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Judge Parker frowned. Before he could say whether the objection was valid or not, Gary changed his words: "I withdraw, the next question, you suffered a lot when you were in the addiction treatment center, didn't you?"

"no doubt."

"Then can I understand that," Gary said slowly, "You hate the days in the addiction recovery center?"

"Yes."

"You hate my client very much, too, don't you?"

Gavin looked at him coldly: "Your client is a beast."

Gary's face remained unchanged: "I took this sentence as true."

"Everyone knows that quitting addiction is hard," Gary turned to the jury. "It's hard to quit smoking. It's hard to quit drugs. Addiction is an addiction because we can't get rid of it easily—"

Shen Lie rolled his eyes: "No! I'm sorry to interrupt the defense lawyer's lyricism, do you have any questions?"

"The objection is valid," said Judge Parker. "The defense counsel please ask your questions."

"Okay, Your Honor," Gary paced back to Gavin from the jury, "It's hard to get rid of addiction, especially if you want to correct your sexual orientation, do you hate it because of the excessive pain in the process?" What about my client?"

"Yes," Gavin's eyes missed Gary's look at You Xin, "I hate him, I wish he would die."

Shen Lie held his forehead.

He watched Gavin walk into Gary's trap step by step, but he couldn't do anything now, because Gary didn't violate any of the rules.

"Is that possible?" Gary pressed, "You hate my client because of what my client has to do—that is, help you—so what you've done while sitting here Does the statement contain personal feelings? Can you prove how much of what you said about my client and about the addiction rehabilitation center is true and how much is exaggerated?"

Gavin frowned, confused by Gary's logic: "I didn't—"

Gary interrupted what he hadn't finished saying: "There is no other question."

Gavin sat on the witness stand in a daze, looked at the jury, and then looked at Shen Lie blankly.

After hearing Gavin's testimony, it was time for a lunch break. Judge Parker announced a temporary adjournment for the jury to have lunch.

After the jury and Judge Parker had left, Shen Lie stood up to pack his things and took away all the documents. Gary and You Xin, who were next to him in the aisle, also stood up.

Gary said first: "It seems that your witness is not very reliable."

Shen Lie smiled but said, "I guess making things difficult for an underage child in court must be the pinnacle of your career."

Gary: "..."

Why am I so obsessed with recruiting him!

"It's time to pass you to court this afternoon." Shen Lie took a bite of a sandwich he bought from a cart outside the court, "Are you nervous?"

"How should I put it?" Ning Yuan took a sip of Coke, "It is reasonable to say that I have testified in court several times, so I shouldn't be nervous, but in fact, I am at a loss every time, and I am afraid that I will lose the case because of me. Let those brutes go unpunished and let the people who deserve justice be let down."

Shen Lie looked at him, and reached out to touch his face: "Don't be afraid, it's normal. I've been a lawyer for so many years, and every time I'm in court, I'm also nervous. Every trial, every confrontation is a battle , Sometimes it may just be a wrong question, and it will never be saved, and the whole game will be lost."

Ning Yuan rubbed his hand: "I'm sitting there, I can see you, I can see your eyes, I'm not afraid."

Shen Lie slowly leaned over and kissed him lightly.

"Doctor Ning," Shen Lie stood up, "When you first entered defendant You Xin's addiction recovery center, what did you see?"

Ning Yuan looked at the jury and said clearly: "When I entered the addiction rehabilitation center for the first time, I originally wanted to visit this addiction rehabilitation center casually, but when I walked to the door of one of the rooms , I heard a very strange sound, as if someone was crying. I found the door unlocked, so I pushed it open. I saw an iron bed in that room, and a boy was lying on it. There were electric shock pads attached to his temples, and several doctors slid electric shock devices over his forehead."

Shen Lie asked again: "Did you see that boy's reaction?"

"I see," Ning Yuan's expression darkened, "He is really in pain, screaming and crying all the time, but his opponents are too strong and too many."

"At that time, what else did you see?"

"I saw the electric shock equipment placed beside the bed and the numbers on it."

Shen Lie has already walked in front of him: "How much is it?"

"Forty milliamperes."

Shen Lie motioned to the jury: "Can you explain this value to the jury?"

Ning Yuan turned slightly and looked into the eyes of the jury seriously and seriously: "The law stipulates that the value of electric shock therapy must not exceed [-] milliamperes, and the defendant has already used [-] milliamperes. There is no doubt that this is absolutely illegal. -"

"Objection!" Gary stood up, "Your Honor, could you ask witnesses to only answer questions within their own professional field?"

"This is a problem within my professional scope." Ning Yuan looked at him coldly, "Unlike you, when I was in medical school, I had to learn legal knowledge about practicing medicine to abide by my professional ethics."

Judge Parker pondered for a moment: "The objection is invalid, and the witness can continue to ask and answer questions."

Gary sat down resentfully.

Casey, the judge, burst out laughing, and said to Dino in a low voice, "I didn't expect Dr. Ning to be able to speak well. Gary's face is very exciting."

Dino also bent his lips.

Shen Lie endured a smile, and then asked: "So, according to your professional knowledge and medical experience, what kind of impact will the 40mA used by the defendant's addiction rehabilitation center have on his patients?"

"I can only say that it is very painful, very painful," Ning Yuan said, "That kind of pain is unimaginable to us ordinary people. Jurors, you can think about the feeling of static electricity when you touch someone, we will all subconsciously Withdraw your hand because it hurts. And a 40mA shock is a thousand times more painful than this static."

Shen Lie saw that most of the jury showed pensive expressions, and bowed to Judge Parker: "There are no other questions."

Seeing that Shen Lie had finished asking questions and it was Gary's turn, he stood up and stretched out his index finger: "The first question, Dr. Ning, you and my client's addiction recovery center are wandering around, have you obtained my client's consent? ?”

Ning Yuan shrugged: "The police officers told me later that You Xin didn't have any objections to it."

"Well, later," Gary emphasized the last two words, "the second question, Dr. Ning, do you also work in psychiatry?"

"Yes." Ning Yuan nodded, "I am now a psychological consultant for the Manhattan Homicide Squad in New York."

"Very well, then do you know that my client, Yosin Kirk, has published articles in several very prestigious weekly journals of spiritual research?"

Ning Yuan was taken aback: "I don't think I know, and it doesn't mean anything."

"Doesn't that mean anything?" Gary suddenly smiled, "Isn't it a kind of affirmation to be able to publish your own articles and experiences in these authoritative magazines?"

Ning Yuan seemed to know what he was going to say, and became more careful with his words: "It depends on the situation——"

"Really? I don't think so," Gary said, "Why do we need another psychiatrist who is not as authoritative and excellent as my client to judge my client's actions?" He looked at Ning Yuan with a smile, and said However, I really wanted someone to slap him, "Is it possible that if you feel envious or jealous towards my client, it would be better not to testify in a different way instead?"

After following Joanna's case, Ning Yuan was overwhelmed by his shamelessness again.

Shen Lie rolled his eyes to the sky: "Objection!"

"I withdraw," Gary said calmly, "There is no other problem."