Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 184
"Where did you get the knife?" Number Seven asked, looking at Valente in surprise.

"I picked it up from the shop next door to the courthouse, where there are many switchblades of this style."

Valente straightened his collar that was pulled by No. [-] just now, and he replied nonchalantly.

If someone pays attention to Valente's gaze at this time, he will be able to see that his gaze has actually been staying somewhere behind the round table, and there is a handsome young man with blond hair and golden eyes standing at that position. He is holding a white writing board, and a line of simple Terran characters are being written on the white writing board.

Xia Xiu had already told Valente the origin of the knife on the clipboard, but others couldn't see him at all.

True side aid.

"Number Eight, all this is your guesswork, and you can't prove that the knife didn't belong to Paul Colin."

After the initial consternation, Seven quickly found another key point. Valente could not prove that the switchblade did not belong to Paul Colin.

"Presiding judge, I think it is time to vote to determine whether Paul Colin is guilty or not. I don't think this is an act worth wasting too much time. A lot of evidence proves that he is a murder." Number Seven stretched out his hand to The presiding judge stated that he wanted to vote.

"Okay, then let's start the first round of voting." The presiding judge nodded in agreement.

Soon all those present received blank tickets stamped with the stamp of the Felony Court, bearing the following inscriptions:

【In my honor and conscience, my opinion:_____】

Next, the judges and jurors only need to write "yes" or "no" on their votes, and nothing is considered an abstention.

Any answer unfavorable to the defendant requires at least 8 votes in favor (8 votes to 4 votes) in the first-instance procedure; blank or invalid votes shall be counted as votes favorable to the defendant.

The first round of votes passed quickly.

All the jurors present folded their written votes and put them into the ballot box.

Subsequently, the presiding judge voted in front of the jury.

"2 abstentions, 3 votes against, 7 votes in favor; the abstentions and the votes against, now 5:7, this round of voting is not passed, you need to discuss it." The presiding judge finished reading the voting results.

After hearing the results, No. 11, No. 12, No. [-], No. [-], No. [-], No. [-], No. [-], all had obvious surprises and irritability on their faces.

Prejudice, discrimination, arrogance...

These are inherent in them, they don't think a ghetto-born is worth their time, and it makes more sense for them to watch a 20+ minute entertainment show than it does here.

The crux of modern society is that material development has caused many people to gradually lose their ability to think and judge, as well as their independent spirit and critical spirit due to the reduction of intellectual activities or the stylization of thinking.

"Everyone, as number eight said, life is only once. If we are wrong, he will leave this world forever. It is a fresh life, and his heart is still beating powerfully in this land. We The reason why we stand here is for justice, so we should be more cautious in making voting judgments."

As an elder, No. [-] got up and said to everyone present.

"Continue with the collegial discussion." The presiding judge also stood up to signal the continuation of the collegial discussion present.

"To prove the child's innocence, several earlier evidence must be overturned."

Number two spoke at this time, he is a white-collar worker.

"First, the testimony of the witness Jim, who heard the quarrel between old Colin and Paul; second, the testimony of Mrs. Alice, who saw the figure in the fight, and that figure was obviously Paul Colin, combined with the evidence In it, Jim said that he saw Paul fleeing, and there was no doubt—Paul Colin was the murderer!"

After listening to No. [-]'s words, everyone present subconsciously turned to Valente, who was in No. [-] position. They had subconsciously identified Valente as a supporter of the innocent side.

Valente lowered his head and thought for a while. He had actually discovered the loophole in the first proof point. The old man's walking speed itself was one of the suspicious points. It was impossible for the other party to cross the road to the old man in half a minute. The position where Colin died, the opponent's feet did not allow the opponent to do that.

The old man was lying, but Valente couldn't find out the motive for his lying, and time was too tight.

Valente looked up at the blond young man in the corner of the round table that only he could see. He now needed the other party to ask something from the old man.

Xia Xiu nodded understandingly. He made a gesture of understanding to Valente, and then he started to walk out. Now they need to use some "outside tricks" to find out something from the old man.

After Xia Xiu left, Valente said to the presiding judge:
"Judge, can I have a topographic map of old Colin's house?"

"Naturally there is no problem."

