in court.
Xia Liang has been busy collecting evidence for the past two days, so she didn't visit Zhan Hai again. She didn't see him again until the trial.
"Haven't been able to really fall asleep?" Xia Liang took advantage of the gap before the court session, looked at his haggard face, frowned and said distressedly.
"En." Zhan Hai lowered his head, and responded lightly, because of sleep problems, his spirits were sluggish.
"I will let you sleep well tonight." Xia Liang stretched out her hand, rubbed the top of his hair, and promised softly.
Zhan Hai, "...!!"
Frowning and raising his head, he bumped into Xia Liang's gentle smiling eyes, which made his heart skip a beat.
"Are you 100% sure to help me clear the suspicion?" Zhan Hai turned his head and asked in order to ease the embarrassment.
"It's not enough to completely clear the suspicion, but it's enough for you to come out temporarily." Xia Liang smiled confidently, her eyes bright.
"Thank you." Zhan Hai nodded, and there was not much joy on his face, very flat and calm.
"Thank you in the evening..." Xia Liang saw that the presiding judge and others passed by one after another, smiled at him, and walked back to his seat.
Zhan Hai, "...".
Thank you again tonight, is this implying that you have promised yourself with your body again? !
... ... ...
The court opened a trial. After the judge explained the situation, the presiding judge knocked on the gavel and said solemnly,
"Lawyer for the prosecution, now I ask you to present the evidence concerning Zhan Hai's murder of Qin Ming's family of three."
The prosecuting lawyer was a middle-aged man named Li Fangyong. He seemed to be dragging and a little aggressive. He picked up the paper on the table, and after greeting the presiding judge, he turned around and looked at Zhan Hai with a slight smile. head, asked in a deep voice,
"Zhan Hai, on October 11th, at eight o'clock in the evening, did you receive treatment at the victim's home? To my question, you only need to answer yes or no."
"Yes." Zhan Hai nodded, his tone was light and his expression was calm.
"Did you come back from the front line of the war a year ago, did you suffer from war trauma syndrome and couldn't sleep, so you received psychological treatment?" Li Yongfang continued to ask.
"yes."
"Does this kind of war trauma make you feel particularly depressed and irritable at times?"
"yes."
...
Li Yongfang asked a series of questions, and all the questions meant something. Because of his illness, Zhan Hai killed someone in a rage.
Then, he took out another photo, showed that confused and confident smile, and made a concluding statement to the presiding judge,
"Judge, this fruit knife is the murder weapon. There are the defendant's fingerprints on it, and the defendant was arrested by the police on the spot when he tried to destroy the evidence. Therefore, we have sufficient evidence to believe that the defendant is the murderer . Let the presiding judge decide."
"Now let the defense lawyer of the defendant speak." The presiding judge nodded, talked to the other two judges, and then said to Xia Liang.
"Hello, presiding judge, everyone." Xia Liang bowed politely. After seeing the ceremony, she took a step forward, raised her head slightly, and revealed a confident smile.
"Just now, the plaintiff's lawyer used all kinds of inflammatory, one-sided, and referential questions to force my client to admit that he has a violent tendency, and there is even the possibility of killing people on impulse because of this violent tendency. .
However, the other party did not produce any valid evidence to prove this at all, which is completely subjective. Therefore, my client's motive for killing is simply not established! "
"Judge, object!!" After hearing Xia Liang's sonorous and forceful words, Li Fangyong retorted emotionally and loudly.
"Lawyer for the prosecution, please keep quiet!" The presiding judge frowned, knocked on the gavel, stopped him from speaking, and signaled Xia Liang to continue.
Xia Liang smiled at Li Fangyong, a flash of provocation and contempt flashed in his eyes, which made Li Fangyong even more angry and his blood surged.
"Presiding judge, my client does suffer from war trauma syndrome, and is plagued by this disease, with symptoms of insomnia.
However, all of these, because of my client's strong willpower, self-control and discipline, and all kinds of troubles caused by insomnia, were overcome by him, and did not affect his real life.
In the past few days, I have asked various types of people who have had contact with the person in the past few months, and none of their comments about him involved the word "violent tendencies".
Presiding Judge, please take a look at these testimonies and their signatures. "
While talking, Xia Liang handed over the thick stack of materials she had compiled in the past few days to the staff and asked them to present it to the presiding judge.
"Presiding judge, I believe that after reading these materials, you will have a clearer judgment on my client's character, words and deeds.
He is a person who is strict with himself and has strong self-control. Even if he is troubled by insomnia, he will definitely not become impulsive and irritable, let alone commit murder.
Therefore, what the prosecution just said about the motive of my client's murder is completely untenable! "
After Xia Liang made this remark forcefully, without giving the prosecution any chance to breathe, he turned around and picked up another document on the table, and continued,
"Presiding Judge, this is an appraisal result. On the day of the incident, my client had already taken sleeping pills and entered a deep sleep before receiving treatment. The efficacy of sleeping pills has been tested and it will make people unconscious for at least 3 to 4 hours. .
According to the records, my client went to receive treatment at 7 o'clock that night, and the time of death of the hostess given by the autopsy report was around 8:30 in the evening. May I ask how my client was in a coma at the time, and how did he commit the crime? ! "
"Judge, object!!" Li Fangyong immediately raised his hand and said emotionally.
"Keep quiet until the defender has finished speaking." The presiding judge frowned and struck the gavel again.
Xia Liang smiled, showing her sharpness, she picked up another document on the table again, and said forcefully,
"Presiding Judge, this is the identification of fingerprints on the murder weapon. The result of the identification is that only my client's fingerprints are on the entire fruit knife, which is obviously illogical.
It was an ordinary, old fruit knife, which was also confirmed to belong to the victim's family.
If my client hadn't wiped the fingerprints on the fruit knife, the victim's fingerprints would definitely be collected on the knife, but only my client's fingerprints were on it.
If the fingerprints are clean, it means that the fruit knife has indeed been wiped carefully, but since it has been wiped and tried to destroy the fingerprints, will my client still leave his own fingerprints stupidly? !
This is completely contradictory and full of doubts, so this murder weapon cannot be used as the most powerful evidence at all! "