Lu Ming did not expect that Cheng Lingyu would arrange the most critical second half of the journey for him.
He must have thought about it for a long time. When he cross-examined Katsura Ayaka, he must have made up his mind to make the other party look bad instead of himself.
Maybe it’s because I thought of most of the strategies myself, and I should have more experience in the second half of the journey.
Seeing his encouraging eyes that only he could see, Lu Ming could only nod lightly, stand up, and ask to question Uncle Wang's testimony.
There was no one on the witness stand.
Lu Ming walked up to face the jurors, "Although Uncle Wang's testimony was not classified as hearsay evidence, this does not mean that his testimony is true or credible. Please pay attention to this, jurors."
"Objection!" Shan Jingfan stood up, "Objection to the defense's groundless questioning of the confession taken by the police."
Lu Ming nodded: "What I said is well-founded. Uncle Wang described the killing of the children in too much detail in his confession. This is simply impossible!"
Shan Jingfan stood up again and said, "I object. I have studied relevant cases. Many perverted murderers remember their murders very clearly."
Lu Ming looked at him: "However, in Uncle Wang's confession, almost every child was killed in the same way. They were all pushed to the ground and stabbed to death. I think serial murderers would think that killing is
An art..."
"Objection, object to the prosecution's speculative definition!"
Lu Ming frowned and looked at him: "Barrister Shan Jingfan, do you think Uncle Wang's confession is credible?"
"Based on the current evidence, there is no doubt about it!" Shan Jingfan nodded.
Lu Ming looked at Feng Xuefan, "In court, the prosecution requests to summon witness No. 21!"
Witness No. 21 is Professor Wen Zaixuwen, Royal Academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences.
Shan Jingfan smiled inwardly, this must be a trapped beast still fighting, this Professor Wen came up with a way to detect the blood stains in the basement.
But the problem is, I still don’t deny that those stains in the basement are human blood.
Moreover, what he recognized was that Uncle Wang killed someone and left blood stains.
Professor Wen is a powerful figure in the scientific community, but what can change if he goes to court and talks nonsense?
Probably not many of the jurors knew who he was and what his status was in the scientific community. Who was he trying to scare?
On the witness stand, Professor Wen was still wearing a white coat, with long gray hair disheveled, in the style of a scary doctor.
"Professor Wen, I heard that you brought us a set of experiments today, right?" Lu Ming stepped forward and asked.
"Yes!" Wen Zaixu looked at Lu Ming impatiently, with a don't talk nonsense expression on his face. However, he still knew that the matter was of great importance, and the court was a solemn place, so he was not too willful.
Lu Ming looked at Feng Xuefan, "Your honor, I request that the lights be turned off and a short video of a scientific experiment be played!"
Shan Jingfan stood up immediately: "Objection! I don't know the prosecution's intention!"
Feng Xuefan waved to the two of them, and when they walked over, Feng Xuefan looked at Lu Ming with a questioning look in his eyes.
"Your Honor, this experiment of mine is of extremely important significance to this case. If after watching the video, you feel that it is a waste of the court's time, I am willing to accept the punishment!"
Feng Xuefan nodded and said to Shan Jingfan: "Let's take a look."
Shan Jingfan was helpless because Professor Wen Zaixu was on the prosecution witness list from the very beginning, so the other party did not conduct a surprise attack, but he inquired about it and found out that the technique for detecting blood stains in the basement was invented by Professor Wen.
of.
Putting Professor Wen on the witness list should be a routine matter for the prosecution, and it may also be necessary to start applying for a search warrant.
But I didn't expect that the other party had some experimental short film.
I don’t know what to do, so I can only take a look first and then talk about it.
Soon, a large number of staff moved in the heavy projector and set up a small snow-white curtain with brackets.
In the courtroom, all the lights were quickly turned off and all the thick curtains were drawn.
Including the jurors, although there were few who had never gone to the movies, many of them were curious to see how a movie was screened live for the first time.
Soon, images appeared on the screen, but there was no sound.
Today's movies have passed the silent film era, but there are no cameras that can truly record sound at the same time. It is necessary to use tapes to record dubbing separately and play it simultaneously with the film.
