The auditorium was full, all familiar faces. The familiar faces were staring at themselves.

The dock was full of people, and observing their every move, it was impossible to see the depth. At this point, they were silently sorting through the piles of papers.

Brooklyn didn't know anyone from General Kull's entire team of lawyers, but it was impossible to get a group of nobodies to represent General Kuhl and represent the military at the trial.

Therefore, Brooklyn suspects that these people are lawyers trained by the military itself. There were two people standing in the plaintiff's stand, the prosecutor who succeeded Chandler Kane, who would challenge the defendant on behalf of the prosecution, and the prosecutor's assistant, a young man who looked like he had just graduated from school.

Today's clerk is Nelly, and the bailiffs are still the same familiar ones. At this time, they were holding their heads high, with one hand on their waists and the other half clasped on their abdomen, and after noticing Brooklyn's gaze, they made more serious expressions.

Brooklyn retracted his gaze, put down his glass, entered his password, and logged into the intranet. In fact, today it is not a trial of the case, but the summons of the parties and the pre-trial of the defendant.

Usually this kind of preparatory work is carried out by the judge on duty, who will put together a large number of parties with a lot of papers and arraign them one by one.

After all, this kind of thing doesn't take long. Only this time, when a judge encounters a special case or has a special 'hobby', such as Brooklyn, will he conduct preliminary preparations such as arraignment and pre-trial for a special court session.

After taking a glance at the file, Brooklyn began to inquire about the presence of the prosecution and defense, and then asked for the opinions of both sides.

In this session, Brooklyn's voice is steady, and the rhythm is not slow, so that people can't see joy and anger.

In fact, the pre-trial process is not necessary in the first place, and it can be completely relied on the judge's subjective judgment, let alone in a public setting such as the courtroom.

Most judges will choose to place the pre-trial in the inner court for a more intimate conversation. The purpose of the preliminary trial is to determine whether the existing chain of evidence submitted by the indictment and the plaintiff is sufficiently complete, that is, whether the evidence is sufficient to at least make it necessary for the defendant's criminal facts to be discussed.

However, with the development of jurisprudence to this day, many changes have been derived from this link. From the time the indictment is filed, the court initiates the proceedings.

Preparations for preliminary trial and arraignment are cumbersome enough, and if the acceptance of the case is confirmed, it is necessary to review the evidence listed in the list of evidence submitted by the prosecution and defense, select jurors, and hold court sessions.

It takes a lot of effort and energy to go from start to finish. If the case can be eliminated at the pre-trial stage, the subsequent links can be omitted, so that the judge can also be much easier.

It's not that the judge is irresponsible, it's that there is really no need to take the case to court for a formal trial. In order to avoid wasting too much time and energy, the courts have come up with expedited courts, summary procedures, but this is not enough.

The summary procedure still needs to maintain a basic trial structure. If a less important case can be agreed by both parties at the pre-trial stage, and there is no need to go through the summary procedure, it will save the judge a lot of time.

This is from the judge's point of view. From the perspective of the parties, many people file lawsuits not for the result of the lawsuit at all, but to express their attitude, and even the parties themselves do not care about the outcome, and the judge does not need to spend time, effort, and effort to go through the entire procedure to make a ruling.

Wouldn't it be better to have both parties agree and sign the agreement directly at the pre-trial stage? As a result, most pre-trials do not appear in a formal courtroom.

Most of the cases also failed to pass the pre-trial at all. General Kuhl is clearly an exception. Brooklyn started by putting pre-trial and arraignment preparations together and directly in court, but he gradually changed to putting pre-trial in the inner court.

But General Kuhl's eucalyptus must not be placed in the inner court, carried out in private. He just wants to expose the whole piece to the public eye.

"Your Excellency, I am ......," the representative of General Kuhl's legal team stood up, and as soon as he began, he was interrupted by a wave of Brooklyn's hand.

