Lu Ming didn't expect that Cheng Lingyu would assign the most crucial second half to him.
He must have considered it for a long time. When interrogating Gui Linghua, he did not use himself but was the one to discredit the other party. He must have made up his mind.
Maybe he felt that most of the strategies were thought up by himself, and he should be more experienced in the second half.
Looking at his encouraging eyes that only he could see, Lu Ming could only nod slightly, stand up, and ask to question Wang Bo's testimony.
There was no one in the witness stand.
Lu Ming walked up to the jury and said, "Although Uncle Wang's testimony was not listed as hearsay evidence, this does not mean that his testimony is true or credible. I ask the jurors to pay attention to this point."
"Objection!" Shan Jingfan stood up, "I object to the defense's groundless questioning of the confession taken by the police."
Lu Ming nodded: "I have a basis for saying this, Uncle Wang. In the confession, the process of killing the children was described in too much detail. This is simply impossible!"
Shan Jingfan stood up again and said, "Objection. I have studied relevant cases. Many perverted murderers have very clear memories of their murders."
Lu Ming looked at him. "But, in Uncle Wang's confession, the process of killing almost every child was similar. They were all pinned to the ground and stabbed to death. I think serial killers would think that killing is an art..."
"Objection, objection to the prosecution's speculative definition!"
Lu Ming frowned and looked at him: "Lawyer Shan Jingfan, do you think that 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 call witness number 21!"
Witness No. 21 is Professor Wen Zaixuwen, Royal Fellow of the Imperial Academy of Sciences.
Shan Jingfan smiled in his heart, this is what it means to be a trapped beast and fight to the bitter end. Professor Wen came up with a way to detect the bloodstains in the basement.
But the problem is that he has not denied that those are human bloodstains in the basement.
Moreover, he acknowledged that it was Uncle Wang who killed someone, which left the bloodstain.
Professor Wen is a leading figure in the scientific community, but what can he change by saying a few nonsense words in court
There are probably not many jurors who know who he is and what his status is in the scientific community. Who is he trying to scare
In the witness stand, Professor Wen was still wearing a white coat, with his long gray hair loose, like Dr. Horror.
"Professor Wen, I heard that you brought a set of experiments for us today, is that right?" Lu Ming walked up and asked.
"Yes!" Wen Zaixu looked at Lu Ming impatiently, with an expression that told him not to talk nonsense. However, he knew that the matter was of great importance and the court was a solemn place, so he did not act too willfully.
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 immediately stood up: "Objection! I don't understand the prosecution's intentions!"
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, my experiment is of great significance to this case. If you think that I am wasting the court's time after watching the video, 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 had been on the prosecution's witness list from the very beginning, so the other party did not raid it by surprise. However, he found out that the technology for testing blood stains in the basement was invented by Professor Wen.
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, I can only wait and see.
Soon, a large number of staff members brought in the bulky projector and set up a small snow-white screen with a bracket.
Inside the courtroom, all the lights were quickly turned off and all the thick curtains were drawn.
Although few people, including the jurors, had never seen a movie, many of them were seeing how a movie was screened live for the first time and were very curious.
Soon, an image appeared on the screen, but there was no sound.
Today's movies have passed the silent film era, but there are still no cameras that can capture sound at the same time, so dubbing needs to be recorded on tape and played synchronously with the film.
This short film obviously does not need dubbing.
Inside, I saw a young man, and opposite him was something like a torture rack with a human-shaped mold tied to it.
Shan Jingfan's eyes suddenly fixed, and he immediately realized the problem. This room was very similar to the basement where the crime occurred. The rack was exactly the same as the one in the photo, and the position was exactly the same. The posture of the human-shaped mold tied to the rack was exactly the same as the boy in the photo, and the size of the model was about the same as the boy. The young man with the knife was similar in shape to Kato Masakazu.
At this time, the young man was seen stabbing with a knife again and again. The order, posture, and stabbing parts were exactly the same as in the photo.
The model quickly spurted out red blood, some of which sprayed onto the wall, some spilled onto the ground, and some dripped, forming a small pool of blood next to the rack.
The camera zooms in and slow motion shows the shapes of the bloodstains bit by bit.
Shan Jingfan frowned, feeling a little uneasy.
Then, the camera flashed, and it showed the same young man, the rack, and the model, but the scene was clean. Apparently, the experiment was starting over.
