Chapter 182 Are you handsome? Are you smart? Is this a question?

  Pre-trial site.

   "Now this court announces that the pre-trial begins, please explain your own arguments in court!"

   With Judge Chen's announcement, the pre-trial began.

  Lan Zhengye stood up first, with a solemn expression on his face: "Hello everyone, your Excellency the judge, I am Lan Zhengye, the representative of the prosecution!"

   "The prosecution believes that the suspect Fang Yunshu murdered his ex-husband Zeng Xiang. The suspect's method of committing the crime is cruel and the impact of the murder is extremely bad... After negotiation, the prosecution advocates life imprisonment for the suspect!"

   Hearing this result, the vast majority of people in the court were not surprised.

   Some people even think that the death penalty is not an exaggeration.

   Judge Chen nodded and looked towards the defense table.

  The prosecution has finished speaking, it is your turn to defend.

   At the same time, he was also curious about what Zhang Wei's proposition was.

   Is it a discretionary commutation of the guilty plea, or an uncharacteristically unconventional defense of the innocence that is almost impossible to win.

   Actually, before the trial, he asked two colleagues in the office, Judge Wang and Judge Li.

   Both told him not to underestimate Zhang Wei, he was the best at surprises.

   "Let me see how you kid can surprise me!"

   Judge Chen had some expectations in his heart.

   "Your Excellency, the defense declares on behalf of the parties that we will defend innocence on the grounds of self-defense!"

  Zhang Wei has no nonsense, just announced it directly.

   His court argument also caused some commotion in the courtroom.

   "Not guilty plea!"

   "It's actually a defense of innocence, and on the grounds of self-defense, so they want to prove that the deceased posed a threat to the suspect?"

   "How do you prove that? Zeng Xiang didn't have any weapons on his body. According to the public evidence of the Wushu Association, he shouldn't have any tools for murder, right?"

   "Could it be that this lawyer Zhang is going to rely on one mouth to blame all the faults on the deceased?"

   "That's right, defense lawyers usually do this, and put the blame on the deceased. No one has a chance to speak, and it's even more impossible to refute him!"

   A vote of reporters, all whispering, looking at Zhang Wei with strong speculation and sarcasm.

   "Not guilty defense, this kid really dares to do this?"

   "Lan Gaojian, Zhang Wei's style is like this. I don't think it's strange. If he chooses to reduce his sentence as appropriate, I'm a little surprised!"

   Lan Zhengye and Zhao Jing at the next table communicated in a low voice, but they were not surprised.

  Lan Gaojian has experience here, and the surface is light and windy, while Zhao Jing has seen Zhang Wei's methods, but he is also used to it.

   On the side of the courtroom, Li Qinghua's fingers trembled as he entered the text.

   "This kid, he really dares to talk nonsense with his eyes open. That woman killed her ex-husband in the street. Do you still think the other party is innocent?"

   But Li Qinghua's opinion is not important. She is a court clerk and cannot affect the trial.

   "Sure enough, this kid really exceeded my expectations!"

   Judge Chen was also startled at the bench.

   However, he is an old judge after all, and he is not so obvious, and others can't see his stunned moment.

   After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Lawyer Zhang, are you sure you want to use self-defense as the justification for your innocence defense?"

   "Your Majesty, I have made up my mind, and the parties requested it!"

   Judge Chen looked at Fang Yunshu beside Zhang Wei, who lowered his head but did not object.

   "Well then, the court has confirmed that the court has received the arguments of both parties!"

   Judge Chen tapped the hammer, then looked at the court guard on the other side, and ordered, "Let the candidate jury come in!"

   Under the leadership of Ting Wei, the candidate jury entered and walked to the jury bench.

   "Defense lawyer, please!"

   Judge Chen said politely, and Zhang Wei naturally stepped forward.

   On the prosecution table, Lan Zhengye leaned over to Zhao Jing's side again, "I saw Zhang Wei's case against you before. Is his question really that outrageous?"

   "There is no most outrageous, only more outrageous!"

"Yes?"

   Hearing Zhao Jing's answer, Lan Zhengye fell into deep thought.

