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Chapter 392 Lore!Sure enough, it was intentional (proud face)!
"Edward, let's go."

Although the defense lawyer was amazed at why Ben Stone mentioned two and a half years instead of the one-year internship as an intern, after thinking about it, he only thought that Ben Stone was trying to increase the tenfold effect, so he no longer After thinking about it, I glanced at my client and saw that he was completely unacceptable, so I dragged the angry but fearful client away.

"We definitely won this time!"

The African-American prosecutor's assistant laughed.

"Yes."

Ben Stone sighed: "Detective Chuck really lives up to his reputation!"

"Or rather we haven't tried hard enough."

The African-American prosecutor shook his head: "This logic is actually very simple, but we didn't think of it, but it was naturally used by him in the moot court last night."

"It's okay, he's on our side."

Ben Stone smiled.

"Really no deals at all?"

The African-American prosecutor asked: "The defense lawyer is right. Although he lost the trial, he can appeal later. I don't know how long it will last and how much judicial resources will be consumed."

"Don't do it."

Ben Stone shook his head: "That's not what I meant. Dr. Wolfe is right. Now we need to set a new model, and this case is very suitable and can have a great deterrent effect. Pay more for it. The resources are also appropriate."

Speaking of this, he laughed at himself: "And it can't always be said that we prosecutors only make deals with mud, and let one criminal after another who should have been convicted and sentenced to a heavy sentence escape from us?"

"Judicial resources are finite, while criminals in the United States are nearly unlimited."

The African-American prosecutor said with a heavy face, "We are just prosecutors, so what can we do?"

"Don't think too much! Just do what we can."

Ben Stone glanced at the assistant, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him.

He knew that the assistant probably remembered his past again. Because of his skin color, it was not easy to grow up to become a prosecutor.

The assistant has witnessed the vigorous development of the US prison service industry, and one after another has been listed on Nasdaq.

And their African ethnicity provides the most solid foundation for this service industry, with endless prisoners.

Like the community he came out of, 30.00% of them joined gangs when they were young, and 90.00% of them joined gangs when they grew up as teenagers, and many of them have already entered and exited prisons.

Although the number of African-Americans does not exceed [-] million, the number of times a person goes to and from prison in a lifetime can be doubled and doubled.

after lunch break.

Court again in the afternoon.

"Doctor, did Dr. Oster discuss his drinking with you?"

Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Ben Stone doubled down, subpoenaing Edward Auster's friend and doctor directly.

"Anything I say to Dr. Oster is protected by the doctor-patient confidentiality agreement."

Edward Auster's friend offered a professional tortoise shell for the first time.

"But outside of the doctor-patient relationship, you're still friends, aren't you?"

asked Ben Stone.

"Correct."

Friends of Edward Auster did not deny it.

"Where did you have lunch on January [-]?"

Ben Stone pressed, "Is your office?"

"No, Four Seasons Hotel!"

Edward Auster's friends tell the truth.

"Did you examine Dr. Edward Oster at the hotel?"

asked Ben Stone.

"Do not."

Edward Auster's friend hesitated for a moment.

"You didn't charge his medical fee?"

Ben Stone walked up to the witness stand and looked him straight in the eye.

"No, but..."

Edward Oster suddenly tensed up.

The brothers are still clear.

He is indeed a friend of Edward Oster, but he is also the doctor of the other party. As a doctor, he sees a doctor and checks a patient. Of course, he has to charge money, and it is not cheap.

It was all checks, and it was easy to verify, so he dared not deny that he didn't have the money, but he didn't want to directly say anything against his friend.

"This is the cost of buying lunch between friends."

Ben Stone gave him a step down straight away.

"Correct!"

Edward Oster's friend immediately came down the steps.

"So this is a lunch conversation between friends, not bound by a doctor-patient confidentiality agreement?"

Ben Stone has finally revealed his true purpose.

"..."

Edward Oster's friend was stunned for a while, what else could he do but agree?

He has testified under oath in court, and if he is caught and prosecuted by the prosecutor for perjury, he will be imprisoned for several years.

