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"Case No. 97530, State of New York indicts Flint Perry, one count of first-degree manslaughter."

As the court clerk finished speaking, Judge Lambert asked: "How does the defense defend?"

Judge Lambert is a woman who is nearly 50 years old. The corners of her eyebrows and eyes—even her meticulously combed hair—everywhere shows how rigorous and rigid this woman is.

The defense lawyer was Seaton who had defended Jack before (you can go back to Chapter 14 if you don’t remember). He was wearing a dark gray suit and looked young and tall: "Not guilty."

Judge Lambert nodded and turned to Shen Lie: "Will the prosecution grant bail?"

Shen Lie put the documents flat on the table, stood up and said calmly: "Your Excellency, the prosecution will not release you on bail. The defendant's crimes are serious and the means of crime are cruel, which poses a certain threat to society."

Seaton retorted: "My client is the owner of a well-known gallery, he is also an artist, he has a good reputation in the community, and most importantly he has no criminal record, not even a speeding ticket."

"I've already been issued a speeding ticket." Shen Lie raised his eyes and looked at him lazily, "I haven't killed anyone before."

Sidon was blocked by him.

Did I fucking mean that!

At this time, Judge Lambert tapped the hammer and said: "I don't want to listen to the boring conversation between you two lawyers. The defendant is not released on bail and is remanded in custody."

"Your Honor—"

What else did Seaton have to say, Judge Lambert hit the hammer directly: "The next case."

Shen Lie just walked into the elevator outside the court and pressed the door close button. As the elevator doors on both sides closed, he was blocked by a hand and a briefcase at the last moment.

Shen Lie raised his eyes slightly, it was Sidon.

Seaton walked into this elevator, pressed the close button, looked ahead and said, "Is there any chance we can get a plea deal?"

Shen Lie said indifferently: "He pleaded guilty, I offer 20 years in prison, in Xinxin Prison [Note 1], of which eight years can be released on parole."

Seaton couldn't believe it: "What's the difference between this and no deal?"

"You don't have to accept it, but if you lose the trial, your client can only get 25 years in prison," Shen Lie said, "no parole [Note 2]..."

Sidon took a deep breath: "You are still so mean after a year."

When the elevator arrived, there was a ding, and Shen Lie smiled at him: "Thank you for the compliment."

Shen Lie walked a few steps, and heard Sidon shouting from behind: "I will contact you!"

Shen Lie raised the corners of his lips slightly.

"Fortunately, we found Ike's house," Jerry poked his head out of the study, holding a thick book in his hand, "There are really a lot of things in it."

Hearing the sound, Dino walked over, took the book with gloves on, and asked, "What is this?"

Jerry shook the book in his hand: "Look at the title."

Dino glanced at the title of the book, it said "Transfiguration Girl-Sybil and Her Sixteen Personalities": "About dissociative disorder?"

Jerry took a step to the side so that Dino could see the panorama of the study room. There was a large floor-to-ceiling bookshelf full of books. Dino walked in and slid his gloved fingers across the spine of the middle floor. The titles of the books are all similar to "My Lost Time", "No.1 Plural", "The Stranger in the Mirror" or the like, or it is obvious, or it is obvious after reading that it is a book about dissociative disorder , some are academic books, and some are novels about dissociative disorders.

Dino flipped through a few books at random, and came to a conclusion: "It seems that Dr. Ning's judgment is correct, and Flint is just pretending."

Jerry also nodded, and put the book back: "Did you find anything just now?"

Dino shook his head: "Nothing special—"

Before finishing speaking, Gloria's voice was heard: "Jerry! Dino!"

Jerry and Dino looked at each other, and immediately rushed to the source of Gloria's voice.

- It's a basement.

Gloria reached out and pressed the doorknob. The door was not opened, it was locked.

Dino waved his hand to signal Gloria to get out of the way. He drew the gun from the back of his waist, raised it to a horizontal height, aimed at the door, raised his leg and kicked it, and the door opened in response.

