companion ghost

Although what Leon said was a bit exaggerated, it was actually true.Shen Lie was so stubborn about Vincent Osterley, not only Vincent had an opinion, but also the district attorney's office.Because every time a person is prosecuted, all public resources are consumed, and these public resources are not endless, they are all taxpayers' money, and the resources of each local prosecutor's office are fixed every year.Shen Lie sued Vincent three times and failed the first two times. When he decided to sue for the third time, he was under a lot of pressure from the local prosecutor's office. His boss Matt supported him very much and took the responsibility for him. A large part, so at the same time, he must not lose.If he loses, there will be too many disappointed people.

A prosecution and defense deal is a very guaranteed and safe approach, because as Leon said, this is a big gamble, and the cost of losing the gamble is too high.

"It turns out that you're not me. You're not a jury either. Unlike you, as long as one person on the jury has a conscience, you're in danger."

Shen Lie paid him back in his own way, turned around and strode away without even looking at him again, the sound of leather heels hitting the marble tiles of the court was very clear, and it was also very clear in the empty corridor, but Shen Lie Words are louder than that.

"No deal, see you in court."

When the court reconvened in the afternoon, it was time for both the prosecution and the defense to make closing statements. In the Italian restaurant in front of the court at noon, Ning Yuan looked at Shen Lie, who was obviously not chewing on wax—he even unconsciously put the most hated celery Throw it into your mouth.

Ning Yuan forked a piece of shrimp in his noodles and stuffed it into Shen Lie's mouth: "Are you thinking about the closing statement in the afternoon? Don't think about it and eat quickly."

Shen Lie came back to his senses, chewed the shrimp in his mouth: "Well, I was wondering if I should change the closing statement I prepared last night—"

Ning Yuan looked at him amusedly: "You wrote at two o'clock last night, what else do you need to change? Trust me, it's fine."

In order to show that he attaches great importance to this case, Shen Lie rarely put hair gel on his bangs to make his facial features more three-dimensional and handsome. When he just came out of the bathroom in the morning, Ning Yuan looked straight at his eyes.At this time, he was a little nervous and subconsciously wanted to gather his forehead hair behind his ears, but found that he could no longer touch the fragments of hair.

Shen Lie gave a rare sigh, and revealed his inner weakness to Ning Yuan once again: "I questioned my own ability for the first time. You see, when I sued Vincent Osterley for the first time, I have the chance to win, but lost everything. The second time I was too eager for quick success, and I took too big a step and did not conduct in-depth questioning and digging, which caused him to get away with it again. This is the third time, if this time Really lost again—" He rolled his throat, "I don't think I can do this job well."

Ning Yuan didn't interrupt him because he was eager to prove, but listened to him quietly.He knew that what Shen Lie needed now was not the affirmation of others, but just support and comfort.He took both hands from under the table to the table, and slowly covered Shen Lie's cold hands, trying to warm him with his own temperature: "I'm not sure whether we will win or lose, but I can be sure Yes, you're doing the right thing, and you're doing it very, very well, and there's no one doing it better than you."

After finishing speaking, he raised Shen Lie's hand to his lips, and kissed lightly without caring about others' eyes: "I believe in you and love you too."

Shen Lie stared blankly at Ning Yuan's eyes, those dark eyes were like the gentle and vast night sky in summer, wrapping him in Ning Yuan's fiery and firm love, sucking him deeper and deeper, and never being able to get out coming.

third court

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the court officially opened.

Seeing that the jury was seated, Judge Donovan announced, "The prosecution and the defense can begin their closing arguments."

Leon stood up and began his speech: "Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. This case, this trial, has gone through five weeks [Note]. During these five weeks, you have obtained a huge amount of information from many witnesses , the information is contradictory and conflicting, making you at a loss as to which side is telling the truth and which side is telling the truth. And I just want to tell you now that this so-called 'rape case' is completely nonsense You may recall that no matter who the witnesses were, they all admitted the fact that after that night, Klein Reid was promoted, raised his salary, and received three thousand dollars. This is what he actually got. Good thing, even if he resigned later and returned the three thousand dollars, it can only prove that he regretted the decision at the time, but it does not mean that the original transaction did not happen. For example," Leon walked to the jury In front of the group, they began to induce them to think in the direction of distorting the facts, "You bought a piece of clothing in the store, and you found that you didn't like it when you bought it home, so you took it back to the store to return it. In the end, you didn't buy the clothes, but your money was also worthless." It seems that nothing has happened. But may I ask, can you deny that this transaction has ever happened? No! This is the same. What's the difference?"

"Look at my client—"

As soon as Shen Lie heard this familiar sentence, he couldn't help but roll his eyes. Every time he used Vincent Osterley's superficial skills and successful people's personality as an example, it was really tried and tested.

"My client, the CFO of a multinational company, is a gentle and humorous gentleman. No one who has been with him dislikes him. What did he do wrong?" Leon asked himself and answered, "The only thing he did wrong was Bewitched by Klein Reid into a sex trade."

After he finished speaking and returned to his seat, Shen Lie took a deep breath, stood up, and started the final fight of the case.

"The defense lawyer's closing statement was wonderful. He mentioned two points. First," Shen Lie raised his right index finger, "he said that Klein's behavior was essentially the same as buying clothes and returning them. This is completely It is a sneaky change of concept and a malicious example! Mr. Reid never agreed to have sex with the defendant, let alone gain benefits from it. From a legal perspective, as long as the defendant forcibly has sex with Mr. Reid under the condition that Mr. Reid does not agree , is rape. Ladies and gentlemen, when you are buying clothes, you are the consumers; but in this case, Mr. Reid is the victim." Shen Lie scanned the faces of each juror, "I know You will question it, but please think about it, how could Klein Reid remain unmoved when the salary difference is 30 US dollars, but rely on his body to obtain an additional 5 US dollars?"

Looking at the expressions on their faces, Shen Lie found that several of them were a little confused, which slowly returned his confidence, and he raised his second finger: "Second point, the defense lawyer mentioned how perfect the defendant is. So that it is absolutely impossible to do such illegal and criminal things. But I beg you to jump out of this 'taken for granted' logic and think about this question from a more rational perspective: Is there an inevitable connection between perfection and crime? A person is very gentle , very successful, with an annual income of tens of millions, handsome and unrestrained—is he sure he won’t commit crimes?”

Having said that, Shen Lie paused for a few seconds, giving the jury time to think, and then said: "A 'perfect' person who conforms to the mainstream values ​​of society, doesn't he have a dark side in his heart? And who can be sure, he Wouldn’t it be possible to translate this dark side into action? Even a moral paragon like Steve Rogers would be a HYDRA undercover [Note 2].”

In the end, Shen Lie straightened his back, and calmly gave a conclusion: "What the law cares about is never the motive of the crime, but the purpose of the crime."

[Note 1] Don't think that five weeks is too long. In fact, a case lasts for several months or even a year or two. Here, for the needs of the plot, it is appropriately shortened to five weeks.

[Note 2] Steve Rogers: steverogers, Captain America.I remember that Marvel or a cartoonist said before that the US team is actually an undercover agent of Hydra, first set a flag, if it is not verified later, I will come and modify it!By the way, hi!