American TV series Detective's Daily Life

"Edward, let's go."

Although the defense lawyer was surprised at why Ben Stone mentioned two and a half years instead of the one-year internship period as an intern, after thinking about it, he only thought that Ben Stone was trying to achieve ten times the effect, so he stopped talking. After thinking too much, I glanced at my client and saw that he couldn't accept it at all, so I pulled the angry but frightened client away.

"We definitely won this time!"

The African-American prosecutor's assistant laughed.

"yes."

Ben Stone sighed: "Detective Chuck really deserves his reputation!"

"Or maybe we didn't work hard enough."

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

"It doesn't matter, he's on our side."

Ben Stone smiled.

"Are you really not doing any business at all?"

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

"Don't do it."

Ben Stone shook his head: "That's not what I meant. What Dr. Wolfe said is right. Now we need to set a new example, and this case is very suitable and can have a great deterrent effect. For this, more judicial efforts must be made." The resources are also right.”

Speaking of this, he laughed at himself: "And we can't always let people say that our prosecutors only make deals with mud and let criminals who should be convicted and sentenced one after another escape from our hands, right?"

"Judicial resources are limited, but America's criminals are nearly limitless."

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 our best."

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

He knew that the assistant would probably think of his past. How difficult it would be to grow up and become a prosecutor because of his skin color.

The assistant witnessed firsthand the booming development of the prison service industry in the United States, and one after another was listed on the Nasdaq.

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

Like the community he came from, 30% of them have been in gangs since childhood, and 90% of them have been in gangs as teenagers, and many of them have been in and out of prison.

Although the number of African Americans does not exceed 100 million, the number of times a person is in and out of prison can double and triple in his lifetime.

After lunch break.

The court will reconvene in the afternoon.

"Doctor, has Dr. Oster discussed his drinking with you?"

Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Ben Stone stepped up the effort and directly subpoenaed Edward Auster's friend, who was also his doctor.

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

Edward Auster's friends immediately offered up professional turtle shells.

"But beyond the relationship between doctor and patient, you are still friends, right?"

Ben Stone asked.

"right."

Edward Auster's friends don't deny it.

"Where did you have lunch on January 7th?"

Ben Stone asked: "Your office?"

“No, Four Seasons!”

Edward Auster's friend told the truth.

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

Ben Stone asked.

"No."

Edward Auster's friend hesitated.

"You didn't charge him for medical treatment?"

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

"No, but..."

Edward Auster suddenly became nervous.

The brothers still settled the accounts openly.

He was indeed Edward Auster's friend, but he was also his doctor. As a doctor, he had to charge money to treat patients and examine their bodies, and it was not cheap.

This was all done by check, which could be easily verified, so he didn't dare to deny that he didn't have the money, but he didn't want to directly say anything detrimental to his friend.

"It's the cost of a lunch between friends."

Ben Stone gave him a straight step down.

"right!"

Edward Auster's friend immediately came down the steps.

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

Ben Stone finally revealed his true purpose.

"..."

Edward Auster's friend was stunned for a moment. What else could he do but agree?

He has already testified under oath in court. If he is caught for perjury and prosecuted by the prosecutor, he will go to prison for several years.

And now the prosecutor's meaning is obvious. Listen to me, it's a lunch between your friends. Telling what you know will not affect the doctor-patient confidentiality agreement.

If you don't listen, then don't blame me for catching you committing perjury.

A dead fellow Taoist or a dead Taoist?

It’s your choice!

"Did you say anything during lunch that made him particularly emotional?"

Ben Stone already got what he wanted from his eyes and asked directly.

"I told him that if he doesn't stop drinking, he won't survive five years!"

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

There was an uproar at the court hearing.

"Yes, this is a normal reaction!"

In the audience, Detective Amy Santiago heard this reaction and muttered quietly.

In the morning, it was clear that Edward Auster went to an alcohol rehab center and even stayed for 6 days to participate in treatment. However, the defense lawyer insisted that Edward Auster did not clearly say "I am recovering from addiction" and also said The words "I'm not here to quit drinking" actually made the jury and the audience roar in agreement.

It was simply incomprehensible to her as a normal person.

This is considered normal now!

A person who is a doctor himself goes to alcohol rehab. How can he know whether he is an alcoholic?

All right!

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

But you go to your own doctor for a physical examination and are told that if you don't stop drinking, you won't live for 5 years. In this case, do you still have to say that you didn't know you were addicted to alcohol?

And since you know that you are addicted to alcohol and you continue to drink alcohol before going to the ward for treatment, how dare you say that you didn't do it on purpose?

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

I did it on purpose! (proud face)

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

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

"allow!"

The judge had no opinion.

"The defense asked Dr. Edward Auster to testify!"

Under the puzzled gaze 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 desperate struggle.

The defense lawyer obviously wanted to take this opportunity to talk a lot about the achievements of Dr. Edward Auster, and once again remind the jury what an extraordinary doctor he was, so as to reduce as much as possible the accumulated and almost qualitative verdict. Distrust of Dr. Edward Auster.

