companion ghost

When we went to work the next day, everyone was very refreshed.

Especially Auston, he almost hummed a ditty.

But after arriving at the office, everyone thought of the tricky case, and their heads started to hurt again.

Shen Lie sent Ning Yuan to the office in the morning and went to the procuratorate by himself. He prepared the materials and went to the judge to apply for an arrest warrant. After the arrest, the police officers were here to ask for a statement - although he knew that the police officers must not be able to ask anything. —he went to the grand jury indictment.

Shen Lie pondered for a while, and slowly ruled out some judges who had friendship with Vincent in his mind, and found helplessly that only Judge Parker was left.

He hesitated.

In the previous case of New York State v. Vincent Osterley, Parker was the presiding judge and the judge who issued the search warrant and arrest warrant. The regiment will definitely hold on to this point, and if it is serious, it will apply for an invalid trial.

The current evidence is not very sufficient, but it also constitutes the basic requirements of the prosecution. In this part, Judge Parker is asked to issue an arrest warrant, and the subsequent part of the trial is left to fate. I just hope that it is a judge who follows the standard procedure, thank God.

Shen Lie sighed, and rarely worried about the future.

Judge Parker was taking a nap when he heard Shen Lie's knock on the door, holding a delicate porcelain white coffee cup.He looked at Shen Lie and Casey and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Usually, prosecutor, I won't allow others to disturb my morning tea time."

"But I know you will allow me," Shen Lie said with a thick skin, "I'm here to ask you to issue an arrest warrant."

Judge Parker slowly put down his teacup, drew out his pen, and stretched out his hand towards Shen Lie: "Whose arrest warrant? What is the charge?"

Shen Lie handed over the drafted arrest warrant: "Vincent Osterley."

Judge Parker paused when he was about to write. He looked at Shen Lie sternly from above his glasses, and put the cap back on his pen: "Prosecutor, you are not a newcomer anymore, you need to learn to give up."

"Your Honor," Shen Lie's thin lips were drawn into a line: "It's not that I won't give up, but that Vincent can't stop committing crimes—this time he raped a man."

"I was worried about you, boy," Judge Parker said, "that you repeatedly touched a high-tension line that could explode at any moment."

"I know." Seen from Casey's point of view, Shen Lie's jaw line is sharp, with a tough and determined outline, "but I still remember why I became a prosecutor, and I will never forget."

Judge Parker looked at him for a while, then turned his gaze to Casey who was trying to narrow his presence: "Officer Barron, please prepare to swear."

Casey was overjoyed, knowing that it was done, he raised his right hand: "I swear, I will do my best, and what I said is purely true and there is no concealment [Note 1]."

Judge Parker uncapped his pen again and signed his name under the warrant.

After leaving the office, Shen Lie handed the arrest warrant to Casey: "Go ahead, I'll give you one day to interrogate Vincent, and after one day I will prosecute him in front of the grand jury."

Casey nodded, and hurried downstairs with the arrest warrant. While reaching for his mobile phone to call Dino, the two went straight to meet downstairs in the Empire State Building.

Downstairs of the Empire State Building, Manhattan, New York City

Casey was there first, and as soon as he got out of the SUV, he saw Dino's car also arrive.When Dino got out of the car, Casey waved to him, and the two stepped into the Empire State Building side by side for the third time—each time with the same purpose.

The two are now familiar with finding Vincent, and they flashed their police officer IDs to the front desk: "Look for Vincent Osterley."

The polite smile at the front desk froze, she picked up the landline and wanted to make a call, but Kathy stopped her: "There is no need to call, we have an arrest warrant, and all procedures are due. We have come three times, I I know where his office is and I can go there myself, thank you."

Without waiting for the front desk to respond, Casey and Dino walked in, knocked on Vincent's office, and waited patiently for the voice to come in before opening the door and going in.

Vincent didn't look up when he said please come in, he heard a joking familiar voice: "Meet you again, Mr. Osterley."

Vincent looked up and saw that it was Casey and Dino again, his eyebrows jumped: "Why are you again?"

Dino smiled slightly: "Are you surprised? Stand up!"

Casey took out the handcuffs: "Vincent Osterley, you were arrested for first-degree rape, and everything you said will become evidence in court. You have the right to ask a lawyer—"

Vincent was so angry that he couldn't deliberately maintain his demeanor: "You guys are harassment! I want to sue you!"

"It's up to you, but now," Casey exerted a force on his hand, and Vincent's arm, which was strangled to the back by him, tightened, and visible sweat broke out on his forehead.Casey took a step forward, staring straight at him with green eyes: "It's time for you to pay for your inferior behavior."

Vincent gritted his teeth.

NYPD Manhattan Homicide Squad

trial room

Casey and Dino sat across from Vincent, and Dino raised his eyebrows: "Is there nothing you want to take the initiative to explain?"

Vincent's psychological quality seems to be surprisingly high, and he responded with a slap in the face: "Me? No, to be honest, I don't know why you arrested me-oh, I remembered," Vincent pretended He recalled it for a while, and suddenly realized, "First-degree rape?" He was innocent, "I don't know where this crime came from."

Casey sneered: "So, you are very confident in your charm?"

"Of course, officer." Vincent moved forward, leaning close to Casey's face, and said every word: "I never need to force anyone to sleep with me."

"I doubt it very much, Mr. Osterley." Casey didn't pay attention to his leaning forward without blinking his eyes. "After all, you don't have anything to sell except money, right?" Casey She even glanced provocatively at his lower body, full of contempt.

This trick was given to him by Ning Yuan. No man would endure this kind of doubt and trampling on male dignity, especially for a man like Vincent who has been in a dominant position in society for a long time.

Professional is professional, and the effect can be said to be immediate.

Vincent's smile disappeared from his face in an instant, and his body moved forward even more, almost touching Kathy's cheek. If you don’t have anything you can get, you and I will try it out, don’t you know?”

Before Casey could speak, Dino put a finger on Vincent's forehead and said coldly, "Sit back."

Vincent didn't move, and the scene fell into a stalemate.

Dino repeated: "Sit back."

The coldness in his voice seemed to clear Vincent's mind. He sat back and wiped his face: "You accused me of rape, who did I rape?"

Casey pushed Klein's ID photo to him: "Do you know him?"

Vincent picked up Klein's photo.

He found this photo of Klein from his home. He doesn't like taking pictures very much. They took a lot of happy and joyful photos when Auston was undercover before, but Auston would never allow those photos to Wen Center watched.

Vincent shook the photo: "Klein Reed."

"What's your relationship?" Dino asked.

"The relationship between the former employer and the employee," Vincent said frankly, "he used to be the chief lawyer of my legal team."

"Why did your working relationship break down?"

[Note 1] The United States requires judges to require police officers to explain the facts when issuing arrest warrants, and require them to swear after explaining the facts.I remember the content of this oath is the same as the content of the oath sworn by the witness before the trial, but it does not rule out that my brain is broken and I remember it wrong... In fact, I think the content of this oath is more touching in English!

"Iswear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so helpmegod."