time. The objection is not to win the judge's verdict, but to interrupt the jury's empathy.

Watching "Manchester by the Sea" concentrating on it is different from being interrupted to watch "Manchester by the Sea" several times after pouring a glass of water for a while and throwing garbage for a while.

But Ms. Nasolabial Wrinkles did not object, and during the whole process of Chandler Kane's speech, she did not interrupt once, but allowed Chandler Kane to finish comfortably, leading the jury to immerse herself in the tragic plight of the two deceased, and then wiped away tears and glared angrily at her client.

She once again professionally showed what it means to be unprofessional! She's busy hating Brooklyn's 'ruthlessness'.

Brooklyn had no idea what the nasolabial wrinkles were thinking, and after asking if there was anything to add, he called a bald bearded man to the jury and adjourned the trial.

Lead the jury into the room and guide them. The bald-headed, bearded man sat next to Brooklyn, tall, fat, and covered with meat.

Brooklyn noticed him early in the trial. He has a high position on the jury, and all the jurors are convinced of him.

"Judge Brooklyn." Seeing that no one spoke, the bald bearded man was the first to ask

"After you made your decision yesterday, do we still need to consider their previous debate?"

"No, I don't." Brooklyn shook his head

"The argument of diminished capacity and the so-called 'they are not human in my perception, so my killing is not a homicide' is not considered at all." The judge's decision is intended to make a final decision on a particular issue that has been at issue at issue between the parties, and in this hearing, all subsequent issues relating to this issue will be interpreted by the judge's ruling.

"Can the death penalty be recommended?" The bald bearded man asked again.

"Yes, but it's not recommended." Brooklyn said, glancing at the guy.

"Why?"

"Because the death penalty is impossible." Brooklyn explained, seeing that they really didn't have any serious questions to ask

"He committed the crime while intoxicated. There is an unconscious effect in itself. ”

"Besides, even if he had not been drunk, the two men could not have been sentenced to death. It is difficult to impose the death penalty unless the circumstances are very heinous, the methods are extremely cruel, and the social influence is too great. "There are some things that Brooklyn doesn't say all.

According to federal law, the death penalty is not possible. The jury wanted Jonas Cinnado to be sentenced to death because he was a racist, and the hatred of racists overshadowed the points that Jonas Cinnado himself should be focused on.

Brooklyn believes that even if Jonas Sinardo had robbed the two dead and not killed them, the jury would have asked the question because of his status as a racist.

After answering a few more doubts, the jury said there were no doubts and were sent to the collegial room. Half an hour later, the results came out of the collegial room.

Court No. 9. The crowd returned again. The results in such a short period of time are indeed somewhat unexpected by everyone.

Brooklyn asks if the bald bearded collegial has any results. The bald bearded man got up and said yes, and handed over the results to Brooklyn to see.

After viewing, in the Brooklyn questioning, the bald bearded man answered them one by one on behalf of the jury.

First-degree murder, guilty! Second-degree murder, not guilty! Robbing, stealing, not guilty! Brooklyn then announced the verdict: Jonas Sinardo faces a 70-year sentence.

At the same time, there is a lot to be said about Ben Brooklyn. He rang the gavel, lifted the spirits of the crowd, and then spoke slowly under Jerry's record

"There is one feature of this book that is very noteworthy, and that is the identity of the defendant."

"In addition to being a defendant, he is a racist and has made no secret of his identity."

"The federal right to free speech under the Bill of Rights considers racist speech to be a political proposition and therefore not illegal. Looking at countless jurisprudence in federal history, we have not been able to find a single successful case for racial discrimination. ”

"I don't know if this is a forward-looking progress, or a backwardness, and the word backwardness doesn't seem to fit in with the Federation itself."

"But I'm not just talking about the over-tolerance of racists, it's about the focus."

"In this case, racial discrimination is the trigger for the occurrence of the case, but because the defendant voluntarily confessed to the crime, this incentive did not actually play a big role."

"The core issue of this eucalyptus is not racism, but the murder of two deceased people together."

"I think when I announced my 70-year sentence, there must have been a lot of people who thought my sentence was too light. In the minds of many, the defendant should be sentenced to death. As Brooklyn said this, his gaze slowly swept over everyone in the courtroom.

Not only the jury seat, but also many people in the auditorium were subconsciously nodding their heads. This shows that Brooklyn's speculation is correct, and there are indeed many people who want Jonas Sinardo to die.

"Racial discrimination is indeed wrong, but fighting discrimination with discrimination can only cause more problems, not eliminate discrimination." Brooklyn spoke slowly

"When you encounter a problem, you rudely want to destroy the other party humanely, this is not solving the problem, nor is it solving the root cause of the problem, but solving the person who created the problem."