The presiding judge quickly went to the information area to find out the topographic map of Old Colin's house. He handed over the topographic map he found to Valente, and after Valente received the topographical map, he flattened it on the on the round table.

Valente took out a straight pen on the side, then circled a dot in two places, and then drew a straight line.

Everyone silently watched his operation.

"Everyone, everyone must have seen it during the trial. Mr. Jim is an old man with a leg problem. When he walked to the witness stand, it took him more than a minute, while a normal person can do it in ten seconds. Here we go."

Valente pointed to the two dots on the topographic map, one of which was old Colin's house, and the other was the temporary residence built by Jim.

"Old Colin's house is on the far left of the road, and Jim lives in the middle of the road across the road. Even if we choose a straight-line distance, according to the scale conversion, the distance is at least 20 meters, and he only took half a minute for this distance? "

Valente looked around at the crowd, and he asked them:
"Do you believe what he says?"

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the other side.

Jim was whistling happily and walking towards the outside of the courthouse. At this time, the heavy rain outside began to diminish, and the original huge raindrops had become raindrops. Jim tightened his worn-out robe and walked into a small In the alley, and when he just stepped into the alley, something enveloped his head, and the rain falling from the sky was thus blocked.

Jim looked up at the sky above him, and there was a black umbrella hanging over him. His eyes followed the hand holding the umbrella, and a handsome young man with blond hair and golden eyes was reflected in his eyes. He didn't know when the other party was He didn't even feel the person holding an umbrella close to him, the other party was standing beside him.

"Mr. Jim, can I ask you one thing?"

A gentle and polite smile was showing on the fair-haired young man's handsome face, and Jim's frightened expression was reflected in his golden vertical pupils.

"Gollon—"

Jim couldn't help swallowing his saliva. The deterrence exuded by the blond young man in front of him made him tremble with fear. At this moment, he was like a prey being targeted by a top predator, and his heart was drifting in the ocean of fear with.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not a bad person." Xia Xiu comforted with a smile.

"You...what do you want to ask." Jim felt his legs swaying wildly, as if he had lost control of his legs.

"Well, my question is simple."

The blond young man's smile became more warm, and he asked the old man softly:
"Old man, why did you make a false certificate?"

dong dong dong dong dong-

Jim's heart started beating crazily, and those dazzling vertical pupils occupied his field of vision. From his sight, it seemed as if two suns had risen in the sky, and the sea of ​​fear enveloped him, sinking him, making him Feel suffocated.

Must tell the truth! ! !

Otherwise you will die! ! !
"I, I, I...just want...to earn...an extra money...the police station has...a bonus for arresting witnesses of murderers."

"And...and, the way those people looked at me... made me feel like I found meaning."

Finally, Jim's swinging legs couldn't hold on any longer. Those legs turned over like a wrecked ship overturned by the waves. The old man fell hard to the ground. There it came out.

The old man raised his head tremblingly, he wanted to watch the expression of the owner of the two suns, and then he found that the two suns standing above him did not have his reflection at all.

"Sure enough, responsibility is something we expect others to fulfill, not something we want to fulfill ourselves."

"However, I still advise you to fulfill your responsibilities. After all, your life that you don't know when it will end is too empty. If you sell all the things inside, it will be really empty."

The figure of the blond young man faded away, leaving only the old man trembling in the rain.

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Collegiate room.

The rain outside the window began to stop, and the debate in the collegiate room continued.

"The second point of evidence, that is, Mrs. Alice, she actually did not perjure herself, but she really did not see the true appearance of the fighter..."

Valente's impassioned words continued to circulate in the collegiate room.

"Indentation on the glasses, Mrs. Alice has obvious indentations on the bridge of her nose, which shows that Mrs. Alice used to wear glasses earlier, but she took them off during the court today."

"Please recall Mrs. Alice's testimony carefully. What she said is: on the night of the incident, she lay in bed tossing and turning, so she planned to open the window to get some air. Unexpectedly, when she opened the window, she saw two people wrestling with each other. Among the people together, one of them seems to be holding a knife."

"Everyone, there is a high probability that a person does not wear glasses when he is resting in bed. Mrs. Alice used uncertain words in several places in her testimony, which proves that she actually does not know the person she saw that night. Is it Paul Colin."