After repeating the young man's behavior about a dozen times and showing the blood stains left on the surrounding scenes at close range, the short film came to an abrupt end.
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 even during the day.
But tools and the like were not taken out, so they obviously might still be useful.
"Professor Wen, how many times have you conducted this experiment?" Lu Ming asked.
"More than a hundred times!"
Lu Ming turned to Feng Xuefan and said, "In court, I request that the final photos of the results of these more than one hundred experiments be presented to the court."
Shan Jingfan immediately stood up and said, "Objection, Your Honor, Professor Wen Zaixu is a witness, and we should listen to his testimony. The prosecution has been hiding the purpose of these experiments and experimental results. I request a temporary adjournment and let the prosecution explain to us what their experimental intentions are. Moreover, it is also questionable whether these evidences can be presented in court!"
Lu Ming looked serious. "Your Honor, Professor Wen has long been on the witness list as our expert witness. The experiment he provided may be an important experiment that will change the history of criminal investigation in the empire. I hope that I can give a complete presentation in court. As for whether the results of the experiment will be adopted in the end, the wise judge and the wise jurors will naturally give a wise answer!"
Feng Xuefan pondered, looked at Professor Wen again, finally nodded, and looked at Lu Ming: "Okay, but if your experimental results are deliberately mysterious, and you are using Professor Wen's reputation to make 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 seat and the jury seat, and a copy was also sent to the defense seat.
Shan Jingfan already had a general idea of what it was, so he gritted his teeth, picked up the photo, and slowly flipped through it.
Lu Ming waited quietly. Seeing that everyone had seen most of the evidence, some jurors were already getting impatient. They didn't know why they had to keep looking at these bloody photos, more than a hundred of them.
"Your Honor, fellow jurors, you can see that if I say that the blood splatter marks in these photos are similar, you should agree, right?"
Since no one would answer him, Lu Ming made a gesture and a staff member came forward and started hanging photos on the snow-white screen.
The first photo is a fluorescent photo, and the rest are photos of blood splatter from the experiments.
"Look, everyone. These brightest fluorescent marks look very similar to these simulated bloodstains, don't they?"
The jurors and Feng Xuefan both looked over and saw that, indeed, the mottled fluorescent marks were very similar to the simulated blood splatter marks.
"Professor Wen, why is this? Can you explain it?" Lu Ming looked at Wen Zaixu.
Wen Zaixu looked drowsy from waiting, and now he opened his eyes, "Why? The photo of the murder is real. This experiment can prove that Kato has killed someone!"
Lu Ming was helpless. He originally wanted to prepare a testimony with him, but he said that he didn't need anything and wanted to replace the witness with the senior doctor who worked with Professor Wen. That doctor had good appearance, moral character, professionalism, and adaptability.
As a result, Old Man Wen turned hostile and called himself a good-for-nothing, saying that he was a traitor and that he was ungrateful. There was something fun going on, and I did my best to help you have it, but at the last minute you didn't want me anymore. Are you a human being
The doctor was a little afraid of Professor Wen, so in the end, he had to use Professor Wen. This did not require him to update the witness list, which was a small advantage.
Over there, Shan Jingfan immediately stood up, "Objection! I object to the witness slandering my client without any reason!"
"Boy, sit down first, sit down!" Professor Wen gestured, as if he was the conductor in this courtroom, and looked at the jury, "How many of you have a brain? I have to tell you, it's really tiring, but I still have to say, it's boring!"
Lu Ming smiled bitterly. He couldn't go against his own witness.
Shan Jingfan originally wanted to object, but seeing the old man's arrogant look as if everyone present was trash, he thought about it and slowly sat down.
Moreover, in the judge's seat, Feng Xuefan was drinking water with his head down, pretending not to see the old man's performance.
If you oppose it yourself, it will certainly be useless.
"The photo you saw with the fluorescent reaction was taken in the basement of Kato's house. The brightest part of the fluorescence is the bloodstain at the end. The poor child in the photo was the last person killed by that guy..."
Shan Jingfan stood up immediately. He could see Feng Xuefan waving his hand at him, which meant that he should let him finish speaking quickly and he could use more force when questioning him.
Shan Jingfan gritted his teeth and sat down again.
The old man suddenly stared at him and said, "It's okay. Come here and I'll say he's a murderer. You object, right? I'll explain it to you clearly!"
