American TV series Detective's Daily Life

The mock trial lasted a long time.

As a senior prosecutor, Ben Stone was also greatly inspired by this process. He checked for omissions and filled in the gaps. He felt that his winning rate increased from 60% to 80%. He said goodbye to Chuck and the others and went back to have a good sleep.

As for why it’s only 80%?

The trial process relies on improvisation, and no one knows what weird angle the defense lawyer will suddenly come from to overturn the case in one fell swoop.

This situation is rare, but not impossible.

The defense lawyer for Dr. Edward Oster was the barrister who had created such a record.

Now that Chuck organized this mock court, he actually had a few more tricky angles to consider this case. He felt that the defense lawyer might not be able to think of these. Even if he thought of it, he would have a response, and there would be fewer variables. Of course he could fall asleep.

The next day.

The people in front of the court were all media reporters.

As expected, Edward Auster's defense lawyer was interviewed, talking about the various plights suffered by medical workers and calling for no persecution, seeming to frame Dr. Edward Auster as the embodiment of medical workers.

The Doctors Association also sent representatives to follow and stand in support.

This is also a routine routine.

In the United States, in order not to let people know that there are only two classes, namely the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, not only the pseudo-concept of the middle class was created, but also everyone was divided into countless small groups.

According to race, there are African Americans, Asians, Chinese Americans, Chinese Americans, etc. According to gender, there were originally only men and women, but later it became more than 100 kinds, and it is still expanding. The more divided, the more circles, and the more circles. The smaller it is, the less powerful the people inside it are.

This naturally also includes classification by occupation.

Doctors have a medical association, nurses have a nurses union, police officers have a police union, and even homeless homeless people have organizations like the Homeless Aid Association. It’s really done. No matter who you are, you have your own circle organization.

Take the Homeless Aid Society as an example. Of course, it cannot be organized by homeless people. It is just established in the name of homeless people. It asks for money from the government, charitable donations from companies and individuals, and supports the people of the Homeless Aid Society. Staff in suits and ties.

He usually turns a blind eye to homeless people, and even engages in the business of organizing homeless people to test drugs. This is not a relatively formal experiment approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Many of them have serious side effects. Once something happens and it makes the news, it will be too high-pressure. If they don't come down, these people immediately stand in the spotlight and talk about how homeless people are human beings and have all equal rights.

Doctors have status, status, and money, so doctors' associations are relatively normal. Of course, they have to show their presence at this time. After all, they rely on this to make a living!

Executive Assistant Prosecutor Ben Stone was also a familiar figure in the eyes of the New York media. When he came over, he was surrounded by people asking questions, but he simply said a few correct words and walked in quickly.

The judge enters the room and the trial officially begins.

It started out like a replay of last night's moot court.

But before calling in the alcoholism expert, Ben Stone called the person in charge of the alcohol treatment that Chuck had discovered that Edward Auster secretly attended.

"Dr. Oster was very impatient with our treatment process. A course of treatment lasted 28 days, and Dr. Oster only came for 6 days. We persuaded him to stay, but we couldn't."

The person in charge of the alcohol treatment center was forcibly summoned to the witness stand. He did not want to commit perjury and go to jail, so he could only tell the truth.

"Do you think Dr. Oster knew he was addicted to alcohol when he left the clinic?"

asked Executive Assistant Prosecutor Ben Stone.

"If he didn't know, why did he come to our clinic for treatment?"

The person in charge of the alcohol treatment center complained.

"Now I ask that you answer my question with a 'yes' and a 'no' to avoid making the same subjective assumptions as before."

After the prosecutor finished the question, the defense lawyer came over immediately and used the classic lawyer's questioning routine of only asking for one-sided answers and not allowing the witness to say more.

"Did Dr. Oster ever tell you 'I'm addicted to alcohol'?"

"No."

The person in charge of the alcohol treatment center thought for a while and shook his head.

"In fact, did Dr. Oster tell you, 'I'm not addicted to alcohol'?"

the defense attorney asked again.

"Everyone who comes in..."

The director of the alcohol treatment center tried to explain, but was directly interrupted by the defense lawyer in the loudest voice: "Just answer with yes and no! Did he say the words 'I am not addicted to alcohol'?"

"Yes!"

The person in charge of the alcohol treatment center could only nod.

"No problem."

