Chapter 552 The Dragon Trapped in the Wild (4)

"I don't accept it!" But this time it was not Jason Butler who expressed his opinion, but Zhong Shi. Zhong Shi stood up directly and said coldly to Kenneth Dead, "What I need is innocence, and It's not the same as the light." After finishing speaking, he walked towards the court, and the scheduled time was coming soon.

   To be honest, Jason Butler was really moved. According to his experience as a prosecutor, this condition is indeed quite generous. But since his client had already said so, he naturally couldn't say anything more. After this period of contact, he found that Zhong Shi was a man of his own accord, so he could only shrug his shoulders at Kenneth Dead with a bitter face, and then quickly chased after Zhong Shi.

Seeing that the persuasion has not been completed, Kenneth Dead is not discouraged, because based on past experience, he knows that this kind of opportunity will happen many times during the trial. I am afraid they will accept any conditions. With that in mind, Kenneth Dade also left the waiting hall quickly.

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   "No. 147952, the nature of the case, criminal, defendant, do you plead guilty?"

The judge presiding over the trial today is an old and fat black male. He has a shiny bald head and a pair of bull eyes. Read out what you need to ask.

  Adjournment and court trial are two different things. There is a procedural process here, so the job of the judge on duty is very simple. He only needs to ask the party whether he has pleaded guilty, and the rest is to schedule the trial.

The judge sat high on it, with the dock on the side. Two bailiffs with live ammunition stood straight on both sides of the dock. After Zhong Shi sat in the dock, their eyes were fixed on Zhong Shi, for fear that he would What outrageous behavior.

   On the opposite side of the court seats, there are four rows of simple benches, which are reserved for the audience, but now it is the hearing stage, so no one comes to listen at all. There are two more desks than the auditorium near the judge's seat in front of the auditorium, which are office spaces for the prosecution and defense lawyers.

When he entered the courtroom, there was already a prosecutor-like person sitting on the prosecution's lawyer's table. He presumably was the prosecutor Edmondo mentioned by Kenneth Dead, but he kept looking down at the case file, and Zhong Shi also Don't know what he looks like.

Soon, Kenneth Dead also came in. After he glanced at the bell stone on the dock, he lowered his head and whispered something in Edmondo's ear. During this process, Edmondo Demondo never raised his head.

"I don't plead guilty, I'm innocent!" Zhong Shi looked at the huge black judge suspiciously, doubting whether such a person was capable of upholding legal justice, but just after he finished speaking, he sat down. Jason Butler, who was on the defense lawyer's table, immediately stood up and said loudly: "Your Excellency, this is a lawsuit filed by the SEC. I want to release my client on bail before the official trial."

In one morning, I dealt with forty or fifty similar issues. The black judge was already a little tired, but after hearing Jason Butler's words, his fat body was shocked immediately, and then he read carefully. From the materials delivered by the prosecution, it was obvious that he didn't know much about the whole case before.

"I object!" At this moment, Prosecutor Edmondo, who had never raised his head, said loudly. Then he stood up, bowed to the black judge, and pointed to the bell stone on the dock, " Your Excellency, this gentleman was accused of insider trading. He was suspected of the crime. According to the law, he was detained first. Because the amount of money involved in this case is huge, and the passport held by this gentleman is not a passport of his own country. In order to prevent him from absconding in fear of crime , so I suggest that the judge not approve the other party's request for bail."

Edmondo is a middle-aged man with a distinctive appearance, high cheekbones, hooked nose, and pointed chin. These facial features are very eye-catching. The first impression given to Zhong Shi is that this person's personality is better described It's cunning, and the worst way to describe it is insidious.

"Your Excellency, I insist on releasing my client on bail!" Jason Butler naturally would not show weakness, and immediately retorted, "My client once studied in the United States, and so far has a good credit record and has no criminal record. Moreover, my client is an important person, and he will definitely not abscond because of these things, because it will greatly damage his reputation. In order to maintain his reputation, he even did not hesitate to confront the SEC in court, so I think the prosecutor's The reasons are simply flimsy. Your Honor, I stand by my client's release on bail."

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  Because it is a criminal case and the SEC is involved, there is no doubt about the crime, and Zhong Shi chose not to plead guilty, so if he is not released on bail, he will be detained immediately. So when Zhong Shi said "not guilty", the lawyers of both sides started a war, the battlefield is whether they can obtain the eligibility for bail.

  Close the case file, and it took the black judge five minutes to read it. During the process of reading the case file, the lawyers on both sides were already arguing. He slapped his forehead irritably, and after thinking about it, he felt that what the prosecution lawyer said was reasonable, so he raised the gavel and knocked it down suddenly, saying: "Based on the huge amount of money involved in this case, and the fact that the other party is a foreigner, Person, the court announced that he will not be released on bail and awaits a scheduled trial."

  After hearing what he said, Zhong Shi's eyelids in the dock jumped wildly. He will be detained soon, which is definitely not what he expected before.

It's just that his worry didn't last too long. Jason Butler calmly took out a document from his briefcase and read it aloud in class: "Your Excellency, regarding insider trading, the party involved is a foreign country. I have listed all the cases involving nationalities and large amounts of money here. Without exception, all the accused parties were successfully released on bail, and none of them chose to abscond. In 1997, Federal Court of Indiana, Judge Mitchell granted bail to the defendant Kesi Andre. In the Federal Court of New Jersey in 2002..."

Hearing Jason Butler slowly read each case, the black judge's head suddenly became dizzy, because according to the law of the United States, if there is a precedent to follow, the judgment must be made according to the precedent Or judgment, otherwise the judicial interpretation will not be unified. However, he did not intend to easily overturn what he said earlier, and then he rolled his big eyes for a long time, and then said: "Since there are precedents to follow, let's judge according to the precedents. The defendant is granted bail, but the bail Gold needs to improve, $10 million!"

   In his opinion, this number is already very high. If the other party can't get it out, then they can only be taken into custody obediently. And according to common sense, even those who engaged in insider trading had their bank accounts frozen correspondingly at this time, so generally speaking, this figure cannot be obtained.

   In this way, he not only allowed bail, but also sent the defendant to prison, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

It was just that the scene that surprised him happened the next moment. The defense lawyer and the defendant were obviously relieved, and there was no protest against the high bail as he expected. Obviously, the 10 million US dollars was not taken by them Put it in your eyes. The judge felt a little regretful in his heart, but since he had already spoken, he would naturally not increase the amount of the bail, so he could only shake his head unhappily and said, "We will inform the lawyers of both parties in advance about the selection of the jury. The case is scheduled for..."

Speaking of this, he had to help his huge presbyopic glasses again, carefully searched through the memo, and then said: "March 11 next year. I'm sorry, everyone, the recent case schedule is too long. It's too crowded!"

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