He smiled kindly and asked softly

"I've seen the news, didn't the defendant General Kuhl deliberately hold a press conference and declare that he would not respond to the summons? We also received a response during the weekend break, saying that General Kuhl had urgent military duties to carry out. ”

"I was already going to cancel today's trial." As if he was joking with a friend, Brooklyn reached out and nodded in the direction of the dock.

The lawyer in the dock didn't feel like laughing with his friend at all. He frowned, and his face was serious, as if he were facing a great enemy.

What is the purpose of the pre-trial? The purpose of the pre-trial is to clarify the charges against the defendant, check whether the evidence is sufficient, and confirm whether the case is admissible.

If the evidence is sufficient, the case will be immediately handed over and the proceedings will be initiated, and if the evidence is insufficient, the defendant may question him, and if the defendant is clearly not guilty, the judge may dismiss the charges.

It's a rough sieving process. Brooklyn's seemingly joking remark is indeed fundamentally questioning the defendant.

He did the prosecutor's job directly. Let's not discuss the chain of evidence, and we don't read out and clarify the charges against which the defendant is charged, but let's discuss why your defendant publicly announced that he would not respond to the court summons, and then responded.

The parties may entrust a lawyer to attend the procedural occasions in the early stage on their behalf, but this requires timely explanation of the situation to the court after receiving the summons and obtaining the court's permission.

In order to leave a good impression on the judge, consider many factors such as self-defense and exoneration, few parties will be absent from the pre-trial.

"Your Excellency, my client's work involves state secrets, which is inconvenient to disclose to the public, and considering the nature of my client's profession, it is necessary to require him to be ready to work immediately at any time and place, and my client's response to the court summons should be within an appropriate scale."

"But my client respects the law, the court, and the judge, so after comprehensive consideration, I was entrusted to attend on my behalf." The lawyer's answer was decent and not outstanding, but there was nothing wrong with it.

Brooklyn is still smiling.

"You mean to say that the circumstances involved in this case are not important to your client, do you?" Brooklyn's sentence directly distorted the defendant's lawyer's explanation to the M78 Nebula.

The reporters in the auditorium were indeed amazed when they heard this. How long has it been! It's been a long time since I've heard such a statement taken out of context and distorted the facts!

It turns out that Judge Brooklyn and I are all like-minded people!!

"Your Excellency, I don't think there's any point in arguing about this issue here, and whatever my client has done, the fact now is that he has entrusted me to appear on my behalf, and here I stand in response to the court's summons." The smile on Brooklyn's face slowly faded.

This lawyer is very difficult to deal with! Sensing Brooklyn's distortion of the facts, he very decisively chose to end the argument and go straight to the outcome.

What is the result? As a result, regardless of what the two sides had said or done, General Kuhl's delegated representatives were already standing here and attending the trial.

This is a very decisive person who is very good at judging the situation. Arguing with the judge in court, no matter who you are, there will be no good fruit to eat.

Judges have supreme power in the courts, even when the president comes. In a way, the judge is God in the courtroom, and what he says is right.

Arguing with God is obviously an unwise choice. Brooklyn glanced at the prosecution and didn't make any further noise.

The pre-trial and arraignment proceeded quickly. Chandler Kane submitted a very ordinary chain of evidence, with many loopholes, but vaguely connected to each other, namely that it was impossible to prove that General Kuhl was guilty or that General Kuhl was not guilty.

In this case, it is easy for the case to go to the interrogation. The pre-trial parties may not be present, but the arraignment is not.

The summons requires the person to answer in person to admit guilt, and it is not allowed to answer on his behalf. General Kuhl was not in the courtroom, and of course, the arraignment could not be carried out.

After Brooklyn read out the charges, the next court session was announced, and the case ended for the time being.

There was no fierce as the outside world expected, nor did the confrontation expected by the outside world, just like an ordinary eucalyptus, ending peacefully.

