Almighty Coach

Li Rudai seemed a little confused, he didn't know how to make a choice.

If you choose not to plead guilty, the lawsuit will continue, but even a powerful lawyer like Wilfrid who specializes in criminal cases cannot guarantee that he will win. Dai Li didn't want to go to jail, and he might be imprisoned for more than ten years. As Prosecutor Reese said, even if Liberty had a 10% chance of being convicted, Dai Li was not willing to take this risk.

Compared with ten years in prison, the punishment for pleading guilty is indeed much lighter. A few years of probation can be passed safely as long as you don’t commit any more crimes, and the labor of community service should be regarded as exercise.

"If you are on probation, you have to report to the probation officer twice a week, and there may be a thousand hours of community service. If it is four hours a day, it will take 250 days. Even if it is done five times a month, it will be 50. Months, more than four years. But it's better than ten years in prison."

"But I'm clearly not guilty, why do I have to plead guilty! This shit American law!" Thinking of this, Dai Li couldn't help feeling angry.

"That Nicole Reese prosecutor seemed to be kind enough to persuade me to plead guilty, and he also gave the conditions to withdraw the first-degree murder charge, but I had no intention of murdering others! This is something that does not exist. Make a deal with me, and even pretend to give a profit, why should I agree to him?"

"I shouldn't have compromised!" Dai Li had already made a decision in his heart. He knew that this decision might be an irrational decision, but this time, he decided to follow his belief.

Dai Li took a deep breath, stood up, and walked towards Wilfried.

...

Lawyer Wilfried sat quietly in a corner of the lounge, seriously thinking about the next countermeasures.

Wilfried knew that in this round of confrontation, he had actually lost to the prosecutor Reese. Wilfrid had to admit that Nicole Reese was a master negotiator. He deliberately set the conditions high at the beginning, and when he lowered the conditions, it was easier for the opponent to accept.

More importantly, Nicole Reiss obviously grasped the opponent's psychology. He had already guessed that a rich man is not willing to use freedom as a bet. When a person is completely unwilling to lose what he currently owns, This also meant that he would choose to compromise.

This is Nick Reese's usual tactic. As a prosecutor with a 100% conviction rate, Reese knows what method can be used to get the defendant to plead guilty as soon as possible.

Faced with the conditions offered by the prosecutor of Reiss, if Li Dai is unwilling to plead guilty, as Li Dai's defense lawyer, he needs to help Li Dai win the lawsuit; and if Li Dai agrees to plead guilty, as a lawyer, he also needs to follow Prosecutors negotiated better terms, such as shorter sentences and probation, and less community service time.

Dai Li's two decisions have two different solutions for Wilfried.

"How will you decide?" Wilfried glanced in Dai Li's direction, and Dai Li also stood up at this time and walked towards Wilfried.

"It seems that Mr. Li has already made a decision."

...

"Mr. Li, you should have already made a decision, should we accept the prosecutor's proposal?" Wilfried asked.

"I don't intend to accept the prosecutor's 'good intentions'. I want to continue the lawsuit." Dai Li replied.

"Have you considered it clearly? I mean, can you really understand the consequences or risks you may bear if you continue this lawsuit?" Wilfried asked.

Dai Li didn't answer Wilfrid right away, he asked Wilfried another question: "Lawyer Wilfrid, do you know about the Great Flood?"

"Big flood? What kind of flood? Did a hurricane happen somewhere, causing the flood?" Wilfrid asked inexplicably.

"I'm talking about the prehistoric flood, the legendary one." Dai Li said.

"Of course." Wilfrid nodded: "It is said that the great flood submerged Atlantis, but does this have anything to do with our case?"

"About that flood, many civilizations have recorded it, such as Mesopotamia, Greece, India, China, Maya, etc., and the causes of the flood are also different. For example, the Sumerian myth said , Enil, the king of the gods, felt that human beings were too noisy, so he released floods to destroy human beings; Mayan civilization records that human beings forgot the existence of the Creator, so the Creator decided to launch a flood to destroy human beings; the story mentioned in the Bible That is, God saw that the earth was full of corruption, violence, and evil, so he planned to use the flood to destroy all evil people."