The defense lawyer ended the questioning proudly.

Detective Amy Santiago looked around and found that the attitudes of the jury and the audience had changed, and they seemed to really believe it.

"Is this okay? Every one of the arrested criminals said they were innocent!"

"This example is inappropriate. It should be even more outrageous than a lie that a criminal who had already pulled out his penis from behind explained that he was gay and stuffed the wrong thing into his body when he was having fun last night and then being believed! "

Detective Shenfan complained.

"Stupid Earthlings!"

Chuck deadpanned Young Sheldon's classic exclamation.

In the world of American TV dramas, Americans who have been poisoned by happy education are sometimes so anti-intellectual that people can’t help but lament this sentence.

Next up is the appearance of experts on alcoholism in court.

When asked by the defense lawyer, ‘If he made a mistake, does that mistake have to be caused by drinking? Or is it possible that not drinking alcohol can cause it? ', all he could say was 'Obviously no one else can make this judgment, only this 55-year-old, 185-pound man knows it himself.' In the dock, Dr. Edward Oster raised his brows and couldn't suppress the curvature of his mouth. The pride is palpable.

He is not some chubby boy. Even if he knows that it is intentional to some extent, he will not admit that he did it on purpose, and will only say that he was not careful.

For a person of his status and status, even if everyone knows the truth, it is enough to keep it tacit. It would be impolite to say it like that.

Unless you say this intentionally to disgust the other person.

But now that he said he didn't do it on purpose, he had the internal odor that the fat boy said he did on purpose. It would disgust anyone who could sue him. However, as long as he was not tied up by Wonder Woman's mantra lasso, no one except himself would do it. If a person can prove what he was thinking at the time, isn’t that awesome!

How could he be dissatisfied?

"This is simple, just do a simple experiment."

Executive Assistant Prosecutor Ben Stone immediately said: "Let the defendant repeat the process and drink 10 glasses of whiskey in two hours, and then we will see if he is drunk or not. I think we can still afford to wait for two hours." !”

"be opposed to!"

When Edward Auster's expression changed drastically, the defense lawyer immediately objected.

"What's the reason for your objection?"

the judge asked.

"Drunkenness is not only related to the amount and time of drinking, but also affected by other factors such as mood, environment, age, etc."

The defense lawyer's mind was racing, and as he walked towards the judge, he blurted out his explanation: "The current test results cannot prove the client's true state, so the defense objects to the prosecution's proposal to use this kind of experiment to prove it."

"Please!"

Executive Assistant Prosecutor Ben Stone immediately looked at the jury: "The incident happened less than a week ago. This can all be related to age. Could it be said that one week ago, the defendant was not drunk for ten drinks, and a week later, the defendant Did you get drunk just after drinking?"

"be opposed to!"

The defense attorney objected again, then looked at the judge.

"The objection is valid."

The judge thought for a moment and made a ruling.

"All right."

Seeing this, Executive Assistant Prosecutor Ben Stone glanced at Edward Auster, who had a frozen smile on his face, and stopped dwelling on this issue.

In fact, it is no longer important to conduct experiments or not. What is important is to let the jury know that the defendant does not dare to prove his innocence even on such basic common sense judgment issues, which deepens the jury's distrust of the defendant.

Once this distrust accumulates enough, even if Edward Auster was really careless, the jury would regard him as intentional and find him guilty.

"Let me change the question. Phenazine cannot be used together with meperidine. Is this medical knowledge only known by famous doctors?"

"No!"

The new third-party medical expert witness shook his head: "This is basic medical common sense, and every doctor should know it."

"As far as I know, using phenazine and meperidine together will cause the patient to die quickly. Even in medical common sense, the danger of mixing these drugs should be one of the key assessment points that need to be remembered, right?"

Executive Assistant Prosecutor Ben Stone pressed.

"certainly."

Third-party medical experts nodded.

"That would be interesting!"

Executive Assistant Prosecutor Ben Stone laughed: "So either the defendant committed a crime because he was drunk and could not control himself, or he committed a crime that no doctor should and must not commit when he was fully controllable. A mistake that led to the death of a young girl, Susan Wardrickey?

My question is, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, a practicing doctor for 25 years, a compiler of authoritative books on cardiology, and a winner of the Lasker Medical Award, under his full ability, would accidentally make a mistake that no doctor, including an intern, can do. Medical common sense mistakes that focus on memory?

