Before Gu Nianzhi had time to fight back, the judge had already banged the gavel: "I agree to the request of the defendant's lawyer. The trial will be temporarily adjourned until both parties find a neutral third party to conduct an autopsy again."
Huo Shaoheng also nodded at this time, "That's fine, I hope it won't take too long."
After the court adjourned, Gu Nianzhi followed Huo Shaoheng and his group into the military van back to the station.
In the car, Director Wang, who had been silent, actually praised Gu Nianzhi: "Miss Gu is really smart and quick to respond. I believe you will become a good lawyer and help us win this lawsuit."
Gu Nianzhi quickly expressed his humility: "I just say what comes to my mind. I am not mature yet and need to be tempered."
Although she said this, the look of scorn on her face was full of arrogance.
Huo Shaoheng glanced at her, then turned to Director Wang and said, "She is still young, Director Wang is so complimentary."
Gu Nianzhi immediately put away the arrogance on his face, lowered his head, exposing his snow-white neck, and the soft arc stretched in front of Huo Shaoheng's eyes. His voice paused slightly and stopped talking.
…
Back at the station, Gu Nianzhi hurriedly took a shower. When he came out of the bedroom, he saw Huo Shaoheng sitting on the sofa in her small living room, looking at his computer in trance.
"Master Huo, I... I locked the door." Gu Nianzhi scratched his head at a loss, wondering if he had forgotten to lock the door again
Huo Shaoheng didn't look back, "It's locked, I opened it with the key."
Gu Nianzhi: "..." He didn't know what to say.
She sat down next to Huo Shaoheng and shook her head slightly when she saw that Huo Shaoheng was looking at the pictures of the evidence in Director Wang's file bag on her computer.
"Because this case took so long, almost all the evidence was destroyed. What we see now are second-hand or even third-hand evidence."
"Yeah, it's really a pity." Huo Shaoheng sat up straight and stretched his long legs under the coffee table, "The bedroom that was the scene of the first crime has been completely renovated and has no reference value at all. "
Gu Nianzhi thought of Huo Shaoheng's very soundproof suite in the Huo family mansion, "Master Huo, was your suite renovated in those years?"
"Well, almost." Huo Shaoheng played with a round gold coin in his hand, "After I left home, the Huo family began to renovate and rebuild intermittently."
"In this case, even if there is no direct evidence, indirect evidence is fine." Gu Nianzhi thought thoughtfully, stroking his chin with one hand and holding the mouse with the other, quickly searching for legal information, "I remember that there was no direct evidence of human or material evidence. , but ultimately won the case.”
"What kind of circumstantial evidence?"
Gu Nianzhi opened the case and took a look at it, then pondered: "For example, who asked for the renovation of the deceased's room? Who took over the job? The renovation and reconstruction of the Huo family cannot be done by an outside construction team, but only by the military. Internal manpower.”
Huo Shaoheng understood it as soon as he heard it, "I'll ask Xiaoze to find the information about the construction team and send it to Director Wang. He is best at identifying evidence."
Gu Nianzhi laughed and looked at the evidence on the big screen, which became even more intimate: "Although these evidences are not first-hand evidence, they can also explain a lot of problems. Director Wang is indeed very powerful. He was the first to find out He is Luo Xinxue’s psychiatrist.”
"Huh? Really?"
"The medical records from her psychiatrist also show that Luo Xinxue needed sleeping pills to fall asleep after her husband died. Therefore, she has a record of habitually taking sleeping pills." Gu Nianzhi called up a medical record, "But these medical records and prescriptions show , the dosage of sleeping pills prescribed to Luo Xinxue was not large. Of course, if she had planned for a long time, slowly stored up the sleeping pills and took them all at once, it was also possible. "
"So, the difficulty of this lawsuit is not ordinary." Huo Shaoheng sat up straight, his brows frowning more and more.
First of all, it was difficult to prove that Luo Xinxue had not swallowed the sleeping pills by herself. It took a lot of effort to get approval, but the other party asked for another autopsy.
Now it is necessary to prove that Luo Xinxue, who has a history of taking sleeping pills for a long time, has no suicidal tendency to hide sleeping pills. No matter how you look at it, it is an impossible task.
And even if the first two "impossible tasks" are possible, it will be even more difficult to prove that the sleeping pills are related to Bai Jinyi.
