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Ning Yuan let out a sigh of relief, but he also knew that Shen Lie's test was nothing, and the challenge was the defense lawyer Sidon's test.

Sure enough, before Shen Lie sat down, Sidon stood up and began to ask: "Doctor, I noticed that what you said just now is that this kind of probability is very rare, right?"

Ning Yuan nodded: "That's right."

"So," Seton stretched out a finger and nodded Flint, "how do you know that my client is not one of the rare ones?"

Ning Yuan looked at him indifferently: "Because the odds of this rare are 10,000 in [-]+."

Sidon was blocked back, but there was no fluctuation on his face. He just nodded and turned to another very sudden question: "Doctor Ning, when did you join the homicide squad?"

As soon as Ning Yuan opened his mouth, Shen Lie said, "I object, what does this have to do with the case?"

Sidon said calmly, "Your Excellency, this has to do with the credibility of the witness."

Before Shen Lie continued to refute, Judge Lambert said: "The objection is invalid, witnesses please answer the question."

Ning Yuan shrugged: "About two months ago."

"Two months ago," Sidon thought thoughtfully, "that is to say, you have followed up my client's case since you came, right?"

Ning Yuan was a little confused: "Yes."

"So can I say that, my client's case is the first case you handled, right?"

Ning Yuan frowned: "What exactly do you want to ask?"

Sidon looked at him and spread his hands: "Doctor Ning, just answer, yes or no?"

"Yes, you can say that."

Sidon smiled at him, but Ning Yuan was conflicted by his handsome face, and he speculated in a rhetorical tone: "I want to know how hard you tried to prove it through this first case. Yourself? Especially when you," he flipped through the folder at hand, which should contain the information on Ningyuan he investigated, "two months ago, you were just a psychologist who opened a clinic."

Ning Yuan was stunned by his shameless speculation: "What did you say?"

At the same time, Shen Lie almost jumped at the case, staring at Sidon coldly: "Objection! Can the defense lawyer be more shameless?"

Seaton shrugged, still looking at the jury: "Isn't it true that people's hearts are in the belly? Oh, yes, I withdraw, there are no other questions."

After speaking, he sat down, and Shen Lie stood up: "Please ask again, Your Excellency."

Judge Lambert nodded at him.

Shen Lie comforted Ning Yuan, who was still in surprise, with his eyes, and asked, "Doctor Ning, which university did you study in?"

Sidon stretched out his hand holding a pen: "Against—"

Shen Lie said coldly: "It's about the credibility of the witness." He pointed to Sidon who was an aisle away from him on the right: "He started first."

Judge Lambert could only say: "The objection is invalid."

Ning Yuan said, "Stanford University."

Shen Lie gestured to Ning Yuan the direction of the jury with his palm: "Could you please tell the jury about your education?"

Ning Yuan turned sideways slightly, and said to the jury: "I graduated from Stanford University. I have passed the master's degree in medicine, the master's degree in psychiatry, and the master's degree in psychology. will come down."

Shen Lie paid attention to the expressions of the jury members, several of them showed expressions of surprise, probably because they did not expect this Chinese man to have such a high degree of education at such a young age.

Can you not be surprised?

Shen Lie thought to himself, the surprise in his heart when he first got Ning Yuan's information is not necessary for these juries to be rare now.

Shen Lie continued to ask: "As for the qualifications, let's also talk about it, in case the defense lawyer is not clear." He emphasized a few words that were not clear.

Ning Yuan almost couldn't help laughing in such a serious situation. He loved Shen Lie's harsh and vicious tongue, and he felt sorry for Sidon: "I went to Massachusetts General Hospital as soon as I graduated [Note 2] After three years, he became an attending physician, and then opened a private clinic in the center of New York. Until two months later, he came to the Homicide Squad as a psychological consultant."

Shen Lie further asked: "Doctor Ning, how many special issues on psychology and psychiatry have you published—"

"Okay, prosecutor," Judge Lambert said, "we all know the authority of witnesses, so don't dwell on this issue any longer. Now, let's move on to the next question, or let the next witness testify."

Shen Lie raised his eyebrows, feeling a little unfinished: "There is no other question, Your Excellency."

When Shen Lie walked back to his seat, he was in a good mood and saw Sidon's livid face.

The next one to testify was the defendant Flint, and because Ning Yuan had already testified, he could now sit in the trial stand【Note 3】, so he sat behind Shen Lie, gently squeezed his shoulders Expressing encouragement, he caught a glimpse of Megan sitting in the judging booth from the corner of his eye.

Casey next to him saw Ning Yuan's movements, and when Ning Yuan turned his head, he saw Casey smiling with malicious intent.

Ning Yuan: "..."

What happened you want to look at me like this?

Since Flint was a witness for the defense, the defense started the questioning first. Seaton stood up and asked the first question: "I regret that you experienced so much unfair treatment when you were young, but what I want to know Yes, when you killed Ike, did you know he was Ms. Levi's son?"