And this short film obviously does not need dubbing.
Inside, he saw a young man. Opposite him was something like a torture rack with a human-shaped mold tied to it.
Shan Jingfan's eyes immediately froze, and he immediately realized the problem. This room was very similar to the basement where the crime occurred. The torture rack was exactly the same as the one in the photo. It was placed in exactly the same position. The humanoid mold was tied to the torture rack.
The pose on the stand is exactly the same as the boy in the photo, the model is about the same size as the boy, and the young man holding the knife is about the same body shape as Masaichi Kato.
At this time, I saw the young man stabbing him with a knife. The order, posture, and the parts where he stabbed were exactly the same as in the photo.
The model quickly sprayed out red blood, some sprayed onto the wall, some spilled on the ground, and even more dripped, forming a small pool of blood next to the torture rack.
The camera zooms in, showing the shapes of these blood stains bit by bit in slow motion.
Shan Jingfan frowned, feeling vaguely uneasy.
Then, the camera flashed, showing the same young man, rack and model again, but the scene was clean. Obviously, the experiment was restarted.
After repeating the young man's behavior about a dozen times and showing the blood traces left by the surrounding scenes at close range, the short film ended abruptly.
Soon someone opened the curtains and turned on the lights. The lighting in this courtyard was not very good, so the lights needed to be turned on during the day.
But the tools and the like were not taken out, and they could obviously be useful.
"Professor Wen, how many times have you conducted this kind of experiment?" Lu Ming asked.
"More than a hundred times!"
Lu Ming turned to Feng Xuefan, "In court, I request that the final photos of the results of more than a hundred experiments be presented to the court."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Shan Jingfan stood up immediately: "Objection, your honor, Professor Wen Zaixu is a witness. What we listen to should be his testimony, these experiments, and the experimental results.
The prosecution has been hiding what the intention is. I request a temporary adjournment and let the prosecution explain to us what their experimental intention is. Moreover, it is also doubtful whether this evidence can be presented to court!"
Lu Ming looked serious, "Your honor, Professor Wen, as our expert witness, has long been included in the witness list. The experiment he provided may be an important experiment that changes the history of criminal investigation in the empire. I hope that a complete explanation can be given in court.
Show, as for whether the experimental results will be accepted in the end, the wise judge and wise jurors will naturally give wise answers!"
Feng Xuefan pondered, looked at Professor Wen again, finally nodded, and looked at Lu Ming: "Okay, but if your experimental results are to make a fuss and use Professor Wen's reputation to cause trouble, I will sentence you to contempt of court!"
"Thank you, your honor!" Lu Ming bowed slightly.
Shan Jingfan gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do.
Soon, a thick stack of photos was sent to the judge's bench and the jury's bench, and a copy was also sent to the defense bench.
Shan Jing Fan already roughly knew what it was, gritted his teeth, picked up the photo and slowly opened it.
Lu Ming waited quietly. Seeing that everyone was confused, some jurors were already impatient. They didn't know what they were doing looking at these bloody photos, and there were more than a hundred of them.
"Your Honor, fellow jurors, you can see that if I say that the traces of blood splatter in these photos are similar, everyone should agree, right?"
Since no one would answer him, Lu Ming made a gesture and a staff member came forward and began to hang a photo on the snow-white screen.
The first photo is a fluorescent mottled photo, and the rest are photos of experimental blood and water splashing.
"Look, do these brightest fluorescent traces look very similar to these simulated blood stains?"
The jurors and Feng Xuefan both looked over and found that indeed, the mottled fluorescent traces were very similar to the simulated blood splatter traces.
"Professor Wen, why is this? Can you explain it?" Lu Ming looked at Wen Zaixu.
Wen Zaixu looked like he was drowsy from waiting. Then he opened his eyes and said, "Why? The photo of the murderer is real. This experiment can prove that that kid Kato committed the murder!"
Lu Ming was helpless. He originally wanted to prepare a testimony with him, but he said nothing was needed. He wanted to change the witness and use the senior doctor who worked with Professor Wen as the witness. The doctor should be well-groomed and virtuous.
