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Prosecution attorney Alan Gaunt stood up and nodded to the judge and jury respectively, but skipped the defense table.

Generally speaking, at the beginning of a court trial, the confrontation is often not very strong, and the prosecution and defense will maintain basic etiquette to show demeanor.

But this time it was different. Lawyer Gaunt showed a subtle hostility and contempt before he spoke.

This is actually a behavior that is easy to be criticized, but in the case of Weng Shaoxing, there is no such concern. Because at the beginning of the trial, all the people who heard the trial naturally stood by his side.

"About this case, I believe that everyone present is familiar with it. You may have seen some of the contents countless times in various reports, but I still need to repeat some of them today."

Gunter said: "In the year of Emma 1256, that is, on the evening of October 3 this year, one of the victims of this case, Mr. Mike Auden, was fishing in the northeastern suburbs of the Red Rock Star Selenium Lake District. There are few people passing by, and Mr. Mike Oden has no children and is currently living alone. This meets all the requirements of the defendant for the murder object in this case, so the defendant used an old man's simplicity and trust to deceive him to On the driveway outside the forest, I stunned him with the relatively easy-to-obtain RK-type ether potion, stuffed him into the car, and took him to the No. 9 medium-sized warehouse in Heiyan District..."

"...Judging from the inspection results of various traces at the scene, the cage used to imprison Mr. Mike Oden had been shipped to the warehouse a few days ago, and there were other unused cages in the warehouse. The same The situation applies to other scenes in this case. We have reason to believe that perhaps the implementation object was not specific, but the defendant's behavior was premeditated."

It was perhaps the longest opening statement yet, but no one showed any sign of impatience.

Whether it's a judge, a jury, or the people who apply for a hearing, and more people who are following the live broadcast...

Even defense attorneys are included.

"...This case is actually very difficult. The victims have varying degrees of mental damage, so that they cannot express the facts clearly. Legally speaking, they can't even tell the public what they experienced. Fortunately, we have the scene in our hands. Investigation evidence, witness testimony, and the defendant's personal statement, and look forward to restoring the truth."

Attorney Gunter glanced around and said in a deep voice, "From the time of the incident to now, for such a long period of time, all the people who reported this case and the victims were all referring to the name 'Shake Shack Weng'. , I think...including the defense's lawyers?"

His eyes turned to the defense table, swept over Dean, the defense attorney for defendant No. 1, and finally landed on Gu Yan, and then said slowly: "But I hope you all realize one thing, the title of "Shake Weng Weng" will make all victims People can be summed up in a general way, and there is even a guiding force psychologically, which makes people subconsciously feel as if there is only one victim, the guy called Shaking Weng, three words, simply finished. ."

"But unfortunately, no."

"I must officially emphasize it again at the beginning of the opening ceremony. Behind the three words "Shadow Weng" are three hundred and twenty-seven old people. Although some of them live alone and some are wandering, each of them has its own name. A living and completely independent individual, not a Shaking Weng that can be introduced in three words, and I hope... just today, right here, Your Honor, the jury, and everyone present or not, can return They are fair."

The whole place was silent.

After speaking, Attorney Gaunt stood silently for a moment, then nodded with his eyes down, and sat down in his seat.

After a few more seconds, the buzzing discussion in the auditorium rang out, and even a few emotional observers clapped their hands a few times.

But soon they realized that the occasion was wrong and took their hands back.

In the hearing room, Milo Manson glanced back at the applauding people, then glanced at the others, and whispered to his brother Brewer Manson beside him: "I've never liked the prosecutor's office so much. Trial lawyer sent."

Brewer Manson didn't look back, only moved his lips: "Sit down and listen to your trial."

"Why are you so tense?" Milo snorted, but sat back still.

"I just think that there is no need to look around and sigh indiscriminately." Brewer Manson kept his eyes fixed. "After all, we are just listening to an uninteresting trial with public morality and empathy."

Morality and empathy?

Irrelevant interests?

Milo Manson narrowed his eyes and seemed to want to laugh. But due to the occasion, all emotions only stayed at the corners of the mouth.

Just as he looked away from elsewhere, his gaze met another person not far away.

That's Devore Everth.

"The old fox of Ivy is watching us." Milo squeezed a few words from the gap between his lips.

Brewer Manson still said, "Sit down."

After saying that, he turned his head to look over.

Devore Everth's gray-blue eyes were hidden behind the lenses, as always, with the style of an old gentleman. He nodded and smiled at Brother Manson, like an ordinary elder.

Brewer Manson also nodded at him.

