Tribunal No. 1.
Lu Ming sat quietly, and next to her, Mrs. Zhen, was boredly playing with her charming and exquisite long manicure.
Lu Ming was helpless, this guy is really heartless, do you know we are going to the gallows?
The prosecutors entered the scene, with four or five prosecutors carrying countless documents in a huge formation.
Li Mingxuan took his seat at the head table, and Lu Ming noticed the resentment in his eyes as he stared at him.
And when his eyes fell on Mrs. Zhen, it was very complicated. There was shame and hatred, but also attachment and reluctance.
Han Anni entered the scene last and gave Lu Ming a fierce look.
Lu Ming smiled bitterly and rubbed his nose, first love, first love, I am very happy to see you here! Even if you beat me, kill me, and think I am an adulterer**, I will forgive you.
The jury came in, nine persons, men and women, all well dressed.
Although jurors are from the private sector, they also have strict requirements. First of all, they must have a decent job.
There are also academic requirements.
This is the practice of the empire. Only legal citizens with stable jobs and good education can achieve the prerequisites of fairness and justice.
Moreover, they were all selected from another city far away from Wu'an to avoid the influence of local clans.
But it seems that they are all a little listless now. This case lasted for several months, which was a kind of mental and physical torture for these jurors.
Just before nine o'clock, three judges entered the court.
The chief inquisitor is a thin old Western man with a hooked nose. In the memory fragments, his name is Boris.
In such an important case, the presiding judge is naturally a Westerner who serves as the chief judge.
Although the four northern provinces are autonomous from the four major military governors, many key positions are held by Westerners. From the county level to the chief judges of the provincial and municipal procuratorates, they are all Westerners.
In this world, Westerners call them the Greifenians, and the empire's full name is: the Holy Greifenian Federal Empire.
However, the aborigines, because the Grifenni come from the southwest, are used to calling them Westerners.
At nine o'clock sharp, Boris gave the hammer and the trial officially began.
"In court, I request to change my lawyer!" Lu Ming suddenly stood up, "My lawyer failed to do his best to defend me!"
Xie Wenquan was stunned and looked up at Lu Ming blankly.
Li Mingxuan immediately stood up and said, "Objection. In court, the defendant just wants to delay time. If the lawyer is changed, this will inevitably cause the case to be postponed again to give the defendant's new lawyer time to prepare. This case has been delayed for too long. The defendant just wants to delay it indefinitely." Let it drag on, and this case has wasted too much public money and court resources. The prosecution strictly opposes the defendant's tactics!" Li Mingxuan said sternly.
Boris nodded, "Reject the defendant's proposal!"
Lu Ming said: "In this case, I request to defend myself."
Everyone was stunned again.
"First defendant, do you know that if you choose to defend yourself, it will be more difficult for your legal rights to be protected. I don't want you to easily find an excuse to appeal." Boris stared at Lu Ming, then looked at the person sitting there Lawyer Xie Wenquan, presumably, it was the bewitching lawyer who taught him. In this way, he found the basis for his appeal.
Lu Ming nodded, "In court, I have study experience at St. John's University of Political Science and Law in the provincial capital, and I also have a lawyer's license. Therefore, I understand my rights and obligations after I use self-defense, and I am also capable of serving as a defender." Defend yourself.”
In fact, I haven't graduated yet, but I got my lawyer license early by clearing up the relationship. At that time, after all, the Lu family's Yu Yin was still there.
Boris frowned slightly, looked at Lu Ming, then at Xie Wenquan and Li Mingxuan, and waved.
Li Mingxuan and Xie Wenquan walked up, followed by Lu Ming, and the three of them stood under the high table of the judge's bench.
"What's going on?" Boris asked Xie Wenquan in a low voice, "Have you fully communicated with your client?!"
Xie Wenquan had no idea what Lu Ming wanted to do, but since the lawsuit was definitely lost, Mr. Lu didn't know if someone had given him some advice. Whether it was a trapped beast still fighting, or a dead horse being treated as a living doctor, of course he had to stand in the interests of the parties involved. before helping him achieve his goals.
After thinking about it, Xie Wenquan said: "He didn't communicate with me at all. Therefore, in court, it seems that I have lost the trust of my client. My client has a lawyer's license. You have no reason not to let him choose to defend himself."
Behind him, Lu Ming nodded inwardly, Xie Wenquan is actually a good lawyer.
Li Mingxuan immediately frowned: "In court, they are stalling for time..."
Boris waved his hand and looked at Lu Ming, "You can defend yourself, but you can only call a maximum of two witnesses from the prosecution!"
There are hundreds of witnesses on both sides of the prosecution and defense. If the defense is changed to self-defense and all of them are summoned again, it will take several more months.
Lu Ming nodded: "Okay."
Li Mingxuan looked relaxed when he heard what Boris said. When Boris looked over, he immediately said: "Your Honor, the prosecution has no objection."
Boris waved his hand, and the three of them returned to their places.
"In court, I request to summon the prosecution witness Zhao Jinsong!" Lu Ming said loudly.