It requires professionalism and adaptability, not to mention.
As a result, Old Man Wen immediately turned his back and scolded him for not being a thing. He was trying to burn bridges. There was something fun to do, and the old man tried his best to help you play. At the end of the day, you don't want me anymore. Are you a human being?
The doctor was also a little afraid of Professor Wen, so in the end, he had to use Professor Wen. There was no need to update the witness list, which was a small advantage.
Over there, Shan Jingfan stood up immediately, "Objection! Objection to the witness slandering my client for no reason!"
"Boy, sit down first, sit down!" Professor Wen gestured as if he was the conductor in this courtroom, and looked at the jury box, "You guys, there are a few of you who are enlightened, let me tell you,
It’s really strenuous, but I have to say, it’s boring to death!”
Lu Ming smiled bitterly, he could not oppose his own witness.
Shan Jing Fan originally wanted to object, but seeing the old man's arrogant attitude as if all the people sitting there were rubbish, he thought about it and sat down slowly.
Moreover, on the judge's bench, Feng Xuefan was drinking water with his head down, pretending not to see the old man's performance.
If you object to it yourself, it will definitely be ineffective.
"The photo you see with the fluorescent reaction was taken in the basement of Kato's house. The brightest part of the fluorescence is the last blood stain. The poor child in the photo was the last one killed by that guy.
people……"
Shan Jingfan stood up immediately, and it was obvious that Feng Xuefan waved his hand to him, indicating that he should quickly let him finish speaking, and then use your strength when you cross-examine him.
Shan Jingfan gritted his teeth and sat down again.
But the old man suddenly stared at him, "It's okay. If you come, I will say that he is a murderer. If you object, right? I will explain it clearly to you!"
"But you kid, you have some brains. Just by looking at your eyes, I know you understand what I'm doing. These jurors are just a bunch of fools. Only you can fool them. You kid, you always joke in your heart that they are fools."
Bar?"
After listening to the previous lesson, I just thought that this old man offended the jury and was seeking his own death. So what about Beidou, the giant in the scientific world? You have offended all the people in the court who should not be offended.
But after hearing the end, Shan Jingfan's expression changed and he stood up immediately, "Objection! In court, I strongly object to the malicious speculation and insults made by the witnesses against me!"
Feng Xuefan coughed and said, "Mr. Wen, you'd better get to the point..." He frowned and glanced at Lu Ming, saying that you should take care of your witness. I can't afford to offend him. I will use it for contempt of court and lock you up for 24 hours.
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Lu Ming looked at Professor Wen and sighed in his heart, for a person like Mr. Wen, do you think he is really focused on studying science and doesn't understand people's hearts?
That's really too shallow.
Obviously, he is attacking Shanjing Fan. This old man is awesome and has the capital to be awesome. When the jurors go back to discuss and find out how awesome this old man is, then the old man’s accusation that they are brainless is nothing.
How many people in the entire empire can be considered wise by this old man?
Even if the old man could scold them a few times in court, it would be an honor worth bragging about for the rest of his life.
But he said that these jurors would be deceived by lawyers like Shan Jingfan. Shan Jingfan was laughing at them for being stupid, so the jurors felt unhappy. Why?
In addition, the old man was arrogant and disdainful of telling lies at first glance, so he must really think so.
That bastard, Na Shan Jing Fan, maybe he really thinks we are fools.
The more he thought about it, the more helpless Lu Ming became. He was still young, and he couldn't compare to these old men.
Over there, Professor Wen looked at the jury box again, "That's what you think, the brightest part of the fluorescence is the trace of blood. Compare it with the more than a hundred photos, are they all very similar in shape? I did
An experiment is to make a model. The blood vessels in the model are the same as the human body. Red medicine flows inside, but the pressure is similar to the human blood vessels, including the different pressures of arteries and veins, skin toughness, etc.
It is similar to the human body, and the size of the model is the same as the poor child in the photo of Kato killing people. The person doing the experiment is about the same size as Kato. The movements and parts of the knife every time are the same as in the photo. Then, you found
No, the traces of blood splatter are very similar to the traces in the basement of Kato's house."