   Generally speaking, the work of screening the jury is the first confrontation between the prosecution and the defense before the trial.

   Whether it is the prosecution or the defense, they are extremely cautious and cautious in asking questions.

   And Zhang Wei's previous criminal cases, he also read the records.

   I can only say that those questions are a bit irritating.

   Lan Zhengye frowned and looked at Zhang Wei who was walking towards the jury bench. He wanted to see what kind of questions the defense lawyer would ask today.

   He did not believe that in such an important case, the other party would ask outrageous questions.

   Without mentioning the speculations of others, Zhang Wei has already walked to the front of the jury.

   "Cough, hello everyone!"

   He greeted the candidate jury with a smile, but received few responses.

   Zhang Wei didn't care, he walked up to a man and asked with a smile, "Hello, sir!"

"Hello!"

   "Do you think you are handsome?"

"This……"

   This question made the man a little stunned, and also made the other jurors look astonished.

   This Nima is also a question. If you ask me if I am handsome, how should I answer?

   Not only the jurors, but even Judge Chen in the trial bench, Li Qinghua, the clerk on the side, and Lan Zhengye in the prosecution bench, were all overwhelmed by this question.

   What kind of question is this?

  You can't ask questions carefully, you have to ask the jurors if they are handsome?

   Well, this question can no longer be considered outrageous, it can only be said that it is outrageous!

   But Zhang Wei doesn't care what other people think, he just wants the jury's answer now.

   The man who was questioned answered quickly. He shook his hair and said with a smile, "I admit, I'm still a little handsome!"

  Zhang Wei nodded, "Sir, your answer is very honest, but I don't allow people who are more handsome than me in court!"

   "Your Honor, the defense asks the juror to leave!"

   Judge Chen's wrinkled old face couldn't hold back anymore. Facing Zhang Wei's reason, he opened his mouth and finally couldn't help it.

   "Defense lawyer, are you sure you want to remove this juror for this reason?"

   "Your Excellency, the defense confirms, please approve!"

"okay then……"

  Although this question is so outrageous that it has not changed, Judge Chen did not object, after all, this is the freedom of the defense.

   But after he recorded it, he still looked at Li Qinghua beside him, his eyes filled with questions.

   This is your son-in-law, why is this kid so unreliable?

  Li Qinghua saw Judge Chen's eyes and lowered his head subconsciously because of shame.

  Although Zhang Wei and his daughter were just boyfriend and girlfriend, she also knew that in the eyes of the judge, Zhang Wei and herself were considered a family.

   Now that Zhang Wei is doing things like this, Li Qinghua also feels ashamed, too embarrassing!

  Although this question has attracted countless people's inner complaints, even the mother-in-law feels that she can't be a human being.

   But as the questioner, Zhang Wei was not at all embarrassed.

   After laughing at one of the jurors, he walked up to a well-dressed lady again, "This beauty, do you think you are beautiful?"

   "You call me beautiful, I think you're right!"

   Seeing the woman answer, Zhang Wei smiled and nodded.

   "Your Majesty, the defense believes that this beautiful lady is not suitable for the next court hearing, so please leave her seat!"

Judge    sighed, but nodded to Zhang Wei, and screened out another juror.

   Zhang Wei continued, he walked up to a bald man and asked with a smile, "Sir, do you think you are smart?"

   "Of course, I am the number one performance of our company, and I am often praised by my boss for being smart!"

   "Thank you for your answer, unfortunately I don't allow anyone smarter than me in court!"

   Zhang Wei said, his smile narrowed, "Your Excellency the judge, the defense requests..."

   "Okay, okay, I understand, you don't need to continue!"

   Judge Chen waved his hand and removed the juror.

After    screened out three jurors in a row, Zhang Wei chose to temporarily return to the defense stand and let the prosecution ask questions.

  Lan Zhengye adjusted his collar and walked to the jury.

   "Here I want to ask you a question. A woman killed her husband in public at the Wanjiahui site. Do you think she has other secrets, or do you think she must pay the price for killing someone?"

  Lan Zhengye's question is very conventional and closely related to the case.