Flint nodded.

"Second question," Seton went on, "did you plan to kill him from the start?"

"I didn't," Flint said, "we got along very well until that day, but that day he suddenly mentioned his mother, and he said what a great person his mother was—" he said here He began to rush, "She has done so many things to me, how can he say that she is a great person? I...I am very angry, when I react, he has already..."

Seton looked at him and said word by word: "The last question, would you have done all this without Ms. Levi's abuse of you when you were a child?"

Flint moved his gaze from his face to the face of the jury, and from the jury to Ning Yuan's face, then he looked into Ning Yuan's black eyes, and slowly uttered a word: "No."

Seton patted him on the shoulder and said to Judge Lambert, "There is no other question."

Shen Lie put down the pen he was writing on the notebook just now: "Are you aware of the loopholes in the statement you made so big that a truck could drive it?"

Flint frowned: "What do you mean?"

"The first question, you said that you didn't premeditate but did it on a whim, so why do you still have ready clothes to change after killing Ike?" Shen Lie picked up the remote control and turned on the projector. The above shows the surveillance video of that night, "When you and Ike entered the park, you were wearing a white skirt, but when you came out, you turned into a red suit. Why?"

Flint's expression didn't change: "I just went to the gym before I went with him that day, and I had to change my clothes."

Shen Lie glanced at him and continued: "Second question, you didn't plan to kill him, but you stabbed him 37 times, 37 times, and you even cut off his genitals!"

Flint's expression twisted, and his voice began to tremble: "His mother made me live like a dog with no dignity more than ten years ago, didn't he think it was so great? Then I will take away his dignity too, Does he think I'm great?!"

Seeing that Flint was a little out of control, Sidon stood up quickly and said, "Objection! Persecute witnesses!"

Judge Lambert thought for a while and said, "The objection is invalid, but the prosecution should be careful."

Shen Lie bowed slightly to Judge Lambert: "Thank you, Your Excellency." After speaking, he asked Flint again: "You are gay, aren't you?"

Flint calmed down a little, but his cheeks were still flushed with excitement: "I told you, yes, since I was a child."

"What about Ike?" Shen Lie asked again, "Is he gay?"

Flint was startled: "...Is this important?"

Shen Lie looked at him: "Please answer yes or no."

"...I don't know." Flint lowered his gaze, looking at his pale and slender fingers on the table.

"You... don't know?" Shen Lie repeated in a strange tone, knocked on the table in front of Flint to signal him to look up at himself, "But you two have already had sex, your saliva DNA is in his genitals How could you not know?"

Flint opened his mouth, and Shen Lie asked again: "So, is Ike gay?"

Before Flint could answer, Megan Levy in the judging booth suddenly started yelling like crazy: "You guys are in bed?! How the hell are you in bed?!"

The sudden situation caught everyone off guard, and Ning Yuan was even taken aback by her sharp voice. Judge Lambert struck the small hammer several times and signaled the bailiff to take her away: "Ms. Levi, please control your emotions, otherwise I'm going to detain you for contempt of court!"

After all the confusion was over, Shen Lie asked the question again, and Flint said, "He is."

"So why are you wearing women's clothing? Are you a transvestite?"

"No," Flint replied quickly this time, "he's just...not ready to come out."

"Objection!" Sidon stood up again, "What does the prosecution's question have to do with the case?"

Judge Lambert said: "The objection stands and the prosecution moves on to the next question."

"One last question." Shen Lie turned around and picked up a photo from the table, sent the copy to the jury and the judge, and handed the original to Flint: "Does this photo look familiar to you?"

Flint took it hesitantly, but his eyes were shocked.

With sharp eyes, Shen Lie noticed that his hands were shaking, and he said: "You are very happy in the photo, tell me, how did things become like this?"

"opposite--"

Before Sidon finished his objection, Shen Lie gently withdrew the photo from Flint's hand, and walked back to his seat: "Withdraw, there is no other problem."

From Ning Yuan's perspective, he actually saw the tears floating in Flint's eyes.

[Note 1] This note is from the previous chapter of the previous chapter, which means that if the defense gives you a subpoena to testify in court, you are a witness for the defense and the defense asks questions first, otherwise you are a witness for the prosecution. The prosecution asks questions first.But this does not mean which side you are the witness to speak to.Just like in the Vincent case before, Casey was summoned by the defense Vincent, and he is a defense witness.

【Note 2】Massachusetts General Hospital: It is one of the best psychiatric hospitals in the United States that I found.

【Note 3】If you are a called witness, you cannot sit in the jury box and hear the testimony of other witnesses until you go to court.But there is also a special situation, that is, after you have heard other people’s testimony, the prosecution or the defense decide to summon you. At this time, they have to discuss with the judge to see if there are any conflicts. If not, the judge will issue a summons.