Gu Nianzhi looked at Huo Shaoheng sympathetically.
It is much easier to accuse Bai Jinyi of delaying Song Jinning's treatment, causing her condition to worsen and almost die, causing huge losses to the country than to accuse Bai Jinyi of murdering Luo Xinxue.
But the former cannot let Bai Jinyi receive the punishment he deserves.
"... Mr. Huo, who did you originally want to be the chief defense attorney who accuses Bai Jinyi of murdering Luo Xinxue?" Gu Nianzhi asked quietly.
"Lawyers from the military department." Huo Shaoheng carelessly played with the round gold coins between his fingers. "Luo Xinxue is my uncle's widow. Her death is related to my uncle's death, so they will take over the prosecution."
Gu Nianzhi thought of a person: "What about Director Bai? She is the director of your Special Operations Judicial Affairs Office and Bai Jinyi's niece. With such a relationship, she should avoid suspicion, right?"
"Yes, so later I thought it was better not to use people from the Legal Department at all. Let you do all the defense."
It turned out to be the next best thing.
Gu Nianzhi felt dissatisfied and nodded slowly, "...That's right."
She stopped talking, but Huo Shaoheng looked at her, smiled, rubbed her hair, and said affectionately: "The little girl has a lot of inner drama in the film."
Gu Nianzhi's face was blank, Huo Shao had already been very aware of her little thoughts...
"Master Huo, the next time the court is held, I need to borrow someone from you to testify." Gu Nianzhi was a little embarrassed, so he had to change the subject and return to their case.
"who?"
"Huo Jialan." Gu Nianzhi pointed to the evidence on the computer, "She keeps the belongings of your uncle and aunt. Her testimony is crucial."
Because the next step must be a debate about evidence.
Gu Nianzhi has great confidence in forensic doctor Zhu and does not think that any Chinese forensic doctor can challenge forensic doctor Zhu's conclusion.
If so, Gu Nianzhi plans to challenge the "independent" qualifications and practicing qualifications of this Chinese forensic doctor.
Huo Jialan has not been seen in public for almost a month since she was taken away by Huo Shaoheng for polygraph testing on New Year's Eve.
"Master Huo, have you tested her lie?" Gu Nianzhi asked with concern, "How is she?"
Huo Shaoheng sighed: "I tested it, but no flaw was found."
Gu Nianzhi: "..."
so smart
Or does she really have no problem
"...It can't be said that there is no problem." Huo Shaoheng pondered, "Maybe we asked in the wrong direction, and after all, she is not a convicted person, nor is she an enemy of the country, so many of our methods cannot be used against her."
Polygraph detection is inherently a very subjective act, and the results of polygraph detection cannot be used as direct evidence, but can only be used as indirect reference.
However, if he could pass the lie detector of the Special Operations Department without revealing any flaws, even if he asked in the wrong direction, it can be said that Huo Jialan was a tough-minded person, although not as powerful as Huo Shaoheng.
Gu Nianzhi nodded heavily: "I understand. Then I won't see her in advance, so as not to make her defensive."
…
Time passed very quickly. The Bai family quickly found a neutral forensic doctor. After Huo Shaoheng looked at his background, he agreed and started arranging an autopsy recognized by all three parties.
Because the matter was urgent, the medical examiner took all his time and quickly produced an autopsy report.
A week later, the Imperial Capital Intermediate Court convened again.
The report made by the independent forensic doctor was basically the same as that made by the military forensic doctor Zhu. In particular, the throat muscles were injured, and there were obvious scratches and abrasions. This conclusion was almost exactly the same as that of the military forensic doctor Zhu.
This shows that Zhu Forensic Doctor's previous report is completely correct. The possibility of Luo Xinxue being murdered is much greater than the possibility of suicide.
The golden certificate that the Bai family requested only delayed them for a week.
Therefore, when the second trial was held, the direction of the debate was no longer entangled in the autopsy report.
Gu Nianzhi asked the court to summon a crucial witness, Huo Jialan.
In order to prevent Huo Jialan from being mentally prepared, Gu Nianzhi did not go to see her in advance, nor did he ask her any questions in advance.
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This is the first update. A reminder about monthly tickets and recommended tickets!
Second update at 1pm.
mwah! (To be continued.)