Fortunately, what the defendant's lawyer said was not correct. Brooklyn was quick to rule.

"The objection is invalid."

Although the copyright of the forum comments and social platform news belongs to the author himself, the purpose of the plaintiff's quotation of the comments and news content is not for commercial activities, and it is not used for profit-making purposes. Therefore, the source of supplementary evidence in this item is not illegal. With that, Brooklyn smiled and reached out to point around the media in the auditorium

"But I wish it was illegal."

"Because every day you are quoting my social media updates and the comments below without my consent. If it's illegal, I can go to court right now and sue you for infringement. "Brooklyn's sudden little joke didn't work immediately.

Everyone didn't expect that the usually serious Brooklyn judge would suddenly start a joke today.

Even Bob looked at Brooklyn in surprise. Some reporters are even really thinking about Brooklyn's words, suspecting that there is something in Brooklyn's words, and they are really preparing to sue them.

The entire courtroom was audible. After more than ten seconds, there was a sparse laughter from the auditorium.

The laughter didn't sound like laughter, but more like polite applause. Brooklyn pursed his lips in displeasure and turned to look at Tronco.

Trunco was also looking at Brooklyn in astonishment, and when he saw this, he quickly put away his surprised expression, pretended that nothing had happened, and continued to cross-examine the witnesses.

"You've known Orvis for a long time and became interested in her, haven't you?" There was a slight suspicion of inducement on this issue, and it was rightfully opposed by the defendant's lawyer.

Trenco then applied for Edward Norton to be named a hostile witness.

“obje！” Again, the defendant's lawyer spoke out against it.

"You're shouting too loudly." Brooklyn glanced disapprovingly at the defendant's lawyer, and then said

"I don't know what you're against."

"From the first day of the trial, you were always obje! obje！ Obje shouted, kept shouting. As long as the plaintiff asks a question, you shout. ”

"You are too protective of your client, and you will not allow the slightest flaw in statements, questions, questions, etc."

"It's my right." The defendant's lawyer said.

"It's your right." Brooklyn nodded calmly

"Agree with the plaintiff's inclusion of Edward Norton as a hostile witness." After the announcement, Brooklyn looked up at the defendant's lawyer and said

"That's my right, Mr. Lawyer."

"We'll apply for a reconsideration." The defendant's lawyer said with a gloomy face.

"That was after that." Brooklyn said unapprehensively. His decision to allow the plaintiffs to list Edward Norton as a hostile witness was not out of line, especially since the defendant's lawyer had persuaded him to do so, and no one would review the ruling and find the Brooklyn ruling problematic.

Otherwise, would Brooklyn be idle and have nothing to do, and be fed up to remind the defendant lawyer of the excessive use of the right to object?

"Ask the witness to answer the question, did you know Orvis early on and became interested in her." Brooklyn said.

Edward Norton nodded hesitantly, then shook his head again.

"I've known her for a long time." Under Tranko's repeated questioning, Edward Norton replied in a whisper.

That's an interesting answer. Brooklyn glanced at the apprehensive Edward Norton, and then at Pence Norton in the auditorium.

"What interest did you develop in her?" Trunco asked. Brooklyn shook his head slightly. At this time, it will be more effective to ask another question, and even have the opportunity to get to the core, such as - you haven't answered my question yet, are you interested in him.

This question is clearly worth investigating. It is not known whether Edward Norton alone in the assault against Orvis, or whether the Norton father and son are complicit, or if everyone in the party has a part.

But there is no doubt that 'having a sexual interest in Orvis' is the motive for the eucalyptus. Edward Norton, on the other hand, only answered the first half of Tranko's question, admitting that he had known Orvis for a long time.

What about the second half? Is he interested in Orvis? If not him, then who is interested in Orvis?

Or is it really just a complete randomness, and it was Orvis who was unlucky that night? These are undoubtedly clues that are more worthy of digging into, and may even dig directly into Burns Norton.

But Trunco didn't notice. This cannot be blamed on Tranco, who is not experienced enough after all. Faced with Tranco's question, Edward Norton just shook his head.

Trenko asked a few more questions, but none of them worked very well. He seemed to be spinning in circles. Trunko quickly realized the problem as well, and he subconsciously glanced back at Jason Bull.

Trenco felt as if he was missing something, and that's what led to the questioning. But he couldn't grasp what he missed for a while.

The feeling made him a little irritated.

"Alright, let's get here today." Brooklyn looked at Tronco, who was getting impatient, and opened his mouth to announce

"Tomorrow morning, we'll continue." duangduang！ Recess! In fact, adjournment is not the best option.

The reason why Jason Bull waited until the beginning of the trial today to file his application for Edward Norton as a witness was to prevent the witness from being contaminated again.

While the defendant's counsel may have been prepared to train Edward Norton as a witness, most of this was routine witness training and was not prepared for the development of the trial.

This also ensured to some extent the suddenness of Edward Norton's application as a witness. But now that the adjournment has been announced, the suddenness has been undermined.

One night was enough time for the defendant's lawyer to react and conduct targeted training for Edward Norton in response to the trial situation.

Without suddenness, the likelihood of Edward Norton confessing to the crime is greatly reduced.

But Brooklyn had to do just that. On this night, while the defendant is prepared, the plaintiff will also be prepared.

Otherwise, with the performance of Tranko just now, the result will only be worse. Meanwhile, inside a Manhattan hotel suite.

Neil Cavrey and Pete finally meet John Manning. After luring Neil and Pete in, Lane Sberger helped John Manning bring a cup of coffee, and after putting the coffee away, he went to the window and closed it.

With that done, he nodded at John Manning and prepared to leave.

"Wait." John Manning stopped Lane Sberger and gestured to the chair beside him.