"If we look at the development of human history, we will find that human beings themselves are the biggest problem-making group. According to the above ideas, the destruction of all mankind can solve all problems. But isn't the purpose of solving problems to make the future of humanity better? Destroying the human race in order to make the future of humanity better? What kind of weird idea is this? ”

But it's such a bizarre idea, but it's becoming more and more popular. We are impatient to find a solution to the problem, because direct human destruction is simpler and does not require effort. ”

"So 'why don't you die' and 'this kind of person deserves to die' and 'xxx people should be put to death' are popular."

"I think we're taking 'death' more and more lightly. We are taking the deprivation of other people's lives more and more lightly. ”

"Death used to be a word that we feared, and since the time of ignorance, we have been full of reverence for death. We have created all kinds of myths and legends, and we fantasize that death is going to another world......"

"Today I don't want to go into the question of religious beliefs and scientific evidence, that's a big subject."

"It's all too easy for us to say the word death, and we think death is nothing more than that. We began to despise death! ”

"If death is nothing more than that, why be angry that the defendant caused two people to die 'but so'?"

"Remember, as much joy as life is, death is heavy." Brooklyn paused and continued

"In addition to despising death, I discovered another thing. It's becoming more and more easy for us to get distracted by other things. ”

"Of course, I know that racial discrimination is morally shameful, but I am not only a person, but also a judge, and I must uphold the justice and fairness of the law."

"Since the law doesn't make racial discrimination illegal, I can't punish a person for racial discrimination."

"It's not fair, it's about bringing my personal emotions into the trial." Brooklyn suddenly turned around and looked up at the line of writing on the wall behind her.

"The court is a sacred place, where there is a need for fairness, there is a need for justice, there is a need for empathy, there is a need for mercy...... All the good qualities of human beings need to be displayed here, but what is not needed is the personal feelings of the judge. He turned back, was silent for a moment, and then apologized in a low voice

"I'm sorry." Some people felt inexplicable and didn't understand what Brooklyn was apologizing, but others understood, and he was apologizing for his inability to do anything about a racist.

Brooklyn can be aggravated for Jonas Sinardo's crimes, and it can be wrapped in hatred of his racist identity.

No one will dispute this, and no one will even delve into it. But Brooklyn couldn't get over it.

70 years or 170 years, or the death penalty, people think that it is the punishment for Jonas Cinardo to kill two people, and then think of his status as a racist, they can only feel happy.

Brooklyn knows that in the Commonwealth, in the scale of immigration, this attention, and this influence of the Commonwealth, two lives are worth 70 years.

If his sentence is more than 70 years, the layman will not see anything, but the insiders can easily see that the sentence has been increased beyond Brooklyn's personal preference for heavier punishments.

Once that happens, it will become a hidden danger. He just made a big move, and now he has a lot of eyes on him, and if he makes a mistake at this time, it can really be fatal.

In fact, from another point of view, Jonas Sinardo will not live for 70 years at all, and he will spend the rest of his life in the Metropolitan Prison, which is no worse than the death penalty.

The verdict is out, and the immigration process has ended. The rest of the work is to prepare the verdict and put the finishing touches on handover with the Metropolitan Prison.

Naturally, these jobs are not the turn to bother Brooklyn. Brooklyn was sitting in his office, staring at a news report on his computer.

The verdict he made was not brilliant and even a little confusing. This is because he is also struggling with a question: should the judge bring personal emotions into the trial?

If so, how much? With what as a boundary? According to Brooklyn's original thinking, Jonas Sinado's status as a racist should not have had an impact on the verdict.

Because there is no 'crime of racial discrimination' in the Federation. Racial discrimination is against morality and not against the law. At the heart of this eucalyptus is supposed to be a criminal act, i.e. Jonas Sinardo killed two people.

His sentence should also be punishable for this crime. But in the course of his statement, it occurred to Brooklyn that Jonas Sinardo had committed his crimes precisely because of his status as a racist.

The root of the case is that the status of the racist led to the deaths of two immigrants. With this in mind, Brooklyn wavered about his verdict.

He began to consider whether racial discrimination should be included in the key consideration of sentencing. Racial discrimination, however, is not a crime.

There is no law on the number of years punishable for racial discrimination. There is also no precedent to back it up. He was stuck in an endless loop.

Eventually, Brooklyn sighed and kept Ben in his heart. He has not yet answered the question of whether the judge's personal feelings should be brought into the trial, but as far as Ben Yu is concerned, the only consolation is that his usual 'severe' punishment has made him less entangled afterwards.

The immigration case was taken before another judge, and Jonas Sinado was sentenced to a maximum of 20 years and 30 years.

Out of his usual 'habit', the verdict against Jonas Sinardo was made according to the top grid.

The extra 40 years may be seen as a consideration for his status as a racist. Although this is not the case.