Sitting in a hard wooden chair with three wooden fences in the middle, coupled with the unique solemn temperament of the courtroom, one cannot help but consider the possible serious consequences of perjury.
Zhao Jinsong is the police detective who discovered Long Ye's body in the trunk of the car.
He was a young man, very handsome in a black police uniform. He sat on the witness stand and swore an oath, with a look of justice on his face.
Lu Ming quickly read his testimony again, slowly stood up, and walked in front of Zhao Jinsong.
Zhao Jinsong adjusted the style buttons of his police uniform and looked at Lu Ming with some disdain.
This dandy and prodigal son, who eats, drinks, whores, gambles, and has no merit except that his family is better off. However, the girl he had a crush on was cheated by him after he gave her a bottle of foreign perfume. She had wanted him to die for a long, long time.
Lu Ming looked at him and asked calmly: "Witness, what is your relationship with Zhao Yuancheng, the prosecution's tainted witness?"
Zhao Yuancheng, Long Daxing's driver, was originally going to take Lu Ming and Zhen home, but now he has become a tainted witness.
Zhao Jinsong shook his head, "It doesn't matter."
"You are relatives, aren't you?" Lu Ming stared into his eyes, "It seems that you are used to lying."
Zhao Jinsong immediately became angry. A dog who was about to be hanged was still as arrogant and domineering as before. It was simply intolerable, "You fart!"
The jury was immediately in an uproar.
Before Lu Ming could object, Boris frowned and said, "Witness, you only need to answer the defense's questions. If you continue to abuse the defense, I will deprive you of your qualifications as a witness."
Li Mingxuan stood up quickly, "In court, Zhao Jinsong and Zhao Yuancheng are only distant relatives. Moreover, their previous generation turned against each other because of the distribution of property, and they have not interacted with each other for the rest of their lives. In this generation..."
"Objection!" Lu Ming raised his hand, "In court, the witnesses are now testifying."
Boris extended his hand to Li Mingxuan. Li Mingxuan sat down helplessly, but he frequently winked at Zhao Jinsong, indicating that he must calm down.
Looking at Lu Ming who was pacing in front of the witness box, Li Mingxuan frowned.
Lu Ming's intention is very obvious, which is to confuse the situation and make the lawsuit appear to be premeditated by Zhao Jinsong and Zhao Yuancheng. Zhao Yuancheng is Zhao Jinsong's insider. If this is the case, Zhao Yuancheng's confession will be greatly discounted. After all, he did not witness it with his own eyes. Lu Ming and Zhen killed the victim. If it was the police again, the jury would definitely have to wonder whether everything was arranged by the police.
After all, Zhao Yuancheng drove the car, and it was easy for him to put the body in, even if there were indeed knives with Lu Ming's fingerprints in the car. But it was just a fruit knife. The defense used this to make a fuss from the beginning, saying that the knife was used by Lu Ming to cut fruit at Long's house and was put in to frame him.
At that time, it was still the Western lawyer Donald, who was very powerful.
While he was thinking about it, he saw the beautiful police officer next to him who came from the provincial capital and was said to have a strong background. He was about to get up.
This police officer Han particularly hates playboys, especially Lu Ming, who seduces other people's concubines and kills their husbands.
However, the closing argument is coming soon, and from now on, I have to take full control of it and not let her steal the spotlight.
"Chief Inspector Han, let me come!" Li Mingxuan whispered.
Li Mingxuan is very confident.
He has carefully considered every detail of this case, including the fact that Zhao Jinsong and Zhao Yuancheng are distant relatives.
However, Long Daxing's former defense lawyer, the Western-style lawyer Donald, failed to address this point, rendering his careful preparation useless.
Li Mingxuan was secretly happy when Lu Ming asked this question, but he didn't expect it because Zhao Jinsong, a young and cutting-edge police officer, looked down on Lu Ming very much. When Lu Ming questioned his character, he actually started to abuse him.
This was completely beyond his expectation.
Li Mingxuan looked at Xie Wenquan at the defense seat again.
At this time, Xie Wenquan watched this scene and guessed Lu Ming's intention.
In Li Mingxuan's eyes, Xie Wenquan looked calm.
Li Mingxuan gritted his teeth. He was a powerful opponent. He must have expected that Lu Ming would anger Zhao Jinsong if he interrogated Zhao Jinsong and accused Zhao Jinsong of character problems, so he asked Lu Ming to defend himself.
But it was unexpected that Lu Ming could remember these words and how to anger Zhao Jinsong.
It seems that when people are forced into desperate situations, they can really bring out their greatest potential.
After taking a deep look at Lu Ming, Li Mingxuan's eyes flashed with a cold light.
Sure enough, I was right. You should be doomed and never be able to get ahead again.
Being able to send you to the gallows with my own hands is something I have vowed to do since I was very young. Today, it is finally here.
Even though you were the one who trapped yourself, you actually...killed someone for her...
From the corner of his eye, Li Mingxuan glanced at the beautiful figure that was incompatible with the atmosphere of the court, and felt another pain in his heart.