Lawyer Wilfried did not answer, but listened carefully to what Dai Li said.

"In the myths of the Sumerians, Enki, a kind-hearted water god, arranged for a man named Utana Pizm to upload to take refuge and escape the great flood. This is similar to the story of Noah's Ark in the Bible. Does it look alike?" Dai Li asked.

"Yes, God found a good man named Noah among human beings, so he instructed Noah to build an ark, and brought his wife, son, daughter-in-law, and pairs of livestock, birds and other animals We boarded the ark together. Then the flood came, the fountains of the great deep were split open, and the windows of the sky were opened. Day and night, it rained heavily on the ground, and the flood submerged the highest mountain. All the creatures on the land died. Only Noah Ya’s family survived in the ark. This flood lasted for 220 days, and then Noah’s ark stopped near Mount Ararat. Forty days later, Mount Ararat exposed the top of the mountain, and Noah released a crow, but The crow did not find any land to live in. Seven days later, Noah released another dove, and this time the dove brought back the branches of the olive tree, indicating that the flood had finally dissipated." Wilfried explained, as As a Westerner, he obviously knows the story of Noah's Ark recorded in the "Bible" better than Dai Li.

"Then do you know how the story of the Great Flood was recorded in the East and China?" Dai Li asked with a smile on his face.

"I would like to hear more about it," said Wilfried.

"There are also fathers and sons in this story. It is recorded in ancient Chinese books that the floods are endless, flooding the crops, flooding the mountains, flooding the people's houses, and the people are displaced. Many people have to leave their homes. the disaster. The ruler at that time was named 'Yao', under such circumstances, he decided to control the flood, so he found a man named 'Gun', he controlled the water for nine years, but failed."

"Yao's successor was named Shun. He killed Gun, and then let Gun's son continue to control the flood. Gun's son was named 'Yu'. It took him thirteen years to subdue the flood. He never returned. home, even though he passed by the door, he did not enter the house, and when he returned home thirteen years later, his son no longer knew him."

"In the same great flood, in the west, gods came to save mankind, and mankind took refuge in boats. But in China, we have no help from gods, and we have no big boats to escape from. However, we have not compromised with the flood. We have to rely on our own hands Go fight, we have to overcome the flood!" Dai Li's tone was exceptionally calm, but his expression became more persistent, he took a deep breath, and continued:

"There are many similar myths and stories in China. There is a story that there are ten suns in the sky, which scorched the earth very hot. There is an archer who shoots down nine of the suns. There is a story about a man named Jingwei. Birds hold stones in their mouths every day, trying to fill up the sea; there is also a story about a man named Yu Gong, who was blocked by a mountain, so he decided to dig the whole mountain away with a shovel.”

"Since I was a child, I have heard too many such stories. There are glorious heroic images and some seemingly stupid behaviors. But when nature came to disaster, our ancestors did not choose to compromise, nor did they choose To escape, let alone wait for the salvation of the gods, our ancestors chose to fight and overcome! If you can’t do it in a year, you can use it in ten years, or in twenty years. If you can’t do it in one generation, you can use it in two generations or three generations. People, until you succeed!"

"Many people say that we Chinese are materialists, that we don't believe in gods, and that we have no faith. That's because we know that no god will save us when we face difficulties! We can only be like our ancestors, Never give up and fight!"

"In Western mythology, gods may not be perfect, but gods are absolutely invincible. In China, we say, 'man will conquer heaven'! If a god interferes with our survival, we will push him down!"

"So today, I will not choose to compromise and surrender. I firmly believe that I am not guilty, so I will not plead guilty. Even if I am found guilty today, I will choose to continue to appeal. I will fight firmly to the end, because my bones flow This is the blood!"