"But you are a smart guy. From the look in your eyes, I know you understand what I am doing. Only these jurors are a bunch of fools. You can trick them into slipping away. You always laugh at them for being fools in your heart, right?"
Listening to the previous part, Shan Jing Fan felt that this old man had offended all the juries. He was asking for trouble. So what if he was the leader of the scientific community? He had offended all the people in the court who should not have been offended.
But after hearing the last part, Shan Jingfan's face changed and he stood up immediately, "Objection! In court, I strongly object to the witness' malicious speculation and insults against me!"
Feng Xuefan coughed and said, "Mr. Wen, please get to the point..." He frowned and glanced at Lu Ming, meaning that you should take care of your witness. I can't afford to offend him, so I will charge you with contempt of court and lock you up for 24 hours.
Lu Ming looked at Professor Wen and sighed in his heart. Do you think Mr. Wen is really devoted to studying science and doesn't understand human nature
That's really shallow.
Obviously, he is attacking Shan Jingfan. This old man is so arrogant and has the capital to be so arrogant. When the jurors go back and deliberate and know how arrogant this old man is, then his accusation that they are brainless is totally nonsense. In the whole empire, how many people can be considered smart by this old man
Even more, if the old man could scold them a few words 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, but the jurors felt uncomfortable. Why
In addition, the old man looked arrogant and disdainful of telling lies, so he must have really believed so.
That bastard Shan Jingfan might really think we are fools.
The more Lu Ming thought about it, the more helpless he felt. He was still young and could not compare to these old men.
Professor Wen looked at the jury again, "Just think about it this way. The brightest part of the fluorescence is the blood trace. Compare it with the more than 100 photos. The shapes are very similar, right? I did an experiment and made a model. The blood vessels in the model are the same as those in the human body. There is red potion flowing inside, but the pressure is similar to that of human blood vessels, including the different pressures of arteries and veins, skin toughness, etc., which are all similar to the human body. 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 each knife strike are the same as in the photo. Then, did you notice that the blood splatter traces are very similar to the traces in Kato's basement?"
"And the room where I conducted the experiment, no matter its size or the location of the torture instruments, is exactly as it appears in the photo, which means it is exactly the same as the basement of Kato's house."
Lu Ming said, "There are no torture instruments in the basement now. They are only in the photos."
The jurors still have educational requirements, and some of them have gradually nodded, beginning to understand what it means.
"And I have conducted more than a hundred experiments and proved that the traces of blood splatter on the human body are inevitable. Look, if you use a similar knife to injure the same part from the same angle, even if the force varies, the traces of blood splatter are generally the same."
"So, there is no doubt that the photo of Kato Shoichi killing people can be considered authentic!"
Lu Ming nodded and asked, "Then, Professor Wen Zaixu, as a Royal Fellow of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, what is your attitude towards the experiment?"
Someone in the jury box had already exclaimed, "Royal Grand Fellow of the Imperial Academy of Sciences?"
This old man? No, this old gentleman
Professor Wen looked at Lu Ming and frowned, "Nonsense!"
Lu Ming smiled and turned to look at the jury. "Professor Wen never misses any detail in any experiment. That's why he can make those great discoveries. If Professor Wen didn't verify carefully and make sure there were no flaws before drawing any conclusions, then Professor Wen wouldn't have achieved what he has today."
"I have no questions!" He turned around and walked towards the prosecution seat.
Professor Wen looked towards the jury and asked, "Do you understand what I said?"
Some jurors actually nodded in surprise. Although they knew it was wrong, they did not feel ashamed. After all, they had at least received secondary education and understood what being a Grand Fellow of the Royal Academy of Sciences meant.
Feng Xuefan shook his head. The witness and the juror had established a direct dialogue relationship, but he could not bring his gavel down to strike.
Shan Jingfan stood up and walked to the witness stand.
"Professor Wen Zaixu, who was the first to think 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, he felt a little depressed that this new discovery, which could change the history of criminal investigation, was not his original work.
Although compared with the achievements of the scientific community, these are child's play.
Lu Ming was stunned. He didn't expect that he subconsciously called himself "Little Friend Lu". This old man always took advantage of his seniority to bully him. It turned out that he treated him as a friend regardless of age difference.
Shan Jingfan was also startled. He glanced at Lu Ming and was greatly surprised. This answer was completely different from what he had expected.