Was it intentional or accidental?

To be honest, if it weren't for this case, I would rather he did it on purpose. Otherwise, if such an authoritative and famous doctor is like this, how can we ordinary patients dare to enter the hospital to seek treatment from a doctor? "

"Objection! The prosecutor is magnifying the issue and discrediting the entire group of doctors."

The defense lawyer objected loudly before the prosecutor finished speaking. Unfortunately, Ben Stone was experienced and said what he wanted to say completely and clearly in the fastest tone.

"Objection valid!"

The judge said: "Prosecutor, please pay attention to your expression!"

"I have no more questions, your honor."

Executive Assistant Prosecutor Ben Stone looked at the uproarous jury and the pale-faced Edward Auster, looked at each other at Chuck and the others in the audience, ended his questioning with a smile, and returned to his room. on the seat.

This question was asked by Chuck in the moot court last night, but he had not thought of the key point before.

After asking now, the effect is really great.

You, Edward Auster, can talk to yourself and say that you were careless, but if this carelessness is completely intolerable, and even makes everyone feel that you would rather you did it on purpose than by accident, then No matter what you say, you have already lost.

What is the most important thing for a doctor?

In addition to medical skills, it is also the trust that patients have in doctors.

You drank too much, couldn't control yourself, and made mistakes. Except for the family members of the person involved, it is understandable to others.

After all, the United States itself has a drinking culture. Everyone drinks and is considerate of each other.

Moreover, alcoholism can be stopped. As long as you stop drinking and then practice medicine, it won't be a big problem.

But if you don't admit that your ability has been impaired due to alcoholism, then you, a top-notch doctor with decades of experience in practicing medicine, can actually commit this kind of thing. No doctor or even a medical student should or can. A stupid mistake.

This is terrible.

Although many of those who go to the hospital to seek treatment from a doctor are a matter of life and death, most of them are diseases that can be treated and alleviated.

These illnesses do not involve life or death.

But now the top famous doctor Edward Oster is telling everyone to be careful. Going to the hospital for treatment is like playing Russian Roulette. There is a life-or-death crisis at any time, and the probability is not low.

Is it surprising that even top famous doctors are like this? Not happy?

The trust between patients and doctors, which was neither much nor easy to establish, disappeared.

This is a nightmare for everyone, regardless of patients or doctors!

"To answer the prosecutor's question, only Dr. Edward Auster himself knows this question."

The third-party medical expert on the witness stand suddenly said: "But according to the common sense I know, any professionally trained doctor will not make such a key common sense mistake, of course, if his ability is completely controlled. "

That’s right!

As a so-called independent third-party medical expert, he also expressed his position.

no way!

The prosecutor's questions have touched upon his fundamental interests as a doctor.

He could not accept that Dr. Edward Auster had lied and brought down all doctors, including himself, in order to avoid his responsibility.

"The defense requests an adjournment!"

The defense lawyer glared at the third-party medical expert who took the initiative to speak, and quickly went to the judge to apply.

"license!"

The judge ruled: "The court will resume in the afternoon!"

He knew that the defense was looking for a deal with the prosecutor, and as a judge, he was eager for the two parties to make a direct private deal to end the case.

After all, he is not the kind of star judge who chases media heat and stands in the spotlight.

This heat was too hot for him and might burn him.

So he would rather not.

"Manslaughter, minimum sentencing recommendation."

The defense attorney had a quick discussion with the pale-faced Dr. Edward Oster, and then quickly caught up with Executive Assistant Prosecutor Ben Stone who was leaving.

"No!"

Ben Stone refused: "Second degree unpremeditated murder!"

"Please!"

The defense lawyer frowned: "We have chosen to compromise, so you should continue. This is already our biggest concession. If we continue, let alone the outcome, we will waste judicial resources. You don't want to, right?" ?”

"Persistence now is to save less judicial resources in the future!"

Executive Assistant Prosecutor Ben Stone said: "Someone told me that this case is particularly suitable to scare the monkeys and scare doctors who have no professional ethics or are completely numb. You also said that Dr. Edward Oster has been practicing medicine for 25 years. , not two and a half years! A top authoritative doctor who has been a top doctor for 25 years, is there anyone more suitable than him?"

Defense counsel:"……"