Li Ze lowered his head and looked at his skin color... black. This time he was a black man and a father, named Janvier, but this time he was not in the company, not on the street, not on the street.
A coffee shop is not at home, but sitting in a court that symbolizes "fairness" and "justice".
He is not the defendant, but the plaintiff.
Sitting on the plaintiff's bench, he should have plenty of confidence, but he curled up like a poor mouse, surrounded by white-haired cats. Only a few people took pity on him, and the rest sat in the audience with the attitude of not watching a show.
At the table were the news media who came to report... He hated this attitude... the racial attitude.
There are five types of court proceedings in the United States.
The first item is the pre-trial review. The pre-trial review in the United States implements a single-indictment review. That is, when the prosecution agency files an indictment, it can only submit an indictment to the judge. It is not allowed to transfer any evidence or case materials, and it is not allowed to use or add anything to the indictment.
The judge conducts a procedural review of the case based on materials that may cause the judge to prejudge and bias. The purpose of this is to allow the judge to conduct a substantive review of the case with a fair and neutral attitude.
The second item is the principle of court hearing. In terms of legislation, the United States stipulates the principle of openness, that is, except for cases involving state secrets and personal privacy, all court hearings must be held in public and the news media are allowed to report them. In addition, the United States stipulates the principle of direct speech.
Principle. The principle of directness, also known as the principle of presence, refers to the fact that in the trial of a case, except for the judge presiding over the case and the participation of the prosecutor, the defendant and his defender, the victim, witnesses, and appraisers should be present. Unless otherwise specified by law, they shall not be present during the trial.
No court hearing shall be conducted. The oral principle means that court hearings shall in principle be conducted in the form of oral statements, rather than just reading out written witness testimonies and expert conclusions.
But the victim is no longer here.
The third item is the beginning of the trial. U.S. trials generally consist of a jury and a judge who have drawn lots and requested recusal procedures. After the judge announces the opening of the trial, he usually reads the indictment to the defendant, and then the defendant responds to the indictment. The United States
The criminal trial procedure is divided into three forms: jury trial, judge trial, and plea bargaining. The jury trial procedure is that under the presiding and guidance of the judge, the jury independently participates in the court trial and makes a ruling. The judge makes a decision based on the ruling.
Conviction and sentencing are adjudicated independently. The judge's trial procedure means that the judge is responsible for the entire trial process, and the jury does not participate in the trial. Under both procedures, the defendant can choose to plead guilty or not guilty. If he pleads not guilty,
The trial continues.
Plea bargaining refers to the prosecutor negotiating and reaching an agreement with the defendant outside the court in order to get the defendant to plead guilty on the condition of reducing the crime charged, reducing the charges or punishment. If the court accepts this agreement, the prosecutor will negotiate based on the charges and penalties agreed upon by both parties.
The criminal case may be concluded without due process of law.
This is a criminal trial procedure unique to the United States.
The fourth item is court investigation. Court investigation in the United States is a cross-examination between the prosecution and the defense under the auspices of the court. Due to the principle of direct and oral trial, witness testimony is the most commonly used type of evidence. The vast majority of witnesses are composed of
When nominated and asked by a party, the witness generally proves or disproves the facts of the case through interrogation by one party and the other party. The procedure for interrogating witnesses is: first interrogate the prosecutor's witnesses, and secondly interrogate the defendant's witnesses. The witnesses of each party are first interrogated by the party on the other side.
, and then the other party will cross-examine. This kind of cross-examination can generally be conducted in two rounds.
His only two witnesses are his neighbor and the wife of the man below.
The court staff first announced to them: "Please raise your right hand and wear to tell truth, only truth, nothing but truth."
The neighbor and the man's wife put their hands on the Bible: "Iswear."
Obviously none of the neighbors are Christians.
The neighbor said that when he was sleeping that night, he only heard the roar of a man and a woman in the room next to him. Then the woman's voice disappeared, and there was only the sound of the bed and the wall constantly colliding. He was very upset because he had done a lot of things during the day.
