Best Actor

    In the bright, spacious and solemn courtroom, the judge, the jury and the defense and the prosecution were all seated, and after the judge announced the start, the first cross-examination had begun.

    "Mr. John Kerry, although you are not the first person to arrive at the scene, but you are responsible for the detection, right? Then please tell us about the whole process of solving the case..." First It was the prosecution's lawyer who asked the question, and the witness was John Kerry of the LAPD's Drug Enforcement Division who had come to Sean's house that day.

    "Relax, the jury is looking at your information, but don't be too relaxed." In the defense seat, an assistant reminded Sean in a low voice.

    Sean took a deep breath, pulled the edge of his suit, and tried his best to maintain his current demeanor. He really couldn't relax for a moment. Glancing at the prosecutor, he was guiding Kerry's topic and deepening Sean's criminal image in the minds of the jury. In fact, there was no need for guidance. They were already a gang, and Kerry definitely knew how to cooperate with the answer.

    Unfortunately, the jury didn't know, Sean couldn't help but glanced at his defense lawyer, not Cassel. Various schemes are planned behind the scenes. Because of this, he is often hated by the jury. If he comes to serve as a defense attorney, it will only achieve the opposite effect of the purpose, so Sean's defense attorney is relatively young, about thirty years old, and still looks good. Count Zhou Zheng.

    Frankly, Sean had concerns, but Cassell reassured repeatedly that Lemento Walker was one of the firm's best defense attorneys and his partner, so Walker was a Reliable defense attorney.

    "So, there are no fingerprints of anyone else in the car, right?" The prosecutor who had already asked about the same question said this at this time.

    "Yes." Kerry nodded.

    "In other words, no one else can drive the car except the owner of the car?" The prosecutor said immediately.

    "Protest," Sean's defense lawyer immediately stood up, "This is inducing!"

    "I'm just speculating," said the prosecutor slyly.

    But the judge was not on his side: "The protest is valid."

    "Okay, I'm done asking." Anderson didn't hesitate and returned to his position. What he had to do was to strengthen Sean's guilty image in the minds of the jury, as long as he achieved this The purpose, even if it is refuted, doesn't matter, it will accumulate slowly, and it will always arouse doubts in people's hearts.

    "They have some uncompromising tactics." Lemento Walker said this to Cassell, then straightened his clothes and stood up, and now it was the defense's turn to question.

    Walker just asked a few random questions at first, Sean didn't know what his purpose was, but it could be heard that he had been reinforcing a certain impression.

    "You have collected evidence in detail about the car used as evidence, and basically nothing has been missed. Can I understand that?" Walker asked later.

    "Yes." Kerry replied after thinking.

    "Then how do you explain, we collected someone else's fingerprint in the storage box of the car." Walker asked immediately, and took the remote control to the TV that the jury was watching As soon as you press it, the fingerprint is displayed on the screen.

    "According to our investigation, this is the fingerprint of a friend of my client," Walker continued, not trying to target anyone, but taking this opportunity to pry the other party's testimony Open a gap, "Mr. Kerry, you said before that you and your team have searched the car thoroughly, but we have searched through the documents and there is no report on this fingerprint."

    "Because... it's not important, it can't prove anything." Kerry obviously didn't expect this, so he replied after being stunned.

    "But at least it should be written on the report, shouldn't your job be to list all the cases." Walker suddenly became aggressive.

    "It was a mistake," Kerry finally said.

    The prosecutor frowned below, as if intending to protest, but in the end did not act, Walker did not ask again, nodded to the judge and jury, and returned to his place , his purpose has been achieved. Cassell's strategy is that if you strengthen my client's criminal image, I will doubt that you have made a mistake in the investigation, and as a result, their side currently has a slight advantage.

    Then the second round begins.

    "The speed of the car is very fast, at least about 90 miles, and the car marks on the scene are very messy. It can be seen that the driver is very excited, or in a state of excitement. Most of the time, people who follow the rules will drive like this unless they are drunk, drugged or under some kind of stimulation." The middle-aged man sitting on the witness stand said.

    He is a defense witness, a vehicle traffic expert who has been a witness in many car accidents, and Cassell hopes he can prove that in a non-drug situation, or a person of good education , under normal circumstances would not drive the car so fast.

    Sean has no history of alcohol or drug addiction, so he has a good image in this regard, coupled with the charitable reputation his team has built for him, despite two reckless driving warnings, both It's just a verbal warning, the prosecution can make a fuss about it, but it can't make a big fuss.

