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Chapter 5 Fruit of the Poison Tree

Lu Ming's cross-examination continued, he stood in front of Zhao Jinsong, and said loudly: "Because you are relatives, you planned how to frame Long Daxing very early on, because the new chief of police deliberately targeted Long Daxing, so you do what you like. The new police chief is targeting Long Daxing. This is something we all know. The legal gambling halls and smoking halls have been shut down. After this lawsuit, we will formally file a complaint against Wu An Police station..."

"Objection! What the defense said has nothing to do with this case!" Li Mingxuan stood up abruptly.

Boris nodded: "The objection is valid, the defense, please pay attention to the direction of the problem." Then he said to the jury: "Now the court guidelines are issued, and the defense's problem is just now. When you judge this case, you should treat it as if you didn't hear it." .”

Lu Ming looked back at Li Mingxuan, "That's right, the chief prosecutor of this case also has a gambling shop and a tobacco shop at home. After the police took action against Long Daxing, your family's smoking shop and gambling shop should have made a lot of money, right?"

Li Mingxuan who had just sat down suddenly stood up.

Lu Ming raised his hand, "I take back my question."

Boris waved, Lu Ming stepped forward, Boris said with a cold face: "In my court, don't play such little tricks."

"Good, Your Honor!" Lu Ming nodded.

Li Mingxuan's face was livid, and he looked at the jury, but he saw confusion on their faces, and some pointed at him and discussed something. Although Lu Ming said to take back his words, it would actually shake the logic of the jurors.

Look at Lu Ming, then at Xie Wenquan.

Xie Wenquan still looked indifferent, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Mingxuan gritted his teeth. If it was said that he was behind all of this, then he was too powerful, such a terrifying opponent.

Predicting that he would object, the church Lu Ming took the opportunity to naturally mention the conflict of interest between his family business and Long Daxing's business.

Lu Ming, on the other hand, only had such a clear mind when he was about six or seven years old, and he could remember such cumbersome behaviors.

I have to cheer myself up!

Li Mingxuan gritted his teeth.

Lu Ming looked at the jury and nodded in the same way. Nowadays, the requirements for jurors are not so high. Even during the trial, it is not strictly forbidden to discuss the facts of the case.

"Witness, please answer me, did you plan the whole frame-up incident with Zhao Yuancheng! By the way, get rid of Long Daxing, whom the police have always wanted to deal with but have been frustrated by legitimate legal means. You hate the most?!" Lu Ming With his hands, he waved provocatively in front of Zhao Jinsong, his face full of frivolity.

Li Mingxuan's heart immediately rose.

Zhao Jinsong's eyelids twitched, his face flushed, his hands clenched even tighter, and it looked like he was about to explode.

Li Mingxuan stood up suddenly, "Jin Song, calm down!" He would rather be reprimanded by the judge than not do something at this critical moment, otherwise, if this witness is disqualified from testifying, the case will be difficult.

After all, it is better not to use external tricks, or not.

This case was already an easy one, and Director Shi Zaixin would have to re-evaluate his ability if he wanted to resort to out-of-the-box tactics.

"The prosecution!" Boris tapped the gavel impatiently.

In fact, in the north, most of these Western judges don't have a good impression of the police because the behavior of the police station is incompatible with Westerners.

However, this Boris, how much benefit did he receive from himself?The most beloved concubine now is still a gift from me.

Li Mingxuan scolded his mother secretly in his heart, all Westerners are like this, all of them appear to be sanctimonious, but in reality they are all hypocrites.

In private, he had already hinted that he would agree, not only would he lead the jury to convict Lu Ming, but he would also sentence Lu Ming and the two of them to the gallows together.

He also promised that even if the jury found the two not guilty, he would exercise the judge's final arbitral power to overturn the jury's decision.

It is not often that the judge overturns the jury's decision, but Boris was stunned by his mistress, but he vaguely agreed.

Now, on the surface, they pretend to be five or six.

Li Mingxuan was full of disdain, but watched Zhao Jinsong's reaction nervously.

Zhao Jinsong, as if awakened by Li Mingxuan's words, heaved a sigh of relief, and looked at Lu Ming coldly, "What you said is all based on imagination, do you have evidence?"

Lu Ming froze for a moment, with a look of disappointment on his face, and stood there blankly.

"Defence, do you have any questions?" Boris asked pleasantly after waiting for a minute.

"Not for the time being!" Lu Ming slowly walked towards his seat with a disappointed expression on his face.

Li Mingxuan got up and walked in front of Zhao Jinsong, "Witness, please tell me in detail about your relationship with Zhao Yuancheng."

"Zhao Yuancheng and I are the same ancestors, but my grandfather's generation, because of the division of land with Zhao Yuancheng's grandfather, not only filed a lawsuit, but also fought with each other. My great-grandmother died of fright that year. In my generation, although the previous hatred does not want to be passed on from generation to generation forever, Zhao Yuancheng and I have never spoken a word before this case, and we have even filed a lawsuit before."

Li Mingxuan nodded and looked at Boris, "In court, I have more than a dozen witnesses to prove this point." He suddenly pointed to a middle-aged man in the jury, "Actually, Wang Xiangli knows best."