After the door opened, the room was pitch black, and the lights were not turned on. Dino and Jerry looked at each other, and the latter signaled Gloria to stay at the door, and pulled out a gun and a miniature flashlight from his back.

Jerry and Dino were in charge of one side, and walked around the basement cautiously and vigilantly. Gloria at the door fumbled to press the switch on the wall after hearing the two of them "safe".

Instant incandescent lights illuminated the entire basement.

Dino heard Jerry cursing in a low voice beside him, but Gloria didn't pay attention to any reaction, and he was also shocked by the scene in front of him.

It's not very big, it can barely fit the two tall men and Gloria, who is 1.7 meters five, but there is only a little room to turn around, but the walls are full of photos.

—all candid pictures of Ike Levy.

Which restaurant did he eat at, what car did he drive to work, his figure when he was off work... everything.

There's even a photo of his mother, Megan Levy!

Jerry's throat rolled: "This is a bloody vengeance, I racked my brains to kill him."

Dino was wearing gloves, and walked up to the photo wall to take a closer look. They were all similar to Ike's single photo, and it looked like a candid shot from that angle.

He turned to Jerry and said, "Call someone from the forensics department, and go back and talk to Shen."

Jerry led the way, and Dino was about to go out. The moment he turned around, he saw a photo from the corner of his eye.

It can be seen that the photo is intended to be tightly pressed under other photos, but it may be because someone can't help looking through it, so the corners are warped, and there is still a lot of flat photos in the pile. One thing is obvious.

Dino reached out and pulled the photo out, and it was Ike who caught the eye first on the left—this was not surprising at all—and on the right, Dino frowned.

central detention center

It was the same cell as the temporary meeting room last time, but Flint sitting in it seemed to have lost weight a lot, and sitting next to him was the defense lawyer Sidon.

Shen Lie walked into the cell, followed by Ning Yuan who had nothing to do and insisted on following him. Shen Lie raised his eyes and glanced at the other party, and said: "It seems that you are not used to life in prison."

Flint just glanced at him when he heard the words, and didn't speak.

Sidon said: "Let's talk nonsense, let's talk about the deal."

"I don't know what to talk about," Shen Lie sat down, "I offered a deal, you can accept it or not."

Seton glanced at Flint, who nodded to him, and he said: "If you are willing to change the charge of the transaction to murder without premeditation, and change the content to 15 years in prison, eight years of bail, we can do it." out of court."

Shen Lie sneered and stood up: "We're done talking, see you in court."

Seaton was not in a hurry: "We have circumstances that can mitigate the crime, I think you should listen to it."

Shen Lie mocked: "What? Are you trying to say that Ike killed your client's dog? Let me tell you, unless he kills your client's immediate family, there is no situation that can lower the transaction to your standard!"

Sidon took a deep breath, and met Shen Lie's dark eyes like deep pools: "Then let's go to the trial and try our luck."

Shen Lie stood up, turned around and left, Ning Yuan was confused by this development.

So what's the point of coming here today?

Just when Ning Yuan was about to get out of the sight of Flint and Sidon, Flint suddenly stopped him: "Doctor."

Ning Yuan turned around in surprise, he just came here for a stroll with his boyfriend, he didn't expect to have his own business.

Flint seemed to have made a lot of determination, he sat there with a pale face, and only looked at Ning Yuan with a pair of light blue eyes: "At first, I didn't want to pretend to be dissociative. "

Ning Yuan was really surprised this time, he took a few steps forward, but he was still separated from Flint by the railing: "What do you mean?"

[Note 1:] Xinxin Prison: I know the name is silly, but there really is this prison, believe me!English is SINGSING, so I was very comfortable when translating, should I translate it into Star Prison? QAQ [Note 2:] Parole: Parole and bail are different. I explained it before bail. Two years, three of which can be released on parole, that is to say, after you have spent seven years in prison, you can be released to live in the next three years, but you must abide by a series of strict regulations and visit your parole officer regularly. And the parole officer will also check from time to time. Once violations or illegal behaviors are found, even if it is really just a ticket for running a red light, they will be locked up again until the ten-year period expires.