He was very tired from his work and just wanted to have a good sleep. He covered his head with the quilt and begged that this method could make his voice quieter, but the sudden sound of the door crashing open startled him.
Angry ran out and wanted to curse, but found the door wide open and the house was in a mess. The girl was lying on the bed with no clothes on. Someone had obviously violated her, and there was a big gash in her throat. This was fatal.
The wound, uncoagulated blood flowed all over the bed. He was a surgeon, and the girl's pupils had dilated, which was a sign of lifeless body. He followed the blood stains on the ground and ran downstairs. The blood stains
At the end, he only saw a car that had driven away. He could only vaguely see the license plate...Massachusetts493EM4...probably...
The man’s wife said that she and the man had been having family conflicts and quarrels for a year after they got married. She always thought that the man had a mental illness, but she kept it hidden from him before the wedding. He came back very late that night, and the conflicts during the day
She was still very unhappy. She was about to go downstairs and scold him, but she saw the man washing his face in the kitchen. Maybe the man didn't pay attention. The drain valve of the sink was not open, and there was already stored water in the sink.
The considerable amount of water was not oil stains as expected, but blood, and there was dried black blood on his temples. She knew at that time that this guy had committed something wrong, and she hurriedly moved out of there the next day.
Janvier is very grateful to these two people who are willing to come forward as his witnesses.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!
Although the two of them were white, they did not resist his request. They also sympathized with the victim's experience and were deeply disgusted with such people who refused to plead guilty.
The fifth item is court debate: all countries stipulate that the prosecution and defense can put forward opinions, express opinions, conduct arguments and refute each other on the evidence and facts of the case, the application of law and other issues. Generally, the prosecution will speak first, and the defense will refute, and so on.
How many rounds of debate.
What was going on now was the fifth item, but he felt that there was no need to go to the sixth item of review and judgment. He could be sentenced to life imprisonment or something like that now, because the people below were talking nonsense, and he even raised his hands to God
I swear that nothing I say is wrong or absurd.
"You killed my daughter, and you also raped her. The sperm extracted by the forensic doctor was your DNA, which directly proved that the culprit was you. How do you want to deny it?" Janvier said.<
/p>
"What does this prove?" Sanjaya laughed silently. "Does finding my hair in your bedroom prove that I have been to your house? Then I don't have a dog at home, but there are always dogs at home.
What about dog hair? Can you prove that I have dogs? Oh, sorry, I forgot to tell you that my neighbor Mrs. Greener has three golden retrievers and two Labrador retrievers, and of course two
Welsh Corgi."
"How do you explain that murder weapon? Not only is my daughter's blood on it, it's also yours. The injury on the back of your left hand can prove it all."
"Sorry, I'm slightly deaf, please say it again."
"It has my daughter's blood on it..."
"Aha, maybe someone wants to put the blame on me?"
"What did you say?" Janvier was furious.
"The injury on the back of the hand was caused by an argument at home with my wife the day before the incident as you mentioned."
"You are just farting." Sanjaya's wife stood up and almost ran to the center of the court and pointed at Sanjaya's nose, "You are a man, I am a woman, and you are not that kind of gentleman. Only I am
As for the beating, all the bruises on my body were caused by you, and you still said that I hurt you."
"Don't say that, as long as you have a knife or a gun in your hand, even a woman can injure or kill someone." Sanjaya tilted his head and looked at his wife, "Have you forgotten the scene that night when you threatened me with a knife?
You also said that if there is no camera, it cannot prove that you were indeed holding a knife at the time? There was no camera in that room. How can you prove that I was at the scene and did that kind of thing? Besides, I was a black man. Damn it, you didn’t know that I saw a black man.
I will feel sick."
"What did you say?" Janvier jumped off the stage, but was stopped by the police station and pushed to the ground. "She is my daughter, so what if she is black? She is my daughter. Your daughter is treated like this.
What will happen to you? Ah? Answer me!"
The judge dropped the hammer: "Quiet! Adjourn the court for 30 minutes!"