Wilfried nodded earnestly when he heard this: "I understand, I can understand what you want to express. Mr. Li, next, let's discuss the trial in the afternoon! I will do everything Work hard to help you win this lawsuit."

...

Wilfried pointed to the document on violent tendencies in his hand, and said: "As for the issue of violent tendencies, we can apply for a professional psychological test to prove that you do not have violent tendencies, but it will take some Time, that is, we have to apply for an extension of the trial of the case on the grounds of preparing key evidence."

"I have no problem." Dai Li thought for a few seconds, and then asked: "Since we are going to apply for an extension, why don't we prepare some more evidence? I have an idea, but I don't know how to implement it. I don’t know what the effect will be after the implementation, and whether it will help my case.”

"This is why you paid me to hire me, and it is also the value of my existence. If your idea is really beneficial to the case, I will use the most effective method to help you implement it." Lawyer Wilfried said Said.

"I remember that during the court hearing in the morning, prosecutor Reese listed the reasons for charging me with first-degree murder, one of which was that the shot I fired might directly kill the wounded, so he decided that I didn't care about it. The life and death of the injured," Dai Li said.

Wilfried recalled the situation at the time, and then said: "Race is attacking your motive for shooting. He intends to shape you into a murderer who randomly looks for targets."

"Then if we can prove that I have the ability to ensure that the shot only hit the passer-by's leg, temporarily incapacitating him, and not directly killing him. Does that mean that I don't care about the life or death of the wounded?" , then the charge of first-degree murder is not established." Dai Li said.

Wilfried thought for half a minute, and then said: "This causal connection can be established. But can you really ensure that your shot will only hit the legs of passers-by? Or, you can Prove it?"

"I can prove that my marksmanship is very accurate, is that enough?" Dai Li said.

"That depends on how accurate your marksmanship is." Wilfried said.

"How about the accuracy of a professional shooter? For example, an Olympic-level 50-meter rifle shooter?" Dai Li asked.

Wilfrid pondered for a while, took out his computer, and started to search for professional information. After a while, he said: "According to the information I have found, from the perspective of actual combat, shooters and professional snipers They are different, but in the perception of ordinary people, their guns are very accurate. Our jury this time is all ordinary people, so when it comes to court, we don’t need to compare the difference between shooters and professional snipers. It is enough to prove that your marksmanship is accurate."

"Then give them a shocking result!" Dai Li lowered his voice and talked about his plan.

...

Nick Reese looked at his watch. In half an hour, it would be the afternoon court session. He turned his attention to Dai Li and the direction again, and found that Dai Li and lawyer Wilfried were sitting together and discussing something.

"Haven't they discussed it yet? The speed is really slow." Reese sighed helplessly, and then continued to wait patiently.

After another ten minutes, when Reese couldn't wait any longer, Wilfried finally finished talking with Dai Li. He stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked towards Reese's direction come over.

"It seems that there is a result." Reese felt that Dai Li would definitely choose to plead guilty, so he was very relaxed emotionally. Then he stood up and walked towards Wilfried.

"Lawyer Wilfrid, do you want to tell me some good news?" Reese asked with a smile on his face.

"Prosecutor Reese, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you!" Wilfrid also smiled, and he continued: "My client does not accept your suggestion, he will not plead guilty, and he will continue the lawsuit go down."

"Huh?" Nick Reese showed a surprised expression. Although he thought about this possibility, in his opinion, this possibility is very small. In the cases he had investigated, under similar circumstances, every defendant chose to plead guilty and compromise with him.

In the next second, Reese couldn't help asking: "Lawyer Wilfrid, have you really told your client all the possible consequences of pleading guilty or not pleading guilty, as well as the risks involved? "

"Prosecutor Reiss, please don't doubt my professionalism." Wilfried's face darkened, and he continued: "This is my client's decision after careful consideration, and as a lawyer, I will do my best to Do everything I can. So..."

Wilfried deliberately made a long voice, and then said: "The court will start in ten minutes, see you in court!"