my wife is a consul

Chapter 130 The Committee of Three

In the afternoon, the major media and newspapers were full of news about the "Little Renault Case" again. However, the number of people calling this case the "Little Renault Case" was much less, and the number of people using the title "White Rose Case" was obviously much higher.

……

Sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the study room in the Golden Mac Hotel, which looks like a presidential suite, Lu Ming looked at the newspaper in his hand.

It was a photo of old Renault having dinner with Judge Demps, which was revealed by a tabloid reporter. Now, together with the attack on the witness, it has made the headlines of major newspapers.

Lu Ming shook his head, and threw the newspaper aside.

"It's the first time that public opinion has turned around, and now they are criticizing the Renault family! Anne, are you happy?"

Han Anni, who was arranging folders on the bookshelf, shook her head lightly, "Could it be Richard's trick, wanting to invalidate the trial?"

Lu Ming was slightly taken aback, and glanced at Han Anni's graceful back, "Annie, you have grown up!"

Han Anni bit her red lips and knew that she shouldn't answer his question seriously.

"Originally, I kept thinking, when I leave, do I want you to go with me, or do you want to stay in the Supreme Prosecutor's Office?"

Han Anni turned her head in a daze: "You want to leave?!"

Just as Lu Ming was about to say something, there was a light knock on the office door.

"Specialist, Hank Reynolds, please see you." A member of the action team gently opened the door.

Hank Raynor, the old Baron Raynor.

Seeing Lu Ming not responding for a long time, the team members gently led him to the door.

"Old Renault has gone crazy. For his youngest son, he has sacrificed the reputation of the entire Renault family. You, you better not see him. I don't know what tricks there are." Han Anni said with concern.

Lu Ming nodded: "Because once he loses the lawsuit, his beloved youngest son will be guillotined."

Standing up, "I'd better meet him and see what he has to say."

……

In the conference room, Lu Ming sat at one end of the conference table far away, and Old Renault sat at the other end.

In the conference room, there were three prosecutors sitting on both sides of Lu Ming, and the action team members with live ammunition stood in a row, watching every move of Old Renault. In fact, before he was brought in, Old Renault was searched all over, so as not to This old lunatic came in with a grenade or something and wanted to die with Commissioner Lu.

Except in court, this was the first time Lu Ming saw old Renault at such a close distance.

His face was haggard, and he was no longer the same as the suave and suave old knight in the newspapers. Even the ruddy face when he was first seen in court a few days ago was completely different.

"Commissioner Lu, I want to have a private chat with you." Old Lei Nuo stared at Lu Ming with a very flat tone.

Lu Ming waved his hand: "There is nothing you can't tell others, between us, everything can be open and honest."

Old Renault looked at the room full of people and thought for a while: "Reynolds Films, 30.00% of the shares will be sold to Nadu Films."

In the room, except for Lu Ming and Lei Nuo, probably no one knew what he really meant.

Lu Ming shook his head: "Sir Renault, if you just want to talk to me about this, I think we have nothing to continue."

"Jeff's mental illness is very serious. Why do you want to kill him?" Old Renault frowned, and looked at the prosecutors who Lu Ming was facing, "Even if he died, what would happen to you?" What's the benefit? You all live in the East China Sea, and I also live in the East China Sea."

Some prosecutors immediately trembled.

If this old madman is determined to take revenge one by one after a few years, people like himself will really be in danger.

"Sir Renault, if you are the one threatening me, I can tell you that your wealth and reputation will soon disappear, and if you lose your money, the Renault family will also lose all their power."

"I advise you to take back this dangerous idea, otherwise, not only you, but the surname Renault will also be ruined in your hands."

Lu Ming looked at him with an extremely calm tone.

The prosecutors and members of the action team next to them, some of whom were originally timid, suddenly puffed up their chests.

Old Renault was certainly a formidable person, but when he sat with his young officer, it seemed, suddenly, he was not so awesome.

Old Lei Nuo also froze, staring at Lu Ming's eyes, for a moment, a huge sense of powerlessness appeared in his heart.

There has never been a young man in his 20s who can give himself this feeling.

"Okay, Commissioner Lu, I hope you can develop better and better here in the East China Sea!" Old Lei Nuo slowly got up, turned around and walked out, but his footsteps were a little staggering. Looking at his back, he was already a senile old man.

Lu Ming looked at his back and asked the side: "Do you think he is a good father to little Lei Nuo?" Without waiting for anyone to answer, "I don't think so."

Get up and go out.

……

In a lounge of the East China Sea High Court, Lu Ming and Richard sat quietly, ignoring each other.