Lu Ming stood up suddenly, "No, I request to re-select the juror, because this juror violated the principle of neutrality and has an interest relationship with the witness!"

Li Mingxuan was overjoyed, looked at Lu Ming, who was still struggling, and said with a smile: "I said that Wang Xiangli knows best, not because Wang Xiangli knew Zhao Jinsong and Zhao Yuancheng two witnesses, but because when Wang Xiangli was working in Beining Evening News, the evening paper published Zhao Jinsong’s father’s apology statement, that is, after Zhao Jinsong and Zhao Yuancheng’s father lost the lawsuit, he had to apologize in the newspaper, and later fell seriously ill. Of course, this apology statement must not be remembered by Wang Xiangli, but I have some memories from back then. newspaper."

Going back to the table, I picked up an old newspaper and sent it to Boris's high table, "Evidence A of Miscellaneous Evidence is this newspaper."

Boris looked at it, nodded, and signaled the bailiff to show the jury members one by one to check, then frowned and said to Li Mingxuan: "If you talk directly to the jurors again, I will announce that this lawsuit is a mistrial, and you need to start a new trial." Indict the accused, and the court will reassemble the jury."

"Good Your Honor, but I did not speak to the jurors other than to point out that one of the jurors used to work for the Evidence newspaper."

As Li Mingxuan spoke, he raised his voice, "Imagine, how could two people with such a bad relationship conspire to frame the case? What's more, before this case, Zhao Yuancheng was Long Daxing's confidant with a good income, and he looked down on the little police officer at all. Officer Jinsong is a very upright person!"

Looking back at Lu Ming, he slowly walked back to the accusation seat, and also glanced at the auditorium.

The new director, Shi Zaixin, nodded in satisfaction.

Li Mingxuan slowly sat down and closed his eyes slightly. This Lu Ming offended the jurors, and the case was lost; he also offended Director Shi Zaixin. In the big prison, he should lose his life. Who told him that he was a big smoker, and everyone knew that he was weak?

The Ssangyong Society will never spare him, and Director Shi Zaixin will tell the warden to turn a blind eye.

"The defense requests to cross-examine the witness again!" Lu Ming raised his hand.

Boris nodded.

According to the Imperial Procedural Law, during the attendance of witnesses, the defense and the prosecution can take turns cross-examining, and there is no limit to the number of times that they can ask their own questions in response to the previous unfavorable questions of the other party.

Of course, if no new doubts can be raised, the judge will naturally call a stop.

Lu Ming came to Zhao Jinsong again, "So, Police Officer Zhao Jinsong, you and Zhao Yuancheng could be said to be strangers beforehand, right?"

Zhao Jinsong sneered and nodded.

"Please answer my question." Lu Ming stared at him.

"Yes, it can be said that we are strangers." Zhao Jinsong's face was a little impatient.

Lu Ming nodded, "So, you didn't have any premeditation? The collision between the bicycle you were riding and the car driven by Zhao Yuancheng was just an accident, right?"

"No, against the defense asking two questions at the same time when cross-examining witnesses." Li Mingxuan raised his hand suddenly.

When cross-examining witnesses in court, each time a question is asked, the next question can only be asked after the witness has answered. For lawyers, this is basic common sense.

A police officer at the prosecution seat said sarcastically: "I doubt the defense now. They don't know the law at all, so they break the law. The adulterers are conspiring to murder."

"In court, these two questions of mine are actually one question." Lu Ming said to Boris, then turned his head to look at the police officer, and said with a smile: "Please pay attention to the prosecution, I am defending myself now, if I lack basic If I have common sense of the law and the court allows me to defend myself, then I have sufficient grounds to appeal against the outcome of this lawsuit. Does the prosecution understand this? Why did they give me such obvious grounds for appeal?"

Li Mingxuan frowned and glared at the police officer. The police officer was a little old man in his 50s, his face turned purple and he was speechless.

"Continue...the witness answers the defense's questions." Boris waved his hand like a fly.

Zhao Jinsong looked at Lu Ming with a sneer, "Yes, the testimony is very clear. I rode my bicycle into Zhongjie, but I didn't expect to collide with a car driven by Zhao Yuancheng who was driving in the wrong direction."

Lu Ming nodded and murmured, "It seems that Zhao Yuancheng didn't deliberately go retrograde to create opportunities for you."

Xie Wenquan, who was sitting in the defense seat and became a spectator, immediately shook his head helplessly.

Originally, I saw the fierce quarrel in a trance, and then I noticed the case again when I came back to my senses.

I didn't expect that Lu Ming, a heavy smoker, seems to have been instructed by an expert. He has a unique breakthrough point. If he wants to frame the police and attack the prosecution witness, he loses his composure. The situation may change subtly.

He didn't want to be cracked by the chief prosecuting police officer Li Mingxuan soon.

Up to now, Lu Ming is talking to himself, he admits this point, and even said it, which means that all the previous work has been done in vain.

This is simply the lowest level of error. He admitted in court that he had started to judge wrongly, and the jurors could still hear him talking to himself.

A slight smug smile appeared on Li Mingxuan's face, he glanced at Xie Wenquan, and thought to himself that you didn't tell me the details on the spot, did you think he was such an idiot?No matter how powerful you are, can you really push mud up the wall?

(End of this chapter)