Brooklyn announced the end, packed up the water glass, computers, and laptops and left, the bailiffs stayed behind to maintain order, and the reporters got up and left the venue in an orderly manner.

Less than ten minutes later, reports about General Kuhl's case came out. At this time, the focus of public opinion was still on the military's persecution of General Chandler Kane, and even the election news could not compete with it.

The report of General Kuhl quickly attracted attention with General Kuhl. However, because the pre-trial process was too flat, that is, there was no conflict and no twist, people did not pay much attention to it after watching it.

People are still denouncing the military and denouncing the immorality of the military's persecution of Chandler Kane. There have even been people who have petitioned the official website of the White House, demanding the abolition of the army establishment and the disbandment of the army...... The White House Petition Network stipulates that participants must create a user account, must use a real email address and register, each person is only allowed to have one account, the person who creates the account must be at least 13 years old, and the creation and signature of the petition must be directly there

We the People is conducted online and not through third-party websites and service providers. Petitions that reach 100,000 signatures within 30 days of being sent out will be answered by the White House.

If the number of signatures does not reach 100,000, the petition will be cancelled upon expiration. The 'We the People' petition originally set the standard of 25,000 people, which has now been changed to 100,000.

The Chandler Kane shooting had a great impact, and the number of petition signatures grew so fast that in just a few days, more than half of the required number of signatures had already been reached.

However, there is no need to think much about it to know that this kind of self-abandonment of martial arts is impossible to be approved.

Even if the petition had a sufficient number of signatories, the final response would have been diplomatic rhetoric. Let the Federation disband the army on its own?

How is that possible. ……………… After leaving the courtroom, Brooklyn rushed to Bellevue Public Hospital again to visit Chandler Kane.

At the same time, e.. A familiar name appears in the defendant column of Court 9 - Mark Milley Aldington.

This incident did not attract much attention, and everyone was not familiar with the name Mark Milley Aldington.

In fact, most people are not very familiar with the names of military personnel in the federal military. The military is a special political group, which is full of mystery to the general public.

People just think of it as something ordinary and normal. e.. Y received a series of indictments filed by Chandler Kane, most recently E. Y's 'main' trial directions are all related to the military.

An unknown Mark Milley Aldington doesn't make people take their eyes off Chandler Kay's shooting.

However, this matter is very eye-catching in the eyes of those who care. Mark Milley Aldington! Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, father of Brooklyn Lee's wife, partner of Brooklyn Lee!

How could such a person be in the defendant's column??? Brooklyn ignored all of this, and everything went according to plan.

When he arrived at Bellevue Public Hospital, he ignored the reporters outside and went straight into the hospital to visit Chandler Kane in his ward.

The Chandler Kane shooting is the hottest topic at the moment, and as a party to the hot topic, Chandler Kane naturally has no shortage of reporters waiting for him.

These people don't spend as much time as they do e. Y door peers short、The difference is that e.. The peers at the gate have all gained, but the people here have not waited for anything.

Except for a few high-profile figures in New York who frequently went in and out of the hospital to visit Chandler Kane, there was no news of Chandler Kane's second assassination, neither did they wait for the news of Chandler Kane's condition deteriorating and died, nor did they wait for the news that the military came to visit...... When Brooklyn entered the hospital room, Chandler Kane was lying on his bed, staring at the TV hanging on the wall.

It was quiet in the ward, and in order not to disturb Chandler Kane's rest, the television was turned on, but no sound came out.

At his door were four heavily armed policemen. Frank sent three teams of officers to take turns keeping Chandler Kane safe, and Bellevue Public Hospital's security staff were also focusing on the ward.

This provided a very safe environment for Chandler Kane to recuperate. But Chandler Kane didn't feel much security.

He looked a little worried. The television was showing footage from General Kuhl's press conference, with Chandler Kane staring straight at it, his brow furrowed and motionless.

I can't tell if I'm watching the news or thinking about something in a daze.