Lu Ming came to the High Court for the first time. On the square in front of the majestic court, the statue of Alice, the God of Justice, is even more mighty. Where the eagle flies her finger, it is the blue sea and the ocean. It seems that she wants to lead all the citizens of the empire to enter the court. The dream country of heaven.

At this moment, Lu Ming was still thinking about the compassion in the eyes of the Queen's statue.

Perhaps, as a person of this level, Shengdou Xiaomin can no longer guess what he thinks.

However, the current royal family does not have a very good reputation, and it is not of Alice's blood, after all, it is a queen who has never married.

After her death, it was one of her nephews who inherited the crown of King of the Kingdom of Gryffinny and Emperor of the Empire.

Originally, as a federal country, according to the original true meaning of the Imperial Code, this empire should not be what it is now.

And inexplicably remembered the little figure in the white sacrificial robe, using the forbidden name of the empire, what does it mean?

"Lawyer Lu?" Richard said suddenly.

Lu Ming looked at him.

Because of the exposure of old Renault and Dempsey's dinner photos, and the fact that a key witness who was extremely unfavorable to Renault Jr. was attacked while testifying and leaving the court, the Renault family was immediately pushed to the forefront. Intense, staggering.

At the beginning, how much I sympathized with little Lei Nuo, now I hate the Lei Nuo family, the more I want to get rid of the label of sympathy and anti-human pervert as soon as possible.

Richard, the lawyer representing the first defendant Reynolds Jr., appealed to the Donghai High Court based on this, requesting that the trial be declared invalid.

The reason is:
First, Judge Demps' impartiality has been greatly questioned.

Second, the current media is full of prejudice against the Renault family, and the jury has not adopted a closed deliberation method. The outside media will greatly affect their judgment.

If it continues, this trial will be a very serious unfair sentence.

Therefore, Richard not only requested that the trial be nullified, but also requested that a new trial court be set up outside the East China Sea, and the case should be tried by the courts of the western states, thereby avoiding the huge influence of public opinion in the East China Sea.

Such precedents are not without precedent.

As a result, the East China Sea High Court established a three-member committee composed of authoritative justices to listen to the opinions of representatives of the prosecution and defense as well as Judge Dempsey, and then decide whether the case should be ruled as a mistrial.

It's not Lu Ming and Richard's turn yet.

At this moment Richard spoke suddenly, "Lawyer Lu?"

Lu Ming looked at him.

"I don't know what is happening now, but I will do what I should do for the benefit of my client!"

Lu Ming nodded.

At this time the door was pushed open, and the court staff made a gesture of invitation to Richard.

Richard stood up and glanced at Lu Ming, "I am looking forward to your growth, and hope that one day, I can stand with you again in the position of prosecution and defense."

Lu Ming smiled: "On the contrary, I don't expect much. I don't think you are an admirable criminal defense lawyer."

Richard froze, his face turned livid, he turned and walked out.

Lu Ming shook his head. What he said was high-sounding. What happened now has nothing to do with him, but for the benefit of the parties, he should still make efforts to invalidate the trial.

Yes, whether it's the assault on the witnesses or the photo of the dinner with Judge Dempsey, it's very likely that old Reynolds has gone crazy.

After all, this is a crazy act at the expense of the Renault family's reputation, and Richard should not suggest that.

However, in this case, Richard did everything he should and should not have done, including using Booker to sway back and forth to set himself up, instigating witnesses to give false confessions, etc., each of which has crossed the lawyer's bottom line , I really don't admire his character very much.

But I have to say that from a technical perspective, he has never experienced the pressure he put on himself before.

For playing against him again, I am still looking forward to it.

I look forward to having a fair and happy duel with him without any information gap.

This is the true giant of the empire's legal circles. When the time comes, I don't know if I can really knock him down.

In this lawsuit, even if the trial is ruled invalid, he has won technically, but the information he obtained is not complete. Renault, there is always something to hide.

However, he must have implied that the parties involved instigated the bribery of witnesses and so on. Although he himself would not be directly involved, there is no doubt that all the things in court were carefully planned by him.

Therefore, this contest cannot be said to be an advantage.

It can only be said that in the end result, evil cannot prevail over good.

……

In a small room with a milky white tone, sitting on a small chair, behind a long table opposite, sit three majestic judges.

Looking at Christine in the middle who was wearing a snow-white suit, Lu Ming felt helpless, as if the evil could not prevail against the good.

Christine's expression was serious.

A staff member sent Lu Ming a form with the names and positions of the three judges on it.

