Chapter 32 Sincerity is a must-kill skill
As the court session was about to begin, nine judges filed in…

Because it is a major criminal case, in addition to three professional judges, there are six civilian judges – the so-called “jurors.”

Theoretically, in the courts of the Eastern Island Country, if five out of six jurors find the defendant “not guilty”, the defendant will be found “not guilty” even if all the professional judges find the defendant “guilty”; at the same time, as long as one professional judge insists on finding the defendant “not guilty”, the defendant will still be found “not guilty” even if all the jurors find the defendant “guilty”…

As for the jury model, Shiraishi personally feels that it has both advantages and disadvantages.

After all, jurors are ordinary people, and their values ​​are sometimes very different from those of judges…

According to statistics from the large model, Shiraishi feels that the advantage is that sentencing for serious crimes committed by minors is increased, and civilian jurors generally do not approve of lenient sentences for minors. Of course, there are disadvantages as well, the most obvious of which is… civilian jurors generally take narcotic drug crimes lightly.

Of course, this “good” and “bad” are just Bai Shi’s judgments after adding his own subjective will. Bai Shi does not think that he really represents the law or even the truth. It can only be said that it is his subjective opinion…

However, most of the time, jurors will not have any objections to the judgment of professional judges.

only……

Given the “public outcry” over this case, the jurors’ thoughts are also very important!
Just when Bai Shi was distracted…

dong dong——

The chief judge, who was not young, banged the gavel before announcing the opening of the court, then stretched out his hand to Bai Shi, who was at the back, and said, “Sir, please take a seat. We are about to open the court.”

Shiraishi:……

Hearing this, Bai Shi had no choice but to stand up and then sit down again…

Presiding Judge: …

After seeing that Bai Shi was actually sitting, the judge was also shocked, and then he coughed dryly: “Ahem, then… the court will be in session now!”

After that, the court followed the procedure…

The prosecutor stated the charges and evidence, then called on witnesses to speak and gave the lawyers a chance to “ask” questions…

Kumimon is worthy of being called a “great debater”. Not only does he have clear ideas, but his language is also highly inflammatory. He denied and refuted all the “unfounded” speculations of the prosecution – and his rebuttals all sounded very reasonable. At least the jurors… and even the professional judges, all agreed with him in their hearts!

Indeed, “the defendant said [I want to kill him]” and the like cannot be used as solid evidence, and Shiraishi also accepts this rebuttal…

These “second-rate evidences” were basically overturned one by one, and then it was soon time for the real “hand-to-hand combat”!
Gu Meimen began to fight back by using “police forced confession” as a fulcrum…

“My Lords, please read this record. It is such a coincidence that the surveillance camera in the interrogation room broke down during the interrogation of the defendant, Mr. Tsubokura?”

“Objection! This is just a coincidence. The surveillance could break down at any time!”

Yane Wuwen was not ready to admit it. The prosecutors were always very tough on this point.

“Really? Then let’s continue looking… This is the testimony record of the police officers involved provided by the prosecution. These young police officers actually said that they did not hear any unusual sounds and that it was very quiet that day? Unfortunately, that is impossible. I think the police station must have been very noisy that day.” Gu Meimen said firmly at this time.

“Objection! This is just the defense’s subjective conjecture!” Yane Wuwen continued to be stubborn.

The presiding judge then asked, “Defense lawyer, why do you think so?”

“The reason is simple, because there has been construction going on inside the police station during those few days, and the door frames of every office and every room have been redecorated… After all, you can look at this… our new director of the Beika Police Station, a hero who bravely fought against evil forces. He looked like this when he first came into the court…” As Gu Meimen said this, he also made a bowing and “drilling” gesture – this was indeed the case when Shiraishi entered most of the rooms… The door frames were really too short and too small!

at the same time……

In this parallel world, in the court of the East Island Country, as long as the presiding judge does not protest, both debaters are allowed to leave, even using some body language.