    What's more, if the jury accepts the argument that there is a greater chance of a crash under abnormal circumstances, then Sean's urine test will be a strong piece of evidence.

    Then turn your attention elsewhere.

    "That is to say, if the driver was driving the vehicle under normal conditions, the tragedy could have been avoided, right?" Walker, after showing the jury a series of detailed chats at the scene of the incident asked.

    "It should be said that if both the driver and the victim are in normal conditions, it can be avoided." The other party replied, "Obviously, Mr. Bennett, who died in the car accident, was suffering from alcoholism at the time. In this state, he walked on the road in a messy pace, not paying attention to the car coming from behind, even a normal driver, a little distraction may cause disaster."

    "Thank you." The purpose has been achieved, and Walker does not ask any more.

    Then the prosecutor stood up, it turned out that this guy was indeed very powerful, and he pulled Cassel and the others away with just one sentence.

    No reckless driving made a fuss, not even a rebuttal, just a sentence: "I only have one question, does this prove that Sean Tang was not in which car at the time?"

    Indeed, the biggest problem with the whole case is that Sean can't prove that he was not in the car at the time, which is his biggest disadvantage, despite repeatedly claiming that he was on 12th Street in Santa Monica Stayed in the small park all night, but there is no hard evidence to prove this, can't prove this, the prosecution always has reason to insist that he was in the car.

    As the prosecutor pulled back a round, the court defense began to become stalemate, the two sides were constantly confronting, constantly looking for each other's flaws, and constantly performing in front of the jury, trying to occupy their attention .

    "This Ford stopped for a few minutes after hitting Mr. Bennett, when you clearly saw a white man in the driver's seat, right? "

    "In such light, you can't read the handwriting clearly, how can you tell who is sitting in the cab on the night of the incident?!"

    "Simply put, he arrived at the branch reception within 20 minutes of the call, then took a few minutes to fill out the form and left, the whole process was normal, Like ordinary people to go through the formalities to report the loss?"

    "Let's imagine, ma'am, when you're sitting there doing your own thing, if someone came by and asked for a lost vehicle form, you wouldn't look up. Is it right?"

      court session.

    "The mock jury had a good impression of Riley and Sean, but they clearly didn't think the evidence was enough to prove Sean's innocence." At the meeting after the conclusion, an assistant held up a document to Cassell.

    Mock jury is a common method used by law firms to make pre-judgments for court trials. It plays the role of a jury and makes a judgment of guilt or innocence based on the evidence provided by the firm, and then lawyers can adjust their various behaviors and various details based on this.

     "The point is, we don't have conclusive evidence," Walker, a defense attorney, glanced at Sean, "If we could find witnesses that night, our form would be much better."

    "The prosecutors have no conclusive evidence." Sean said calmly.

    "But the form is not in our favor, Mr. Tang," Walker looked at him, rather aggressively, as in court, "although we have tried a lot, as long as we can't prove you That night really in Santa Monica, or to find the car thief, people are more inclined to believe that you are the one driving the car."

    Sean frowned, he didn't like it, especially since he felt that he was quite cooperative: "Isn't this your business? Maybe I should have found a team of lawyers with a 100% win rate ."

    "Criminal cases can't have a 100% chance of winning, Mr. Tang," Cassell said at this time, of course, first of all he wanted to protect his own people, but after a pause, the conversation changed, "Don't worry, You have done a great job. We have been in charge of many cases, but there are very few people who have cooperated with you as much as you do and don’t complain. Riley is just for the sake of the second trial. are all important."

    Sean looked at him, looked at Walker, glanced around again, and stood up: "Okay, if I think of anything, I'll call you."

    Then he strode out, and the agent who followed him made an apologetic cleanup to Cassel, and then quickly followed.

    "There's no doubt he's hiding something," Walker told Cassell after they left.

    "Yes, but you also think he's innocent, don't you? Or did you change your mind?" Cassel smiled.

    "…no," Walker shook his head, "I still think he's innocent, but he obviously doesn't understand his situation, even though we've said it many times. The prosecution has had a lot of car accidents. Pictures, videos and materials, they can give the jury more blood, which will arouse sympathy and disgust in their hearts, and according to the mock jury data passed by the firm, the second trial will be very dangerous."

    "Don't worry, Riley," Cassell waved his hand, his expression still calm, "someone will help."