This form is also a feedback form. After the three-person committee has asked questions, if the hearing person feels that there is something to be added, he can express it in words on this form.

And Christine's position is the justice of the East China Sea High Court.

Lu Ming was stunned. Unexpectedly, Christine had already become one of the eleven justices of the High Court.

The last time she had dinner with herself, she didn't talk about it, and she didn't get wind of it, so it should have happened in the past two days.

The remaining two judges are career judges in the Appellate Division of the High Court. Therefore, the three-member committee is headed by Justice Christine.

It's a pity that it will be difficult to have cases heard in her court in the future.

The decision of the high court is the interpretation of legal issues related to the national economy and people's livelihood in the East China Sea.

For example, whether abortion is legal or not.

As for specific cases, only those cases that are particularly complicated and involve the most fundamental principles of law may not be handled by the appeal court, and they will be directly handed over to eleven justices for collective decision.

"Lawyer Lu Qianxing, during the trial of the case numbered 950092158 in the Donghai First Circuit Court, do you think that Judge Dempsey tends to favor the first defendant?" Christine looked serious.

Lu Ming knew that his apologetic friend might favor him psychologically, but if he couldn't convince her legally, then everything would be for nothing.

Considering the words, "From an emotional point of view, I do feel that Judge Demps has some sympathy for the first defendant; however, from a legal perspective, Judge Demps is fair in this case and there is no violation. .Every judge has his own likes and dislikes. It is impossible. If a judge doesn’t like me and always stares at me, I think she is not fair enough.”

Speaking of the latter, looking at Christine, who was dressed in snow-white clothes and blessed with the majesty of the judge, looked even more beautiful and extraordinary, and had an unspeakable charm, thinking of her appearing in a group of old judges, all of whom were too old to die The situation in the crowd of old people feels a little funny and makes me want to laugh.

Suddenly, I couldn't help but want to talk nonsense.

In the Supreme Court of the East China Sea, the average age of the justices is in their eighties, and they are all old zombies in the legal profession who are not dead.

Generally speaking, only when someone dies will they be replaced. Otherwise, even if you can only hum while lying on the hospital bed, you can still sign. If you don't resign yourself, you can't move.

Because the replacement of each justice may affect the balance of political factions in the entire East China Sea, and it will be a tragic fight for the top political group.

So if you can't move, it's better to keep it as it is.

Christine frowned and glared at Lu Ming, "Are you complaining about me?"

"No, no..." Lu Ming was startled.

I didn't expect Judge Christine to be so willful as a judge of the High Court. Here, it is still her court.

The other two gray-haired old judges were very serious, and Lu Ming admired them a little. How could there be no change in the expressions on their faces.

Christine stared at Lu Ming and asked again: "The lawyer representing the first defendant complained that the current public opinion is extremely unfavorable to the first defendant and will seriously affect the jury's judgment. Do you think so?"

Lu Ming shook his head: "I don't agree. In fact, every court trial has certain rules within the scope permitted by the law. For example, in this case, neither the prosecution nor the defense requested that the jury be prohibited from contacting the outside world, and the defense first manipulated the jury. Public opinion and the prosecution have been responding passively. Now, it cannot be said that if the defense fails to manipulate public opinion, it will overturn the rules of this trial. In that case, it will be extremely unfair to the prosecution!"

"Moreover, in the final analysis, the current public opinion is also caused by the Renault family's indiscretions. If the committee ruled that the trial, which lasted more than ten days, is invalid, then there is nothing more absurd than this. It is simply a violation of the imperial law. , an insult to our laws in the East China Sea, if the committee decides this way, I will think that this is the committee's naked cover-up of criminals!"

Originally, the two white-haired old judges nodded repeatedly after listening to Lu Ming's words, and they seemed to agree.

Unexpectedly, this guy's words became more and more fierce, and he directly attacked the temporary three-member committee. Take any stand!"

Christine has quickly closed the folder, "Okay, we can finish it, and besides, Lawyer Lu Qianxing, you despise the authority of the three-member committee, I will sentence you to jail for one hour, calm down, and write another review , sincerely apologize to us, otherwise, I will not rule out further legal action."

Standing up and walking out, the other two old judges were stunned. This, the new chief justice, was a little too harsh on young lawyers.

This young lawyer is very talented. Richard from the imperial capital is no match for him. We should love him, right?
But there was no way, they all got up and walked out.

Lu Ming scratched his head, as if the scene was a bit too much, but the two old judges seemed to agree with his statement, so that's fine, and it won't cause any trouble to Judge Christine.

(End of this chapter)