   "I think you have to understand what happened, a woman may not kill her other half for no reason!"

   "I think, this woman is either stimulated or crazy, killing people in Wanjiahui Square, this is too outrageous!"

   "I think I need to understand the relationship between the two parties. Maybe this woman has long been dissatisfied with the man?"

   "Murdering in Wanjiahui, this woman is obviously crazy. Even if the husband and wife are in conflict, they shouldn't kill in a place where there are so many people. She will definitely pay for her actions!"

   "I think no matter what a man does, if a woman kills someone, then she must be responsible for her actions!"

   Faced with Lan Zhengye's question, the jurors expressed their opinions, and there are any answers.

   But generally speaking, these responses can be divided into two categories.

The    class will think about the reason why a woman kills, that is, the motive.

  The other side insists that killing is wrong and that women must be held responsible for the killing.

   "Thanks to the jury for the answer, I've figured it out!"

  Lan Zhengye nodded, then looked at the bench, "Your Majesty, the prosecution requests the removal of jurors No. 3, No. 14 and No. 21!"

   These are the people who asked the question before and answered the question to consider the motive of the woman's murder.

"as expected!"

  Zhang Wei sat in his seat and sneered.

   "Lawyer Zhang, these questions..." Fang Yunshu came over and asked in a low voice.

   "You should have seen the purpose of this high-level inspector, right?"

   Seeing Fang Yunshu nodding lightly, Zhang Wei analyzed: "His purpose is very simple, it is to target this case, or you!"

"The example when you asked the question can actually be seen as you. The person who answered the question to find a motive may think about the purpose of your killing your ex-husband, which is actually unnecessary for the prosecution. As for those who answered that killing will pay the price , is their ideal juror, they don't care why you kill people, they only see the fact that you kill people, and they have the same goal as the prosecution, killing people will go to jail!"

   "What about your question, I really don't understand your question..."

   "My question, is it so difficult to understand?"

   Zhang Wei was stunned, as if he felt that Fang Yunshu was too ignorant.

"Actually, my question is very simple, it is to get rid of those blindly confident people, these people will not believe your explanation, nor will you believe that the reason for your killing is to protect themselves, they only believe what they see, listen to It's too hard to convince such people that what I think is right or wrong, so I just eliminated them!"

"As for the way I asked questions, it was just a more obscure way to achieve my goal. You can't ask me to ask directly. Do you believe that my client murdered for a reason? If you do, please stay. Please leave if you believe me?"

   Fang Yunshu understood, if this was really asked, the judge would probably object.

   However, by asking questions in such a "unconventional" way, Fang Yunshu was also really impacted.

   "Your Honor, the prosecution's questioning is over!"

After   Lan Zhengye screened out the three, he also ended the question.

   "The defense wants to ask additional questions!"

  Zhang Wei got up again and walked to the jury.

"Jurors, please imagine this scene. If one day you are going to go to the supermarket and you are going to take several large bags of goods back to the car, suddenly a stranger of the opposite **** offers to help you carry the bags for you, and the other party is very beautiful or very attractive. Handsome, what do you think?"

   After Zhang Wei asked the question, he looked at a lady, "Ma'am, what would you think if a strange handsome guy helped you?"

   "Well, I'll... thank him?"

  The woman looked at Zhang Wei blankly, obviously she had never experienced such a thing in her life.

   "Thanks for your answer, ma'am."

   Zhang Wei thanked him and looked at the jury bench, "Your Excellency, the defense requests that this juror be removed!"

"This……"

   Judge Chen glanced at Li Qinghua, his eyes seemed to say, "How long has your son-in-law's symptoms lasted?"

  Li Qinghua felt humiliated, so he not only had to record Zhang Wei's question, but also accepted Judge Chen's question.

   She swore that when the pre-trial was over, she would definitely teach Zhang Wei a lesson.

   As far as the pre-trial performance is concerned, it's better to just wait and lose!

   Zhang Wei didn't know that the future mother-in-law was ready to teach her son-in-law a lesson.

   He turned to a man in a gray suit again, "Sir, what would you think if a strange woman helped you, and she was beautiful?"