"The room where I experimented, no matter the size or the location of the torture instruments, was exactly as shown in the photos, which means it is exactly the same as the basement of Kato's house."
Lu Ming said aside: "There are no torture instruments in the basement now, only in the photos."
The jurors still have academic requirements, and some of them have gradually nodded, somewhat understanding what it means.
"And after more than a hundred experiments, I have proven that traces of human blood spatter are inevitable. Look, if you use similar knives to injure similar parts from the same angle, even if the intensity is different, the result will still be the same.
The traces of blood splatter are generally the same."
"So, there is no doubt that the photos of Kato Shoichi killing people can be considered authentic!"
Lu Ming nodded and asked: "So, Professor Wen Zaixu, as a Royal Academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, what is your attitude towards experiments?"
In the jury box, someone has already exclaimed, "Royal Grand Academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences?"
This old man? No, this old gentleman?
Professor Wen looked at Lu Ming, frowned and said, "Nonsense!"
Lu Ming smiled and turned to look at the jury box, "Professor Wen will pay close attention to every detail in any experiment. That's why he can make those great discoveries. Before drawing any conclusions, Professor Wen would have done it if he didn't carefully verify it."
If there were no flaws, then Professor Wen would not have achieved what he has today."
"I have no problem!" He turned around and walked to the prosecutor's seat.
Professor Wen looked at the jury box, "Do you understand what I said?"
Some jurors actually nodded in flattery. Although they immediately knew something was wrong, they were not ashamed. After all, they had at least received a secondary education and understood what being a Grand Academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences meant.
Feng Xuefan shook his head. The witness and the juror established a direct dialogue relationship, but he could not knock the gavel down.
Shan Jingfan got up and came to the witness stand.
"Professor Wen Zaixu, who first thought of this experiment?" Shan Jingfan asked.
Professor Wen's face looked a little strange. After a while, he said angrily: "It was Mr. Lu..., no, it was that little bastard Lu Qianxing who thought of it!"
Obviously, I was a little depressed that this new discovery, which could change the history of criminal investigation, was not my own original creation.
Although compared to the achievements in the scientific world, these are just childish things.
Lu Ming was stunned, but he didn't expect that he would subconsciously call himself "Little Friend Lu". This old man always relied on his old man to do nothing to him. It turned out that he had regarded him as his old friend.
Shan Jingfan was also startled. He glanced at Lu Ming and was greatly surprised. The answer was completely different from what he had thought.
After thinking about it, I could only continue to ask: "Professor Wen Zaixu, although you are a respected professional in the scientific community, your research field is not in medicine, right?"
Professor Wen looked at him and grinned, "Boy, I know what you want to say, but this is not medical expertise at all. At most, it is a question involving different pressures in arteries and veins. Moreover, when I did the experiment, I found
The helper is Xiao Zhao from Jinghai Hospital, the vice president and an expert in blood. If necessary, I can call him over now!"
Shan Jingfan nodded: "Okay, so Professor Wen, is it possible that the person who forged the photo would have taken the same posture and hurt the child in advance, and would have produced such blood spatter marks?"
"Objection!" Lu Ming stood up immediately and pointed at his watch, "Just two hours ago, the defense lawyer swore that he believed Uncle Wang's confession was true and that Uncle Wang killed those children!
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"As for me, I questioned the confession. Uncle Wang's killing methods were all the same. He was knocking down, stabbing and killing people. It was not very similar to the methods of serial killers. Lawyer Shan Jingfan said that I was talking nonsense!"
"Does Lawyer Shanjingfan now think that Uncle Wang's confession was fabricated? Is Uncle Wang's confession false? Lawyer Shanjingfan is beginning to agree with our point of view? Uncle Wang is not the murderer?!"
The jurors were all stunned, and when they thought about it, it was indeed what happened just now. Before doing this experiment, Lawyer Shan Jingfan firmly believed that those children were all named Uncle Wang.
Stabbed to death on the ground.
When the young lawyer Lu questioned this method of killing, he even slapped him in the face. He was so miserable that he had no room to talk back.
