The daily life of American drama detective

Chapter 8 Everyone makes mistakes

three weeks later.

Court.

Both the prosecution and the defense have gone through the process and entered the time for the jury to decide the result.

Prosecutors and law firms are waiting outside.

"The jury is out."

Someone came to say hello.

"So fast?"

The female lawyer was taken aback, and an ominous premonition came to her heart.

According to their previous analysis, one of the jurors was biased against their client, and it is said that the consensus process will take a long time.

They are already mentally prepared for a long wait.

And now the jury has only been in for 20 minutes.

Chuck nodded at her.

The female lawyer breathed a sigh of relief, got up and straightened her lady's suit, and after going in with everyone, she looked at Chuck again as she watched the jury file in.

"The verdict is not guilty."

Chuck looked at the expressions of the jury members and gave his professional interpretation.

"Are you sure?"

Diane, the boss of the law firm, also came over at this time.

"They saw Mr. Ball's expression showing a slight composure, yes, I'm sure."

Chuck nodded.

Diane and the female lawyer accompanied the client, Mr. Bauer, into the dock. Diane gave Mr. Bauer a reassuring look. Mr. Bauer couldn't help but watch the jury hand over the note with the result to the judge. , waiting for the judge to give the final result.

"Men of the jury, have you reached your final verdict?"

the judge asked.

"Yes, Your Honor."

The leader of the jury got up and announced the final result: "For Mr. Ball's first-degree murder, we convict him!"

This sentence was like a bolt from the blue to Mr. Bauer, and he looked at his lawyer Diane in panic.

This is Chicago with the death penalty. If convicted of first-degree murder, it is the death penalty.

"Don't say anything, we will appeal."

Diane frowned, but he could only comfort the client first, feeling a little remorseful in his heart. He knew that he should have accepted the prosecutor's offer of a 25-year sentence for second-degree murder.

Now that the jury has given the result, even if it is possible to appeal, it is generally difficult to change the result.

After the show.

Chuck left, met Kailinda who came with a suppressed smile, and said calmly, "Congratulations."

"Congratulations on what?"

Kalinda asked knowingly.

"My failure, your salary increase success."

Chuck said something and walked past her.

Kailinda turned around in a daze and looked at the back of Chuck leaving.

She just asked for a raise with her direct supervisor, Will Gardner, and it was successful...

"gentlemen?"

A familiar voice came into her ears, and she came back to look around, and saw her best friend walking and talking with the leader of the jury not far away.

"I'm for the defense."

"I know you."

"I want to ask you a question. You don't need to answer it, but if you can answer it, it will be very helpful to our future work."

"I don't mind. Just ask, Mrs. Frolick."

"The verdict came quickly."

"Yes, because there is no objection."

"I see, what did you base your decision on? I mean, you obviously didn't take the administrator's testimony seriously... none of that influenced your decision?"

The female lawyer cited the results of her own efforts.

"Yes, no."

"Because we don't think that's important," said the leader of the jury.

"Then what is important?"

The female lawyer was very puzzled.

"He did it!"

The leader of the jury said seriously.

The female lawyer was speechless.

Kailinda, who was silently watching this scene, suddenly shrank her pupils, turned around suddenly and looked in the direction where Chuck, who had long since disappeared, left quickly, and then left quickly without waiting to greet her best friend.

The next day.

Art corridors in Chicago.

"Do you like abstract paintings?"

When Chuck was stopping to look at the painting, Kalinda came over, stood side by side with Chuck, and looked at the painting that Chuck was looking at.

"One needs a little imagination."

Chuck was noncommittal.

"You did it on purpose, didn't you?"

Kalinda didn't bother to go around the corner anymore, she stared sideways at Chuck: "You knew from the beginning to the end that juror No. 3 found Mr. Ball guilty, but you deliberately didn't say it, and told us that his attitude softened, let us Mistakenly believing that the chances of victory are at hand, did not change the strategy of innocence defense, and gave up the option of making a plea deal with the prosecution, why?"

"Everyone makes mistakes, and I only have an 80% success rate."

Chuck said calmly: "Mr. Ball knew this before he hired me."

"Stop lying."

Kailinda stared at Chuck: "I admit that you are very powerful. How could you make such a big mistake if you are so powerful? I have been studying the cases you took last night. If not many successful cases For someone like Mr. Bauer, I would suspect that you have a vigilante complex."

"Someone like Mr. Power?"

Chuck glanced at her.

"...you know what I mean."

Kailin Dut paused: "Everyone knows that he killed his father. He killed someone a year ago. He was acquitted because the jury unanimously found him innocent. That's why he is willing to spend so much money to hire you." The reason for such a person, he has tasted the wonderful taste of the jury towards him, as long as he has the opportunity to slightly increase the possibility, he is willing to spend money, isn't he?"

As an excellent investigator of one of the largest law firms in Chicago, she and her bosses can usually tell at a glance whether a client is a criminal or not, but this is not important. The important thing is that the client is rich and they can make money.

This is their legal right given by the law.

As for morality, they have professional ethics endowed by law that can be used as a shield.

And if Chuck really did it on purpose, it would be too unprofessional to make a lot of money from the client and send the client to the electric chair.

"Do you know the difference between you and Juror No. 3?"

Chuck remained calm.

"Wouldn't it be more difficult for him to observe micro-expressions?"

Kalinda sneered.

"The human heart is the most complex and changeable. Ordinary people are easily influenced by the outside world and make instantaneous changes that cannot be estimated. Therefore, no one can 100% guess the mind of others. Mind reading does not exist."

Chuck said: "But a strong-willed person like you has rules to follow, because you will stick to your ideas and rarely be influenced by the outside world, so I can easily understand you, but I misunderstood No. 3 Jurors."

"Come on, Juror No. 3 said he believed Mr. Ball was guilty all along."

Kalinda thinks Chuck is trying to quibble.

"After Juror No. 3 made the verdict that Mr. Ball was guilty, he would naturally only say that he believed that Mr. Ball was guilty from the beginning to the end, and would not say that he was once shaken by the doubts you found. Waking up or something."

Chuck looked at Kailinda: "People will beautify their past intentionally or unintentionally, don't they, Lena?"

After hearing this, Kailinda felt that this statement was not completely unreasonable. She was wondering if she thought Chuck was too scary, and then she heard Chuck call out the name Lena, and her eyes flashed Horrified, all the muscles in his body tensed up.

(End of this chapter)