   "I will warn her to stay away, because I can carry things myself, and I have a wife, and a strange woman approaches me, I will suspect that she has other purposes!"

   Zhang Wei couldn't help but nodded, this is the ideal juror I need.

   But he couldn't show his purpose, but responded to the man in the suit with a smile: "It seems that you love your wife very much!"

   "Your Honor, the defense accepts this juror!"

   Judge Chen looked at Zhang Wei, but nodded and wrote down the choice.

   After a short while, the jury screening was completed, and Judge Chen announced in public: "Very good, now we have a jury. The pre-trial is over today, and the trial will start tomorrow morning. Please prepare the court statement for the prosecution!"

After   , the court began to dissolve.

   As the judge left, Li Qinghua finally couldn't sit still.

   "Mother-in-law, you are busy, I will take the client one step ahead!"

   Zhang Wei did not know that Li Qinghua was going to teach himself a lesson, but left with Fang Yunshu.

   "This kid, how did Xiaoyueyue fall in love with such an unremarkable person!"

  Recalling the scene before the trial just now, Li Qinghua couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get in.

   "I heard before that Zhang Wei has been involved in a lot of cases, but this question is too outrageous!"

   She murmured, and began to wonder in her heart, was it because of luck that he could win Zhang Wei's previous case?

   "Forget it, he definitely won't be able to win this case. The opponent is the high-level inspector at the District Prosecution Headquarters. If he can win, I..."

  Li Qinghua thought for a while, but still didn't set up any flags, because Zhang Wei won't win or not, what does it have to do with her as a clerk?

  Thinking of this, she didn't bother to worry about Zhang Wei anymore.

   Court, prepare interior.

   Zhang Wei glanced at the door, and of course Lan Gao Jian did not appear.

   "Fortunately, I thought he would come over to negotiate and negotiate terms. It turned out that I was being sentimental."

   This is also normal. For the District Prosecution Headquarters, this case is almost a certainty.

   If this needs to be negotiated to reach a court defense deal, the District Attorney's Headquarters will feel ashamed.

   Lan Gaojian will naturally not come to Zhang Wei to discuss the matter of confession.

   He also said that the prosecution's request was life imprisonment, and they would not let a murderer serve only a few years or ten years in prison.

   Seeing Lan Gaojian's delay in showing up, Zhang Wei naturally retracted his gaze and returned to the preparation room.

   "Lawyer Zhang, what are you going to do tomorrow?"

   "Tomorrow has nothing to do with you, you just need to sit in the dock!"

Zhang Wei waved his hand, "Tomorrow is the prosecution's opening statement. He will ask witnesses to testify against you, the murderer. What you have to do is very simple, just don't be moved, and don't have too much emotional fluctuations when facing the testimonies. Just do it!"

   "Will that make me seem too indifferent?"

   "But if you are shaken, it will give people a feeling of guilty conscience. Keep your face expressionless and deal with the murder charge indifferently, this is what you should do!"

   Zhang Wei said, pointing in the direction of the court, "Remember my additional question?"

   "You mean that the opposite **** is approaching you, like the question you offered to be nice?"

   "Yes, that's the question!"

Zhang Wei nodded and explained: "My question is to screen out some people who don't believe in superficial phenomena. I need jurors who are suspicious of everything, just like a wife suspects that her husband is stalking her. You need someone who can understand you. Fortunately, the question just now allowed me to screen out a few such people. With them on the jury, the more indifferent you behave, the more suspicious they will become. Let them think about whether there is another hidden meaning in this case!"

  Fang Yunshu nodded, indicating that he finally understood Zhang Wei's question.

   Afterwards, she left the city court under the **** of two field officers of the Wushu Association.

   Zhang Wei walked to the window and glanced at the situation at the gate. There were indeed many reporters outside.

   And Lan Gaojian has come to the gate and is responding to questions from the media, and even Zhao Jing by his side has not been spared.

   "Prosecutors are treated like this. If I go out as a defense, won't I be torn to pieces by them?"

   Zhang Wei walked towards the back door of the court again, the safe passage had almost become his exclusive passage.

   (end of this chapter)