Chapter 1115? Selection of the Jury

"Chicago 1990 ()"

August 9, 1997.

Song Ya left Highland Park and rushed to the Federal Court of Chicago South City. The Barn case had been adjourned and re-entered the trial process.

Today is the selection of jury members by the prosecution and the defense.

"APLUS! The case was reopened before you fully recovered. Do you think it is a hunt for you?"

The wheelchair was pushed up the barrier-free ramp, and a reporter asked loudly. After discussing the Barn case, Song Ya, the PGE law firm and their subordinates unanimously decided to actively pursue it, but they will definitely not admit it to the outside world, and public opinion can take over the blame in the federal court.

The flashes kept flashing, and Song Ya still wore sunglasses, but this time he changed into a well-fitting suit, put on a little makeup, and showed a much better mental state. He raised his hand with a smile and spread his fingers outward Wiggling, signaling doesn't answer the question.

"APLUS! Compared with a month ago, you look great now!" A reporter complimented.

He smiled wryly, "Thank you...cough." After clearing the phlegm, "Thank you." His voice was still lacking in breath.

Now the attitude of the reporters towards him is very good, there is no chattering or sarcasm, most of them follow the wheelchair to take pictures from a distance, and ask questions in a tacit and orderly manner.

"What do you think of your former personal lawyer showing up in New Mexico and being hospitalized?" another reporter asked.

Song Ya waved her hands again without answering.

Last month, Goodman was sent to the hospital by his younger brother Jimmy in New Mexico. He couldn't hide and was quickly found and monitored by the detectives responsible for the American music website case.

According to Jimmy, it was Hamlin who wanted to contact him, tell Goodman where he was hiding and let him visit in the past. Hamlin was very worried about Goodman's physical condition.

Sure enough, Goodman suffered from paranoia not long after he ran away. According to the information inquired by his own people, he claimed to the doctor that he was allergic to sunlight and electromagnetic waves. Know how to solve the problem of eating and drinking.

Jimmy didn't want to join forces, so he took the opportunity to find some of the original files of the Bahn case and the record settlement lawsuit hidden by his brother and returned them to express his apology and sincerity.

But he didn't want his brother to spend the rest of his life in prison, so he continued to cooperate with Hamlin to withhold other black materials. Through his ex-girlfriend Kim Wexler, he has already had several rounds of follow-up contacts with him. and negotiate.

Goodman seems to be forced to fall ill because of his thunder action like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves. As the saying goes, he was frightened. This former "close minister" suddenly no longer poses a threat, because his illness is mental. You can be labeled as insane and gibberish at any time.

But Song Ya knew that Jimmy was a demon swordsman who could come up with a crooked idea to turn the situation around, and victory was in sight, and he didn't want to push too much.

There is also Hamlin who is holding money and hiding overseas. The bottom line of the deal that Hamlin currently releases is that the money can be repaid, but they really can’t make up 60 million to pay back, only part of it, and he doesn’t make any mistakes. The witness, after returning to the United States, in addition to guaranteeing personal safety, even wanted to continue practicing.

The implication is to let Goodman, who is about to become useless, carry everything. Although Goodman has a mental problem, he should disagree when he is awake, so Jimmy and Kim Wexler did not let go. , In terms of the amount and acting as a tainted witness, he is still fighting with himself and Hamlin.

Song Ya never expected Goodman to play himself like this, and he was quite embarrassed.

"It is rumored that you have received the same mystical witchcraft treatment as MJ, is it true?"

The train of thought was interrupted by a reporter, "It's purely a rumor. I have only received professional treatment from the University of Chicago and Princeton University Medical Center. You can verify it."

2PAC on the east coast is dead, and Biggie on the west coast is dead. After escaping from the dead, he lived better and better. The related conspiracy theories in the gossip tabloids outside have also been released one after another. After the burn, all the rumors of the same style were changed and they all settled on me.

And because I have been bedridden and indoors for a long time, my skin color has turned whiter, so the rumors of bleaching can't escape.

"APLUS!"

The wheelchair was quickly pushed to the door of the court. He turned his head and waved to the reporters who greeted him, and took the silver cross around his neck and kissed it.

The jury selection process is relatively cumbersome. The court will randomly select a list of candidates from the local voter registration manual, far more than twelve, because it is necessary to select from them and exclude some stakeholders or people with obvious tendencies. Both parties also have the right to ask a candidate juror to recuse without reason, but this power is limited to the number of times each party can use it.

This is very important to the direction of the case. Both the prosecution and the defense hope to keep jury members who are beneficial to their side and kick out those who may sympathize with the other party.

At the same time, they and the judge have to deal with all kinds of clever ghosts who don't dare to know it, but secretly try to escape the time-consuming, labor-intensive and low-paying jury duty.

Besides the people from PGE Law Firm, Song Ya was also sitting with Diane Lockhard and Will Gardner, feeling pain in his heart.

In order to save some legal fees and pocket them, Goodman broke the contract and fired them, and paid a liquidated damages at that time.