"All Mrs. Alice is sure of is that Criminal Murder is about the same size as Paul Colin."

After Valente finished his argument, he paused to take a breath, and many jurors were moved by Valente's words, but No. [-] seemed obviously not convinced by these arguments.

Valente's argument is logically self-consistent, but there are too many coincidences in this set of arguments.

"The premise of your argument is that Mr. Jim committed perjury, and you have mentioned so many coincidences, then you might as well put these coincidences on Mr. Jim. Maybe Mr. Jim was too nervous to say in court. What about his own testimony? Maybe he actually took more time at that time, but he deliberately said that the time was shorter in order not to be discriminated against for his lameness?"

"Persons with physical disabilities are always a little sensitive, and we should be considerate of that." Number Seven expressed his opinion to the crowd.

After No. [-] finished speaking, the conference room fell into a brief silence again.

"Let's...let's proceed to the fourth round of voting." No. [-] raised his hand and reported to the presiding judge.

This is the fourth vote in the conference room.

Second vote: 4 against, 6 in favour, 2 abstentions.

Third vote: 4 against, 5 in favour, 3 abstentions.

Regardless of whether the crime is committed, a consensus must be reached. Even if there is no consensus, one party must have an overwhelming victory, that is, a special majority vote.

At this moment, when the jurors have great differences of opinion and cannot reach unanimous agreement or the conditions for a special majority vote, it has constituted a stalemate of the jury.

In fact, the presiding judge is already thinking about whether to re-elect the jury or re-do the entire approval process.

[jingling bell——]

The emergency phone in the conference room rang suddenly, interrupting the solemn vote. The presiding judge frowned in displeasure. He went to the emergency phone and connected it.

"whats the matter?"

"Judge, there is a special situation. One of the original witnesses, Jim, suddenly turned himself in. He told us that he gave false testimony for the bonus of the police station." The staff on the other end of the phone quickly reported to the presiding judge.

The presiding judge was confused by the sudden news for a while.

"Okay, I understand."

The presiding judge hung up the phone with a strange tone, then he thought about his tone, and then told the twelve jurors about Jim's perjury, and after the jurors finished listening, they all peeped at each other, and the scene became a bit awkward for a while. Embarrassing, especially for Seven.

"Ahem, ahem, let's continue the voting." The presiding judge coughed and continued.

Once this point has been reached, voting cannot be stopped.

The fourth vote ended soon, and the presiding judge slowly read out the results of the vote.

"Twelve votes against, Paul Colin, not guilty!"

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When Valente Bernard walked out of the court, he saw the familiar man and dog sitting on the court bench.

Valente walked towards a person and a dog.

"Drinks for you."

When Valente sat next to the blond youth, the other handed him a bottle of cold drink.

Valente took the cold drink delivered by the blond young man unceremoniously. After unscrewing the bottle cap, he started to drink wildly with his head raised. He was basically the one who talked the most in the conference room.

"You should be a juror next time." After drinking heavily, Valente replied to Xia Xiu, who was smiling.

"Democracy can only work in the hands of smart people." Xia Xiu shrugged and replied.

"Procedural justice is always prone to problems. Abraham, you said that you are from the kingdom of heaven, so I want to ask, what will happen if the kingdom of heaven on the extraordinary side interferes with the secular world?"

Valente asked the blond young man beside him.

Hearing Valente's question, Xia Xiu stood up from the bench and took out a coin from his pocket.

"Heads are guilty, tails are innocent."

Under Valente's gaze, Xia Xiu tossed up the coin in his hand, and the coin began to roll upward against the sunshine after the rain.

Snapped--

The blond youth stretched out his right hand and held the coin straight.

"The good shall be saved, and the evil shall be punished!"

Looking at the blond youth's clenched right hand, Valente seemed to understand something, and he asked him:

"How can the world understand this arrogance?"

The hand clenched into a fist expresses the absolute justice that the kingdom of heaven believes in, and when the kingdom of heaven takes hold of this justice, how should the world see the front and back of the coin in the fist.

"So the situation now is—"

At this time, the sun was shining suddenly, and the rainbow after the rain appeared behind the blond young man, and the holy light sprinkled on him.

"The extraordinary return to heaven, and the mundane to the secular."

The blond youth said so.

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(End of this chapter)