And now the prosecutor's meaning is obvious, listen to me, that's lunch between your friends, you tell what you know, and it won't affect the confidentiality agreement between doctors and patients.

If you don't listen, then don't blame me for holding you as perjury.

A dead fellow or a dead poor?

You choose!

"At lunchtime, did you say anything that got him particularly emotional?"

Ben Stone had already gotten what he wanted from the look in his eyes, and asked directly.

"I told him he wouldn't live five years if he didn't stop drinking!"

Edward Auster's friend bowed his head, lowered his eyes, and spoke the truth.

There was an uproar at the court hearing.

"That's right, that's a normal reaction!"

In the auditorium, Detective Amy Santiago heard this reaction and whispered.

In the morning, it was obvious that Edward Oster went to the alcohol rehabilitation center, and even stayed for 6 days to participate in treatment. As a result, the defense lawyer insisted that Edward Oster did not explicitly say 'I have an addiction', and also said The words 'I'm not here to quit drinking' caused the jury and the audience to applaud.

It was beyond comprehension for a normal person.

Now this is considered normal!
A person who is a doctor himself has gone to participate in alcohol rehabilitation, can he not know whether he is an alcoholic?
Ok!

You deceive yourself and others, there is nothing you can do about it.

But when you go to your own doctor for a physical and are told that you won't live 5 years if you don't stop drinking, how can you still say you don't know you have an alcohol addiction?
And since you know that you are addicted to alcohol, and you have been drinking heavily before going to the ward for medical treatment, how dare you say that you didn't do it on purpose?

It's such a time, why can't you say that sentence proudly.

I did it on purpose! (proud face)

"Your Honor, the defense wants to call one of our witnesses!"

The defense lawyer and the defendant whispered a few words, then got up and applied to the judge.

"allow!"

The judge had no opinion.

"The defense has invited Dr. Edward Oster to testify!"

Under the puzzled eyes of the prosecutor, the defense lawyer gave the answer.

Everyone was surprised.

So do prosecutors.

However, Ben Stone and the African-American prosecutor's assistant quickly realized that this was the last dying struggle.

The defense lawyer obviously wanted to take this opportunity to talk about the achievements of Dr. Edward Oster, and remind the jury again, what kind of doctor is this? Distrust of Dr. Edward Oster.

But once Dr. Edward Oster is on the witness stand, while defense lawyers can talk about credit, prosecutors can also directly question Edward Oster himself during the cross-examination session, asking him to answer those harsh key issues. answer.

Originally, the defendant could use the clause of 'no self-incrimination' to avoid this procedure.

Now Edward Oster's friend doctor has said that if he doesn't quit drinking, he can only live for 5 years, and once he is convicted of second-degree unpremeditated murder, the sentence will be more than 20 years to life imprisonment.

Even if Edward Oster went to prison and quit drinking in disguise, he would definitely not survive his sentence.

That being the case, it is not short of one more perjury to add up to the sentence.

After all, so what if the sentence is hundreds of years?
If, in the last fight, someone in the jury is guilty of the Virgin Mary, and remembers Edward Oster's goodness as a famous doctor, wouldn't it be a Jedi counterattack!
"Dr. Oster, can you tell me about the memorable things you have practiced for so many years?"

The defense lawyers began to cheer, and handed over the stage to the actor and the defendant.

"A 6-year-old died, another got his sight again, another got a new heart, and the boy who got the heart is now a major player in Little League Baseball."

Edward Auster sat on the witness stand and began to speak eloquently.

After all, he has practiced medicine for 25 years, not just two and a half years. He has indeed treated many patients in these years, and some of them are examples.

"How many doctors and their families have you treated in the past ten years?"

The defense lawyers who are flattering have started again.

"I really can't remember this, there are too many."

Edward Auster shook his head with a smile.

"I know this."

The defense lawyer who was so popular immediately looked at the jury and explained with a smile: "Because I made a special investigation, there are more than 300, which means that all other doctors and doctors' family members are willing to put their lives and their families' lives in your hands?"

"Hopefully I didn't disappoint them."

Edward Auster smiled reservedly.

"The defense is done, Your Honor."

The acclaimed defense lawyer glanced at the jury whose attitude had changed again, and then said to the judge.