After thinking for a while, he 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. "Kid, I know what you want to say, but this is not medical expertise at all. At most, it is just a question about the different pressures of arteries and veins. Moreover, when I was doing the experiment, the helper I found was Xiao Zhao from Jinghai Hospital, the vice president, an expert in blood. If you need me, I can call him over now!"
Shan Jingfan nodded: "Okay, then Professor Wen, is it possible that the person who forged the photo took the same posture to hurt the child beforehand, and also produced such blood splatter 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 it was Uncle Wang who killed those children!"
"And I questioned the confession. Uncle Wang's killing postures were always the same. He would pin the person down and stab him randomly. This was not like the method of a serial killer. But Lawyer Shan Jingfan said that I was talking nonsense!"
"Does Lawyer Shan Jingfan now think that Uncle Wang's confession was fabricated? Uncle Wang's confession was false? Lawyer Shan Jingfan is beginning to agree with our point of view? Uncle Wang is not the murderer?!"
The jurors were also stunned. They remembered that this was indeed what had just happened. Before doing this experiment, Lawyer Shan Jingfan firmly believed that those children were pinned to the ground and stabbed to death by a man named Wang Bo.
When the young lawyer Lu questioned this method of killing, he was scolded by him. Lawyer Lu was scolded so badly that he had no chance to fight back.
Now, this guy is starting to think that Lawyer Lu is right? It wasn't Uncle Wang who killed the children
Just to defend your client? How can you do this
Do you really take us for fools?!
When looking at Shan Jingfan, some of the jurors were angry, while others were contemptuous.
You still think we are stupid, who is stupid? !
Some people looked at Shan Jingfan's dumbfounded expression and even wanted to laugh. What a stupid guy! He even looked down on us!
Lu Ming said more forcefully, "Moreover, this experiment was only completed by Professor Wen Zaixu and Dean Zhao last night. This confirmed the blood spatter trace theory. I don't think the murderer has the intelligence and professionalism to match Professor Wen Zaixu and Dean Zhao. He knew it a few months ago and used this method to frame me!"
The jurors also nodded, thinking that this 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 little trick of interrogation technique.
Shan Jingfan was stunned at this moment. He was watching a movie and doing something else. In addition, he did not take the doubts about Wang Bo's confession seriously. After all, no matter how much the other party said, he could not question anything. He just responded like a conditioned reflex. He even forgot what he said, let alone that such a thing happened.
Suddenly, Shan Jingfan's face changed drastically and he looked at Lu Ming fiercely.
Everything, everything was designed by this guy
Questioning Uncle Wang's confession is a preparation for what is happening now
Even the seemingly huge disadvantage in the beginning was just to paralyze himself
He looked at Cheng Lingyu suddenly again, but saw that Cheng Lingyu had a calm expression and was looking at him quietly.
Shan Jingfan also noticed that the jurors looked at him as if he were a clown.
If the representative lawyer becomes a laughing stock in the eyes of the jurors in court, then it is almost impossible to win the case because the lawyer's words will no longer be convincing.
"Lawyer Shan Jingfan, do you have any other questions?" Feng Xuefan couldn't help but remind Shan Jingfan when he saw him standing there in a daze.
Shan Jingfan's mind was in a state of confusion. Since he entered the legal profession, he had never experienced such a reversal.
"Lawyer Shan Jingfan!" Feng Xuefan raised his voice.
Shan Jing Fan 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. I request a recess!"
Lu Ming stood up and said, "Your Honor, I have some more questions for witness No. 21!"
Feng Xuefan nodded. The witness was still in the witness stand. No matter who wanted to cross-examine the defense, there was no reason to adjourn the court now.
Lu Ming took two steps forward and said to Wen Zaixu, "Professor Wen, this case has attracted a lot of attention. Have you read any related reports in newspapers?"
Wen Zaixu nodded: "I've seen some!"
Lu Ming said: "For example, the reporter Jin Zhengyi who broke the news first disappeared... that is, he was hit and killed by a car after hiding in the compound for more than a month. The driver was a patient with advanced lung cancer. 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, "Your Honor, I just want to prove why Professor Wen Zaixu did this experiment, and why this small experiment made Professor Wen treat it as the most important scientific experiment! Prove how serious Professor Wen was in this experiment, and there would be no mistakes. The result can stand up to any test!"