But once Dr. Edward Auster takes the witness stand, while the defense attorney can talk about his merits, the prosecutor can also directly question Edward Auster himself during the cross-examination session and ask him to answer those harsh and critical questions. answer.

Originally, the defendant could avoid this procedure by using the "not to incriminate himself" clause.

Now Edward Auster's friend, the doctor, has said that if he does not stop drinking, he will only have 5 years to live, and once he is convicted of second-degree unpremeditated murder, the sentence will be more than 20 years to life imprisonment.

Even if Edward Auster went to prison and stopped drinking in disguise, he would definitely not live to end his sentence.

In this case, there is no shortage of one more person committing perjury to accumulate a prison term.

After all, so what if he was sentenced to hundreds of years?

What if, as a last-ditch effort, someone in the jury has a guilty conscience and remembers the virtues of Edward Auster as a famous doctor, wouldn't that be a desperate counterattack?

"Dr. Oster, can you tell me about something memorable that you have practiced medicine for so many years?"

The defense lawyer began to praise and turned the stage over to the actor-defendant.

"One 6-year-old child unfortunately died, but another child regained sight, and another child received a new heart. The boy who received the heart is now a major player in Little League."

Edward Auster sat on the witness stand and began to talk.

After all, he has been practicing medicine for 25 years, not just two and a half years. He has indeed treated many patients over the years, and some of them are just examples.

“How many doctors and doctors’ families have you treated in the past ten years?”

The flattering defense lawyer started again.

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

Edward Auster smiled and shook his head.

"I know this."

The admiring defense lawyer immediately looked at the jury and explained with a smile: "Because I specifically investigated, there are more than three hundred, which means that all other doctors and doctors' families are willing to put their lives and the lives of their families in your hands?"

"Hopefully I didn't let them down."

Edward Auster smiled reservedly.

"The defense is finished, your honor."

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

"Prosecutor?"

The judge looked at Ben Stone.

Ben Stone glanced at the words that the African-American assistant quickly wrote on the paper, stood up and walked to the witness stand. He glanced at Chuck, who had no reaction on the witness stand, and sighed inwardly.

How awesome!

No one could tell that Chuck had already sent a text message to the African-American assistant in such a short period of time, conveying his reply to the defense just now.

"Dr. Oster, may I ask which years in the past ten years did these more than 300 doctors and their families who put their lives in your hands come from?"

Executive Assistant Prosecutor Ben Stone immediately asked the question that made Edward Auster, who smiled reservedly, laugh no longer.

"I do not remember."

Edward Auster said reluctantly.

"I know this."

Ben Stone imitated the actions of the defense lawyer, looked at the jury, and explained: "I have done research, yes! Dr. Edward Auster has indeed treated more than 300 doctors and doctors in the past ten years. Family members, but this specific time must subtract the past three years.

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

The court was once again in uproar.

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

"I quote an intern who worked with Dr. Oster to explain. That is, every time Dr. Oster went to the emergency room, even the interns wanted to hide their patients to avoid being exposed by Dr. Oster. Indiscriminately treating someone drunk and then covering up the results is like an intern doctor using drugs 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 subtle term. Let me introduce to you the official explanation. That is, the patient died but the cause of death was unknown, and all occurred at night. Dr. Oster was in the emergency room at the time, and the hospital reconciled with the family afterwards. "

Ben Stone looked around and told the shocking truth.

"be opposed to!"

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

"Objection valid!"

The judge nodded.

"Let me change the question."

Ben Stone calmed down his emotions and looked at the colorless Edward Auster on the witness stand again: "Do you know that Jackie Payton, a nurse in the emergency room of the New York Medical Center, faked the patient's status as an organ transplant donor after he 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 was intentional or careless!"

Ben Stone retorted.

"invalid objection!"

The judge ruled: "The defendant answers the question!"

"have no idea."

Edward Auster shook his head.

"What's your attitude on this matter?"

Ben Stone asked: "According to the confession of the nurse involved, Jackie Payton, she did this to prevent the value of the deceased from wasting, and those organs could save more people."

When he said this, he directly quoted the story that Edward Auster quoted in his self-defense: "For example, a 6-year-old child died unfortunately, but another child regained his sight, and another child received a new heart. That boy is now a major player in Little League?"

"be opposed to!"

The defense lawyer has completely turned into a repeater, or a repeater with an ugly face.

"Prosecutor, please simplify your questioning."

The judge reminded.

"Okay, 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. Even in his description, a dead child is still valuable. Treat two or more.

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

I think this is the real reason why he knew that he was an alcoholic and that his abilities were uncontrollable due to alcoholism, but he still deliberately practiced medicine dangerously, time and time again!

But this is his illusion!

This is not in line with the professional ethics of doctors to save patients, isn't it?

No one wants to be the one who can be sacrificed at any time to save more patients due to his dangerous medical practice, right?

I don’t know what you think. Anyway, I don’t think so, nor do the doctors who were willing to put their lives and the lives of their families in the hands of Dr. Oster. "