When the dark tide was surging on this side, nearly twenty first-level lawyers on the alliance badge wall in the second row of the central area of the hearing seat came and sat in two rows.

These gangsters view the court trial from a different angle than others. In addition to the case itself, they can clearly discover the lawyer's ability and skills from each paragraph of speech.

"This lawyer Gaunt knows the rhythm of speech very well." A certain boss surnamed Parvin said to Yan Suizhi next to him, "When do you need to speak faster, when to speak slowly, and when to speak louder? , when it's lower, even the pauses are handled well."

"Yeah." Yan Suizhi's fingers rested on his chin, his eyes still on the front. After a while, he said, "It was a good talk, and I was very moved when I heard it."

Parvin: "..."

"What?" Yan Suizhi looked down from the court area and glanced at the colleague, "Is there something wrong with my words?"

"Isn't that student on the defense table your student?" Parvin said. "To be honest, today's court hearing is unprecedented, and we're still sitting here, aren't you nervous for the student?"

Yan Suizhi gave an "oh" and said with a smile, "Who invited you here?"

Parvin: "..."

He opened his mouth, and was about to say something, when Yan Suizhi put his index finger on his lips, signaling him to keep quiet.

"Don't drag me into discussing Gu Yan, after all, I'm someone who needs to avoid the first-level lawyer's vote." Yan Suizhi said with the corners of his mouth up.

Parvin opened his mouth again.

Yan Suizhi didn't put down his raised fingers, and said softly, "Also, don't interfere with me watching the students."

Parvin: "..."

He didn't want to speak anymore.

In the court, defendant No. 1 Fred Jia was sitting on the glass-covered seat, which was different from the image in the previous reports. At this time, he was very self-absorbed and lowered his head, showing a look of sadness and repentance.

Even from such an angle, he could see the dark circles under his eyes that fell to his mouth, looking haggard and tired.

Dean, his defense lawyer, was making an opening statement, and he didn't mention much about the substantive rebuttals. After all, these are not suitable for throwing out at the beginning.

Dean succinctly stated that Fred Jaa was by no means the main culprit in this case.

"As a practitioner in the medical industry, like many of his peers, he has always maintained a reverence for life. My client may have said some unflattering remarks before, and those remarks were re-processed by some media. , the report has caused a lot of controversy and accusations. But I urge you to think about it from a different angle. It is actually out of instinctive self-refutation. I believe anyone can understand that when a person is accused of a crime that does not belong to him for no reason At times, there will always be times when he doesn't choose to say anything, but this can show his grievances sideways, doesn't it?"

"…Anyone who has empathy will feel sorry for the victims of this case." Dean pointed to dock No. 1 and said, "My client is the same, I believe you have a clear mind and see very clearly. "

There is also a subtext in this statement, which is: You see, compared to my client, another defendant, Horace Ji, is a typical lack of empathy. He has no grief and no remorse.

Obviously, this subtext was accepted by most people. Many people in the hearing booth first looked at dock number one, then at dock number two, and then showed disgusted expressions.

At the same time, this feeling of exclusion will be brought to defense lawyers.

The court only speaks facts, not friendship.

What's more, although they belong to the Southern Cross law firm, each barrister and the law firm are only cooperative and independent of each other. Gu Yan and Dean had no friendship at all.

When there is more than one defendant in a case, it is inevitable that there will be mutual buck-passing.

Not just the defendants themselves, but also the defense attorneys.

Some lawyers weaken the guilt of their clients by constantly emphasizing the viciousness of other defendants. This is also a technique that some lawyers like to use.

But Gu Yan didn't like it.

After Dean finished speaking, the judge nodded again in Gu Yan's direction, "Lawyer Gu, you can start your statement."

Hearing this sentence, the Manson brothers in the hearing bench leaned forward subconsciously.

It's not because they are nervous and worried, but in their impression, Gu Yan has the same problem with the dean of the law school, that is, the opening statement never follows common sense.

Just talk about your client, talk about the case, talk about your point of argument is not good?

Not at all.

So when it was Gu Yan's turn to speak, even Brewer Manson couldn't help but prick up his ears.

Gu Yan nodded, stood up, and said calmly:

"I take the liberty to remind that the highest criminal code of the Alliance stipulates that as long as the evidence is flawed, it cannot be 100% sure that the defendant is guilty, nor can it completely rule out the possibility of the defendant being wronged. This is the meaning of the existence of defense lawyers. All preconceived judgments are cleared up, and the case is re-understood. Because only by letting the real perpetrators confess their guilt and put them to death can justice be done to the three hundred and twenty-seven victims."