Feng Xuefan nodded and waved to Shan Jingfan.
Shan Jingfan sat down helplessly.
"Yes, I have read reports on this!" Professor Wen nodded.
"So, Mr. Kato Shoichi's servant Wang Bo was arrested for molesting a boy. He confessed at the police station that the bloodstains in Mr. Kato's basement were caused by his murder. Have you also read this report?"
"I have seen..."
"You also knew that Uncle Wang had a heart attack and died shortly after he gave his testimony?"
"I know!" There was impatience in Wen Zaixu's eyes, and he was probably cursing, "You little bastard, are you treating me as a tool?"
Lu Ming nodded. "Well, the reporter who broke the news was hit and killed by a car. The murderer is a terminally ill patient who will die soon. The family was originally poor, but the family members immigrated to Japan and lived in a big house. Shortly after the prosecutors conducted a second search and found a large amount of blood stains in the basement of Kato Shoichi's villa, the servant Wang Bo surrendered to the police. I can understand it as surrendering. After surrendering, he died inexplicably. Miss Gui Linghua had an affair with Mr. Kato, and suddenly had the courage to admit it herself! Regardless of family rules or anything else, two close relatives can be deceived. Can we believe their testimonies?"
"The blood splatter marks in the photos of Mr. Kato's murder are very similar to the blood marks found by the prosecutors in the basement."
"Indeed, many things are accidental and there are all kinds of coincidences, but if many accidents point to the same possibility, then this possibility is the truth and is inevitable!"
Lu Ming looked at the jury, "And the truth is, Kato Masakazu is the real murderer. This can explain everything!" His hand suddenly pointed at Kato Masakazu.
The jurors also looked over and saw the young Japanese nobleman, whose face was pale and whose eyes even showed fear.
Lu Ming also looked at him. This young man who had always been gloomy, seemed to finally feel fear in his heart at this moment. It turned out that he was not really fearless, but the power behind him gave him courage. In fact, deep down, he was just a weakling who could only rely on hurting weaker people to cover up his cowardice and incompetence and to experience the feeling of being a strong man.
"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 Masakazu quietly. He said this to him and to himself. Perhaps, he was also saying this to the few little souls in the void who might be watching all this in fear.
The jurors suddenly felt compassion in their hearts.
Yes, during the trial of this case, the original intention was even forgotten. The poor children were forgotten, and the pain and fear they had experienced were forgotten. Before their painful death, they probably lived in hell.
The hell that the devil created!
Feng Xuefan also sat quietly. Lu Ming's last sentence actually violated the rules, but he did not knock the gavel to warn him.
The strange thing was that Shan Jingfan said nothing and did not stand up to object. He just sat there woodenly, as if everything here had nothing to do with him.
The entire courtroom was very quiet, as if they were mourning those poor children.
After a long time, the judge knocked the gavel lightly and announced the adjournment of the court.
…
In the far corner of the gallery, a man wearing a top hat sighed softly.
I came to every class just to see him. At first, I was a little disappointed, thinking I had seen the wrong person.
But I never expected that the best part is always at the end.
The defense, from a near 100% chance of winning, suddenly died!
But, I don't know why, after watching this class, I feel that it is an insult to him to judge him only by his winning rate and court prosecution and defense skills.
In the end, my eyes were a little wet, weren't they
Liu Hanming slowly stood up. At this moment, he just wanted to go home and have a good drink with his wife. He also wanted to toast those little souls, hoping that they could rest in peace and that in their afterlife, they would no longer suffer but live happily!
In another corner, a pair of green eyes stared at Lu Ming's slightly thin figure. The eye circles were red, but the gaze was so fiery.
Although she was very low-key in her black windbreaker and tried to sit in the corner, the people next to her still automatically made room for her and did not dare to sit next to her. This beauty with blonde hair and blue eyes was really too beautiful, and her aristocratic black flowered hat further revealed her extraordinary status.
I don't know what Pamela is thinking, but when she hears that the case is going to court, she can't help but come and sit for a while.
Now, my heart is sad and I want to cry. I want to hug Bis and cry. I want to tell Bis how much I love her and hope she will always be happy.
But her heart was beating wildly again, especially when the man's eyes swept over her casually, her heart uncontrollably seemed to jump out of her chest.
Pamela fled from the court, regretting only why she came there.