At this time, everyone turned around and looked at Bai Shi – it was reasonable, so reasonable!

Shiraishi:……

That’s right, Bai Shi also remembered at this time that there was indeed a “noisy” few days in the office a week ago, mainly because the door frames were renovated, and now they are all very spacious!
After all, on his first day in office, Shiraishi went through all the offices and greeted everyone. Seeing this, even the most inattentive person would know that the door frame needed to be renovated…

“So… Chief Shiraishi had just taken office those days, and many door frames in the police station were being renovated. This lasted for three days, including the day when the final interrogation results were announced. To say that the police station was very quiet at this time is absolutely… a lie!” Gu Meimon’s reasons were very sufficient.

Shiraishi has previously said that those involved must testify honestly. In fact… the Mika Agency has now acknowledged the accusations in this regard!
However, the prosecution did not accept it and submitted the same “hard-line” testimony as at the beginning – Shiraishi also had a stern face about this.

In contrast, perhaps because Kumimon did not want to cause any trouble, although he seemed arrogant overall, he helped Shiraishi out of the predicament intentionally or unintentionally – emphasizing that Shiraishi had just taken office at that time!

As expected, after hearing what Gu Meimen said, the audience and even the jurors began to discuss it in a low voice.

The chief judge saw this and banged the gavel: “Silence, silence!”

Then Kumimon applied for Shirai to appear in court – this was also an application that had been made before. Shirai was also in the witness waiting room today, but Prosecutor Yanai seemed to have noticed that something was wrong with him a long time ago, so she had been hoping that he would not be called out.

However, despite Kumimon’s criticism, the judge still asked to question the witness Shirai.

But what surprised Gu Meimen was…

“I admit that I conducted…an improper interrogation on that day. The agency has already dealt with me for this. After this case is over, I will voluntarily resign!” Shirai’s statement defeated both the prosecutors and the defense from the very beginning.

Yane Wuwen was the first one who wanted to stop him, but he was too late.

Shiraishi also showed a look of surprise at this time – asking him to tell the truth was something Shiraishi had told him before, but… Shiraishi didn’t ask him to resign!
Shiraishi even wanted to use his connections to transfer him to a department with no job duties.

After all, he is about to retire. He has been a criminal policeman for decades. Regardless of whether he has done a good job from beginning to end…his pension is also a huge sum!

The pension in the East Island Country is mainly paid out in one lump sum upon retirement. With Shirai’s level, he can get 20 to 30 million, which is considered a guarantee for his old age life. If he resigns now, he will have nothing. As for the social security pension, it is not even enough to buy rice with soy sauce.

Shiraishi supports the progress of the times and also supports the expulsion of the remnants of the times, but those who do not support the remnants of the times will not have a pension… After all, the income of front-line criminal police is not proportional to their efforts, and the only “advantage” is a higher pension.

No matter what profession, it is normal for people in their fifties and sixties to fall behind, but leaving the field in embarrassment after falling behind not only hurts the enthusiasm of their peers, but also undermines the dignity of their profession!
After hearing the beginning, several reporters hurriedly ran out with their backs bent – this was to release first-hand news immediately!
“However, I will continue to testify in this case. The first trial of the defendant was on September 9th…”

Shirai then directly began to state the case related to the interrogation!
At this time, Gu Meimen interrupted and said, “Objection, please wait a moment, Inspector Shirai, this time I asked you to testify in court mainly because of your improper interrogation. Since the newly appointed Chief Shiraishi has already punished you, I think the court can move on to the next stage. You can go and rest…”

“The objection is invalid.” The judge reminded Kumemon that since they were talking about the interrogation, Shirai could theoretically continue speaking.

“Thank you, the court…” After expressing his gratitude, Shirai continued to give his testimony.

This time, Shirai did not hide anything, and calmly and sincerely recounted the interrogation process and the many doubts about the defendant…

(End of this chapter)