"Prosecutor?"

The judge looked at Ben Stone.

Ben Stone glanced at the words quickly written on the paper by the African-American assistant, got up and walked to the witness stand, glanced at Chuck who did not respond in the witness stand, and sighed inwardly.

It's amazing!

No one can see that Chuck has sent a text message to the African-American assistant in such a short period of time, conveying his response to the defense just now.

"Dr. Oster, may I ask the more than 300 doctors and their family members who have entrusted their lives to you, in which years in the past ten years?"

Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Ben Stone immediately asks the question that makes Edward Auster, who is smiling with restraint, no longer laugh.

"I do not remember."

Edward Oster said reluctantly.

"I know this."

Ben Stone imitated the action of the defense lawyer, looked at the jury, and explained: "I did the investigation, that's right! Dr. Edward Oster has indeed treated more than 300 doctors and their family members in the past ten years , but this specific time has to subtract the past three years.

In other words, in the past ten years, only the first seven years have been like this, but in the past three years, no doctor or family member of the doctor has entrusted his life to Dr. Oster. What is the reason?Dr. Oster, please tell me! "

There was an uproar in the court again.

You don't need to answer this question to know the reason. It must be that other doctors know the truth about the defendant's alcoholism, and they dare not put the lives of themselves and their family members in the hands of such a famous doctor.

"I quote an intern who worked with Dr. Oster to explain that every time Dr. Oster came into the emergency department, even the intern tried to hide his patient so that he would not be seen by Dr. Oster. After being drunk, he treated and put to death indiscriminately, and then covered up the results, which became an intern doctor who was still practicing indiscriminately.

In the past three years, the Emergency Center of New York Medical Center has reported six adverse events to the Department of Health. Adverse events are such a delicate term. Let me introduce the official explanation, which means that the patients died but the cause of death was unknown, and all occurred at night. Dr. Oster was in the emergency room at that time, and the hospital reconciled with the family afterwards. "

Ben Stone looked around and told the startling truth.

"be opposed to!"

The defense lawyer stood up and objected loudly: "These cannot be proven to be related to my client!"

"Objection is valid!"

The judge nodded.

"I'll change the question."

Ben Stone restrained his emotions and looked again at the uninspired Edward Oster on the witness stand: "You know that Jackie Payton, a nurse in the emergency room of the New York Medical Center, faked the fact that the patient was an organ transplant donor after the patient died. something?"

"be opposed to!"

The defense lawyer objected loudly again: "This has nothing to do with this case!"

"Your Honor, I just want to prove whether the defendant did it intentionally or carelessly!"

Ben Stone retorted.

"invalid objection!"

"The defendant answers the questions!" the judge ruled.

"do not know."

Edward Oster shook his head.

"Then what is your attitude towards this matter?"

Ben Stone asked: "According to the testimony of the nurse Jackie Payton, she did this to prevent the value of those deceased from being wasted, and those organs can save more people."

Speaking of this, he directly quoted the story Edward Auster quoted in his self-defense just now: "For example, a 6-year-old child died unfortunately, but another child regained his sight, and another child got a new heart, got a heart The boy in the house is now a major player in Little League?"

"be opposed to!"

The defense lawyer has completely turned into a repeater, and it is still a repeater with an ugly face.

"Prosecutor, please simplify your interview."

The judge reminded.

"Yes, Your Honor."

Executive Assistant Prosecutor Ben Stone nodded: "Everyone, I just want to say that in Dr. Oster's eyes, patients are valuable whether they are alive or dead. Heal two or more.

So in his eyes, life and death are not that important.

I think this is the real reason why he still practiced medicine deliberately and dangerously, again and again, knowing that he was an alcoholic, and knowing that his ability was uncontrollable due to alcoholism!

But this is his illusion!
This is not in line with the professional ethics of doctors who are all about helping patients, isn't it?

No one wants to be the one who can be sacrificed to treat more patients at any time under his dangerous practice, right?
I don’t know what you think, anyway, I don’t want to, and those doctors who were willing to put the lives of themselves and their family members in the hands of Dr. Oster didn’t think so either. "

(End of this chapter)