Gu Nianzhi narrowed her eyes and stood up. She said calmly, "Objection. The defendant's lawyer's statement is misleading. My witness didn't lie about the case. As for personal privacy, to be honest, the defendant's lawyer has crossed the line. "
She knew that Huo Guanchen was a scumbag in this matter, but this was a matter between a man and a woman. It was a matter between Huo Guanchen, Bai Jinyi, and Song Jinning. It had nothing to do with Luo Jialan's intentional murder of Song Jinning.
Cai Shengnan turned around and looked at her with her big, sunken eyes. She said calmly, "Yes, Mr. Huo Guanchen's lie has little to do with his testimony, but he was able to lie in court, and he lied about his character. It's enough to show that his testimony is not credible."
Gu Nianzhi understood that Cai Shengnan had used a matter between a man and a woman to induce Huo Guanchen to lie in order to deprive him of his qualifications as a witness.
If a witness lied in court, if it was a lie related to the case, it would be perjury.
If it was a lie unrelated to the case, it would directly affect his qualifications as a witness.
The matter just now wasn't a big deal, because it was just an affair that happened more than ten years ago.
However, it wasn't a small matter either. It could prove that Huo Guanchen had an affair with Bai Jinyi before his divorce. He was morally corrupt and had a questionable character.
This proved that Huo Guanchen's testimony just now was also not credible.
For example, how Luo Jialan treated Song Jinning in her daily life, which was suspected of abuse, which was suspected of inducement, and which was wanted to kill her. All of this would be judged as credible when it came from Huo Guanchen's mouth.
Moreover, Song Jinning was in court. If she exposed this scandal in court, it would be enough to make Song Jinning and Huo Guanchen unable to turn back forever.
Therefore, Bai Jinyi was willing to tell Cai Shengnan about this, probably with this in mind …
She couldn't have Huo Guanyuan, and she couldn't be with Huo Guanchen. However, it was impossible for Song Jinning to be with Huo Guanyuan, let alone get back together with Huo Guanchen.
Gu Nianzhi understood Bai Jinyi and Cai Shengnan's sinister intentions in this matter, and became even more vigilant.
Not only was her opponent stronger than she had imagined, but she was also more shameless than she had expected.
A lawyer with both ability and no bottom line was the most difficult lawyer to deal with.
Because in order to win, they would do anything.
Gu Nianzhi pursed her lips and insisted again, "The affair between Mr. Huo Guanchen and Bai Jinyi many years ago had nothing to do with this case. The defense lawyer shouldn't have asked. But you still insisted on asking. My witness has no obligation to satisfy your dark desire to pry into someone's privacy. "
"Is this private?" Cai Shengnan spread her hands in amusement and walked around in front of everyone in the courtroom. Then, she walked up to Song Jinning and looked at Song Jinning, whose face had turned from red to white. She said regretfully, "Ms. Song Jinning, I sympathize very much with what happened to you, and I hate those who abused you, but my client …"
She turned around and pointed to Luo Jialan, who was in the dock. "She really didn't want to murder you. She was such a naive and foolish person. For someone as straightforward as her, she did resent you, but after that, when she saw what happened to you, she felt more sympathy. "
Luo Jialan was also looking at them. When she heard Cai Shengnan's words, her eyes immediately welled up with tears. She clasped her hands together at Song Jinning and made a pitiful gesture of begging for forgiveness.
Song Jinning's face was frosty as she said coldly, "Sympathy? Don't think that you can fool me just because I was delirious for more than ten years. My room in the Huo family is still sealed. It's the same as it was when I lived there. Under her 'careful care', my physical condition has been deteriorating, and there's medical evidence to prove it. "
"Lawyer Cai, I'm a scientist. Tell me, should I believe the actual data, or should I believe your lies and insist that she didn't want to murder me?"
Cai Shengnan was stunned. She thought to herself that Song Jinning was indeed sharp. It was rare for her to have a clear mind, and it was difficult to lead her on …
She took a closer look at Song Jinning's face. Her skin was smooth and tender, without a single wrinkle. She looked to be at most in her thirties, which was the peak of a woman's mature skin.
Although it wasn't as invincible as Gu Nianzhi's skin and youth, it was truly heaven-defying for her to be over 49 and soon to be 50.
She couldn't help but wonder how Song Jinning had recovered from such a serious brain injury.
This thought only flashed through her mind for a moment, and she threw it aside.
Now wasn't the time to care about how Song Jinning recovered.
The problem now was to continue their trial and get Huo Guanchen, the most direct witness, out of the picture.
Because other than Luo Jialan, Huo Guanchen knew best about Song Jinning's treatment in the Huo family.
He hadn't interfered with how Luo Jialan treated Song Jinning, but he had seen it all.
On Cai Shengnan and Luo Jialan's list, Huo Guanchen was the most difficult witness to deal with. Not only was it because he held a high position and his words would greatly affect everyone, but it was also because he was providing direct testimony.
Cai Shengnan saw that Song Jinning was stubborn and refused to take the bait. She turned to face the judge and took out another document in a translucent red folder.
"Your honor, this is a document published in the world's most authoritative psychiatric journal, The
An academic article in Psychiatry. There was a case mentioned in it that was very similar to Ms. Song Jinning's case. It was also a case where the brain was traumatized by an explosion, causing short-term memory loss and mental disorder. She thought that she was stuck in a certain era in the past. "
"According to this journal, there is no precedent in the world for this kind of case to be cured. Of course, Ms. Song Jinning's case is an exception. Not only did she cure mental illness, but she also cured the damaged brain. This is indeed commendable. "
Gu Nianzhi stared at the folder in Cai Shengnan's hand with a dark look in her eyes. No one knew what she was thinking.
At this point, Cai Shengnan turned around and glanced at everyone in the courtroom. She then turned to the judge and said, "This scientific document shows that this kind of brain injury causes mental and physical illness at the same time, and it will worsen step by step. No matter how carefully you take care of it, and no matter how good your psychiatrist is, you won't be able to stop its final course. "
Ha, she really had some skills.
Gu Nianzhi couldn't help raising her eyebrows and sighing to herself.
If Cai Shengnan won on this point, Luo Jialan would probably be released on the spot, and they wouldn't be able to prosecute her for the same crime in the future unless they found new evidence.
However, they had been looking for almost a year for the current evidence.
If Luo Jialan escaped this time, where would they go to find a second set of evidence?
"… In other words, no matter how hard my client tries, Song Jinning's condition will still worsen. If that's the case, how can the prosecution lawyer prove that Ms. Song Jinning blamed the deterioration of Ms. Song Jinning's physical condition on my client's intentional mental abuse? — — We won't take the blame for this. "
First get rid of the witness, then get rid of the evidence. Logically, Luo Jialan's charge of intentional murder would not be established.
Cai Shengnan's maneuver could be said to be very impressive.
If the two of them weren't on opposite sides, Gu Nianzhi would have called Cai Shengnan.
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This was the second update of the day: Chapter 1358, "Honest, Simple, and Stupid."
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