Now, in order to settle the Bahn case as soon as possible, I want to invite these people back again. The fees are already expensive, and they come and go...

The emotion he had just felt for Goodman disappeared in an instant, and he couldn't help but hate him even more.

Today Diane and Will also introduced that they hired a micro-expression master who claimed to be able to observe the candidate jury members' true views on the defendant, that is, themselves, through human behavior.

Many lawsuits in the United States, especially the defendants who have enough money to burn, don’t mind hiring such a character. The masters have different routes. In addition to those who are good at observing micro-expressions, some will say that they have mastered some exclusive scientific algorithms. Or directly claim to be able to psychic, in short, it is a field of metaphysics.

Today, this fifty- to sixty-year-old white master has a good reputation in the industry. It is said that the jury selected by him will have a higher probability of winning the case by several points than the average, so the fees are extremely expensive.

Song Ya could not have been present in person in this session, but because the master needed to observe the expressions on the expressions of the candidate jury members looking at him, he could only make this trip.

"APLUS, put this on."

Will Gardner had some red ribbon charm from an HIV prevention charity in his hand and pinned it to his chest. He and Diane and the other members of the legal team had one on each of their chests.

Where did this come from? "Is it necessary?" Song Ya frowned. He knew that Tony got involved with Will again in a coma, and he actually hated him more than before. If it wasn't because his cooperation with Tony had objectively prevented Goodman, The role of protecting yourself...

But in reality, it’s hard to say. If Tony and Susie win custody in the end, these top local lawyers in Chicago will encourage Tony to do a more absolute and “cleaner” job than Goodman and Hamlin.

"You'll find out later." Will didn't know his actual psychology, so he played it off cheerfully.

He and Diane are in a very good mood. As the leading member of the fantasy lawyer team, they just made a splash outside, especially today when Cochran didn't come.

In any case, I woke up, regardless of my deeds, and now I need to cooperate with them to solve the Bahn case as soon as possible.

A group of people sat down in the defendant's seat. There were no spectators today. The special prosecutor of the Bahn case took the former Kukri State prosecutor Childs to take his seat in the public prosecution seat, but his attitude has become much more vague. The old man of the special prosecutor still talked to He nodded his head as a greeting.

Soon, the judge of the Barn case, a bookish Caucasian male in his forties, appeared and walked towards the high bench.

Everyone stood up one after another, "No, APLUS." The judge's attitude was also very kind, and he smiled to stop himself from trying to stand up with his hands on the armrests of the wheelchair.

"Wait, you also participated?" the judge asked suddenly.

"What?" Song Ya found that he was looking directly at the red ribbon on his chest.

"Yes, Your Honor, all of us participated." Will quickly answered on his behalf.

"very good……"

The judge was very happy. It turned out that he also had a red ribbon pinned on his chest, the same style, "We need to wake up the public's attention to HIV, which is the social responsibility of all citizens..." He didn't sit down immediately, and came to a paragraph about HIV on the spot. Improvised speeches on prevention and control issues.

So it turns out, Song Ya secretly gave Will Gardner a look of approval, the top lawyer hired with a lot of money has a lot of methods, Lu Ziye.

Will responded with a quick blink of his eyes triumphantly. As for how he found out about this, it is probably an exclusive secret.

The judge finished his speech, "Okay, these are just some of my personal opinions... Sit down, sit down." He pressed his hands down and glanced at the prosecutor's seat at the same time.

"Yes, you are quite right, Your Honor."

Song Ya, Will and others echoed in unison, applauded, and turned their heads to look at the prosecution seat while sitting down.

The special prosecutor and Childs touched their smooth chests and sat down sullenly.

Haha, a good start.

"Did you join the Speeding Party organization after graduating from college?"

Soon the formal process began, and the bailiffs brought in twelve candidate jury members. This was just the first batch, and there would be more to come.

Then came the questioning session, and Will Gardner began to question a white man in his thirties with the information.

"Uh... it's just the Harlem Motorcycle Club, very short-lived." The white man replied: "After I got a job, I didn't have time to participate anymore."

"But you guys still keep in touch and personal friendships with your riders?" Will asked again.

"Of course, they are all my friends."

After Will turned around and whispered to the master, "We don't think this man is suitable for serving as a jury." Let the judge remove the other party from the jury.

The special prosecutor also sent Childs to question and kick out a black aunt.

"I don't want to come here yet!" The black aunt cursed and left.

But no matter how hard the prosecution works, according to the population ratio of the southern city district where this federal court is located, at least half of the twelve jury members will be black. Except for jury members with middle-class education and income levels and good past records, the bottom blacks have long been filtered out.

But now after being shot and unconscious, these black people should have at least sympathy for themselves.

"Sorry, I don't want to be in contempt of court, I'm just a little tired..."

The entire "draft" process was very lengthy, and Song Ya began to show her acting skills in reality again, slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep, and then her head fell heavily once, and immediately apologized to the judge after "waking up".

"It's okay, I understand, you can do APLUS yourself."

It seems that he is a very talkative judge who is kind to himself.