"You can sit here and listen, you are responsible for communicating with these two agents for the next few days." Lyne Spegg was stunned and hesitated.

John Manning, however, has already started the conversation. Seeing this, Lane Spegg could only sit next to John and listen quietly.

On the other side, NYPD headquarters. The offensive on their side in Brooklyn slowed down, but it didn't stop completely.

Coupled with the actions of the previous few days, the NYPD headquarters is still 'overcrowded'. In the corridors and aisles, lawyers in suits and leather shoes and fashionably dressed assistants can be seen everywhere.

The entire headquarters is also very lively. The sound of shouting and answering the phone is incessant. I don't know if this is the location of a large law firm with excellent business.

In the midst of a boom, Interrogation Room 1. Anne Aldington got up and closed the door, keeping the hustle and bustle of the police station out.

She glanced at Harvey across from her and sat back down next to David.

"The physical condition of my client's daughter does not allow for further delay, and you simply do not have sufficient evidence to prove that the person was killed by my client." Harvey expertly pulled out various papers and placed them on the table, and spoke

"Holding on to the father of a little girl who was sick in bed, I think even in court, the jury will show sympathy for my client."

"So we can't accept the conditions you offered. 40 years is too long, and I still have to take care of my daughter. Anne Aldington slowly flipped through the information, took out a piece of paper and handed it over.

Harvey's words are already a cliché, and in the past few days, they have been fighting over the plea agreement, and the corners of their mouths are about to spark.

"Harold's daughter has been taken over by the community welfare agency and is currently in the process of selecting an adoptive family for her." Anne Aldington tapped the paper she had handed over.

"This is one of them."

"The couple has never had children, and they love the Harold daughter."

"And they're doing a good job and they're very patient. The community has compared their surveys and has been donating money to children's institutions for several years. David said

"They are the right family at the moment."

"So the difficulty of raising a daughter that you mentioned doesn't exist." Anne Aldington nodded

"They take good care of Harold's daughter."

In addition, Mr. Harold's financial situation and home have been investigated by the community, and the results of the investigation have shown that he is not capable of raising a daughter. Even if it had not been for this case, Mr. Harold would have been disqualified from custody. David took a copy from Anne Aldington and handed it over.

Harvey didn't even look at the materials - the reality was here, the people around him were poor people who couldn't even pay the ten-dollar legal fees - Harvey pushed the materials back, attaching a new one by the way.

"Although my client's daughter is still a minor, according to the regulations, she can make her own choice. This is a letter of intent that she signed to confirm. You can take a look. Taking advantage of the gap between David and Anne looking through the letter of intent, Harvey explained briefly

Harold's daughter wanted to live with her father. She didn't want to be separated from her father. ”

"This intention is clearly expressed in the letter of intent."

"According to the rules, community agencies cannot forcibly arrange an adoptive family for her against her will." Estimating that David and Anne saw the one they mentioned, Harvey threw out another piece of information.

"I also asked someone to investigate the adoptive family you just mentioned, and they voted in favor of 'euthanasia'." David looked up at Harvey with some confusion.

He was a police officer, and he was not very sensitive to the intentions of such legal provisions and chaotic political tendencies, but Anne next to him was a qualified prosecutor, and her face immediately changed when she heard this.

"They believe that the right of patients to give up their lives should be supported when necessary. Continuing to use medical means to save patients will only make them more painful and is a cruel choice. Harvey said in a puff

"I doubt that your chosen adoptive family will one day also think that my client's daughter also falls into the category of 'tortured', and let her choose to give up her life on her own." Although most states in the federal government have passed euthanasia laws, citizens can choose to forgo treatment intentions and continue to save them in lieu of possible future coma and other situations in which they cannot make a conscious decision, and family or friends make the opposite decision.

But the law has been controversial since the day it was introduced. It's true that people should be responsible for their own lives, that they should have full control over their own bodies, but should human freedom be beyond human life?

Is spiritual prosperity more important than life and possessions? This is a topic that has been debated for a long time. Similar to him, there are also abortion laws, maternity laws, and so on, and the essence of their discussions is whether citizens' right to control their own bodies should be weaker than their mental freedom rights.

Should the state abandon the concept of parental authority and the rights of citizens as guardians? In people's basic perception, adults can afford legal responsibility, but is it rational to choose to give up life?

Should the State exercise its guardianship rights to prevent citizens from giving up their lives when they make such a choice?

Or to put it more bluntly, do the lives and property that people often talk about belong to individual citizens or the state?

Is the so-called property of life the property of the citizens themselves, or the property of the state? Anne Aldington knew she couldn't continue to dig into the issue of raising her daughter.

Because the lawyer on the other side will be happy to discuss deeper legal issues with him, and will be happy to find a few reporters, inadvertently leak the conversation between them, and then guide them a little.

Something like 'the prosecutor thinks our bodies belong to the state,' that complicates things.

"Harold doesn't have an alibi. We have proven that his so-called 'working hours' are falsified. Anne Aldington took up a different topic.

Harvey spread his hands and even put his arm on Harold's shoulder, an intimate gesture that Harold was not used to for a while.

"But you don't have any evidence of my client's crime." He said

"My client falsified working hours because he was worried about his daughter, so he took advantage of working hours to go home to visit his daughter, and he was afraid that this violation of the regulations would be known by the employer and his salary would be deducted."

"And you can't ask me to prove my innocence." Harvey tapped on the table

"This is the Commonwealth, it's New York, it's a cosmopolitan city that talks about the law." Then he put away his arm and rummaged through the pile of information for a while, and the assistant next to him thoughtfully handed over a copy of the information.

Harvey glanced at it, thanked him, and casually tossed it over.

"Prosecutor Anne, I have some pictures here, you should be interested."