Now, this guy is beginning to think that what Lawyer Lu said is right? Uncle Wang didn’t kill the children by knocking them down?
Just to defend your client? And you still do this?
Do you really think we are fools?!
When looking at Shan Jingfan, some of the jurors were very angry, while others were very contemptuous.
You still think we are stupid, but who is stupid?!
Some people looked at Shan Jing Fan’s dumbfounded expression and even wanted to laugh, this stupid guy! He still looks down on us!
Lu Ming said even more sonorously: "Moreover, this experiment was completed by Professor Wen Zaixu and Dean Zhao last night. This confirmed the theory of blood spatter traces. I don't think the murderer can match Wen Zaixu."
The IQ and professionalism of Professor Zaixu and Dean Zhao were so unpredictable that they used this method to frame us a few months ago!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The jurors also nodded, feeling that this statement was very true.
The last sentence is to take the opportunity to help Professor Wen answer the trap set by the other party. Professor Wen may not be able to handle this kind of cross-examination technique.
Shan Jingfan was stunned at this moment, watching a movie or something else, and he didn't take it seriously if he questioned Uncle Wang's confession. After all, the other party said everything, and he couldn't question anything. He was just a conditioned reflex.
He responded in such a way that he even forgot what he said, let alone that such a thing happened.
Suddenly, Shan Jingfan's expression changed drastically and he looked at Lu Ming suddenly.
Everything, everything was designed by this guy?
Questioning Uncle Wang's confession is to prepare for now?
Even including the seemingly huge disadvantages in the past, is it all to numb yourself?
He suddenly looked at Cheng Lingyu, only to see that Cheng Lingyu looked calm and looked at him quietly.
Shan Jingfan also noticed that the jurors looked at him as if they were looking at clowns.
If the lawyer becomes a laughing stock in the eyes of the jurors in court, it will be almost impossible to win the lawsuit because the lawyer's words will no longer have any credibility.
"Lawyer Shan Jingfan, do you still have any questions?" Feng Xuefan couldn't help but remind him when he saw Shan Jingfan standing blankly.
Shan Jingfan's mind was in confusion. He had never experienced such a reversal since entering the legal profession.
"Lawyer with a mountain of scriptures!" Feng Xuefan raised his voice.
Shan Jingfan suddenly came back to his senses, looked around, and said hurriedly: "Your Honor, because the experiments listed by the prosecution have never been mentioned to the defense, the defense needs time to prepare, and I request an adjournment!"
Lu Ming stood up: "Your honor, I still have questions to cross-examine witness No. 21!"
Feng Xuefan nodded. The witness was still in the witness box. No matter who the prosecution or defense wanted to cross-examine, there was no reason to adjourn the trial now.
Lu Ming took two steps forward and said to Wen Zaixu: "Professor Wen, it can be said that this case has attracted a lot of attention. Have you seen relevant reports in the newspapers?"
Wen Zaixu nodded: "I've seen some!"
Lu Mingdao: "For example, reporter Jin Zhengyi, who was the first to break the news, disappeared... that is, more than a month after he hid in the compound, he was hit by a car and killed. The driver was a terminal lung cancer patient, and his family members all immigrated to Japan.
,Have you seen this report?!"
Shan Jingfan, who was in a daze, suddenly came back to his senses and stood up: "Objection!"
Lu Ming bowed slightly to the judge's bench, "Your Honor, I just want to prove why Professor Wen Zaixu did this experiment, and why this small experiment will make Professor Wen treat it as the most important scientific experiment! The proof is in this
Professor Wen was so serious during the experiment that he never made any mistakes, and the results can withstand any test!"
Feng Xuefan nodded and waved his hand to Shanjing Rice.
Shan Jingfan sat down helplessly.
"Yes, I have read reports on this!" Professor Wen nodded.
"So, after Mr. Kato Shoichi's servant Wang Bo was caught molesting a boy, he told the police that the blood stains in Mr. Kato's basement were all caused by his murder. Have you read this report?"
"Have seen..."
"Not long after Uncle Wang finished giving his confession, he suffered a heart attack and died. Did you also know that?"
"I know!" Wen Zaixu's eyes were filled with impatience, and he was probably scolding you, you little bastard, are you using me as a tool?
Lu Ming nodded: "Well, the reporter who broke the news was hit by a car and the murderer was a terminally ill patient who would die soon. He was originally from a poor family, but his family members immigrated to Japan and lived in a big house;
Shortly after the second search found a large amount of washed blood stains in the basement of Kato Masaichi's villa, the servant Wang Bo surrendered to the police station. I can understand it as a surrender. After surrendering, he died inexplicably; Miss Katsura Ayaka, and
Mr. Kato had an affair, and suddenly he had the courage to admit it himself! Regardless of family rules or anything, two close relatives can deceive people. Can we trust their testimony? "
"The traces of blood spatter that should have been caused in the photos of Mr. Kato's murder are very similar to the traces of blood that the prosecutor found in the basement."
"Indeed, many things are accidental and there are various coincidences, but if many accidents point to the same possibility, then this possibility is the truth and inevitable!"
Lu Ming looked at the jury, "And the truth is that Kato Shoichi is the real murderer. Only in this way can everything be explained!" He pointed his hand at Kato Shoichi.
The jurors also looked over and looked at the young Japanese nobleman who looked pale and even had a look of fear in his eyes.
Lu Ming also looked at him. This young man who had always been sullen seemed to finally have fear in his heart. It turned out that he was not really fearless. It was just that the power behind him gave him courage. In fact,
, at his core, he is just a weakling with a fierce appearance and a weak heart. He can only cover up his cowardice and incompetence by hurting weaker people and experience what it feels like to be a strong person.
"I will watch you go to the gallows with my own eyes, and then tell those little guys that their souls can forget all the horrors here and go to another world happily!" Lu Ming looked at Kato Shoichi quietly, these words were
What he said to him was also said to himself, and perhaps to the few little souls in the void who might be watching all this with fear.
The jurors suddenly felt pity in their hearts.
Yes, this case, even during the trial, has forgotten its original intention, forgotten those poor children, and forgotten what kind of pain and fear they experienced. Before they died in pain, it was probably life.
In hell.
That hell created by the devil!
Feng Xuefan also sat quietly. Lu Ming's last words actually violated the rules, but he did not give a warning.
The strange thing is that Shan Jingfan didn't say anything, didn't stand up to object, he just sat there blankly, as if everything here had nothing to do with him.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The entire court was very quiet, as if they were mourning those poor children.
After a long time, the judge gently knocked the gavel and announced the adjournment.
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In the far corner of the auditorium, a man wearing a top hat sighed softly.
I came to every class just to see him. At first, I was a little disappointed and thought I had seen the wrong person.
But I don’t want to think that the wonderful thing will always be at the end.
The defense went from a nearly 100% winning rate to a sudden death!
However, I don't know why, after watching this session, people feel that it is an insult to him to only look at him in terms of winning percentage and court prosecution and defense skills.
In the end, my eyes were a little moist, weren't they?
Liu Hanhuan stood up slowly. At this moment, he just wanted to go home and have a good drink with his wife. He also offered a toast to those little souls. I hope they can rest in peace and that their next life will no longer be painful, but happy.
Enjoy life!
In another corner, a pair of green eyes stared at Lu Ming's slightly thin figure, with red eye circles, but his gaze was so fiery.
Although she was very low-key in a black windbreaker and tried to sit in the corner, the people next to her automatically made a seat for her and did not dare to sit next to her. This blond beauty with blue eyes was too beautiful and wore an aristocratic black flower-embellished top hat.
, which also shows her unusual identity.
Pan Mila didn't know what to think, but when she heard that this case was going to trial, she couldn't help but come and sit there for a while.
Now, my heart is sour, I want to cry, I want to hold Bisi and cry, I want to tell Bisi how much I love her, and I hope she will always be happy.
But it was beating wildly again, especially when the man glanced over at random, and his heart felt like it was about to jump out of his chest involuntarily.
Pan Mila left the court as if she was running away, only regretting why she came.
