Chapter 79 Are You Invoking the Fifth Amendment?(1/2)
"Appeal!" Edward stomped his feet, "I'll play with them to the end! I don't believe that Militarism is still unavailable."
"The United States has no king, and of course there is no king's law!" Chris has a strong learning ability and can already make a good comment in Chinese.
Edward ignored him.
"Damn it, let's see. The hearing stage is over, and the trial stage is below. Bastard Arnold will definitely force Sheldon to testify in court. Okay, then do it like this. Bring the lawsuit to the Court of Appeals. If not, you will hit the Federal High Court. In short, this matter is not over."
The hearing stage is actually the two-way court to understand the basic facts. The focus of this stage is on whether Sheldon should appear in court to testify. Both parties are verbal and there will definitely be no action behind the scenes.
Anyway, Edward and the others failed.
The court continues to hold the court.
September 5th.
Knowing that this was an important trial, the court was filled with Jews who came to listen early in the morning, most of whom were supporters of the League for defending the Jews, and many neighbors from the Polo Park community.
The former is very easy to recognize. As right-wing extremists, most of them wear Jewish-style melon-skin hats and people have prayer-specific scarves hanging around their necks.
Everyone was searched by the bailiffs one by one to prevent weapons from being brought in.
The so-called freedom of Miligan, shooting every day; the democratic Miligan, explosion every day.
Even the court must be cautious.
Before the trial was officially started, Judge Arnold had to warn the audience impatiently to stop shaking their bodies repeatedly, a form of prayer called davening, but Edward called it Judaism in his heart.
Usually this ritual also contains a hint of prediction and curse intention. As for whom the prediction object and the curse object are, it is self-evident.
Edward was also full of darkness and felt that it was a great idea to have such a large-scale feudal superstitious activity in court.
After being stopped, these people were very upset, so they collectively grimaced at Judge Arnold. This is a genuine Jewish tradition - I wish you a good death.
Judge Arnold's face turned green and immediately said, "If anyone does this again, just wait to be expelled from the court!"
After some trouble, the court finally officially started.
The prosecution and defense were verbal and verbal as usual.
Henry Puzel finally showed up directly on the spot: "The victory or defeat of the prosecutor is all based on the testimony of Mr. Sheldon Siegel!"
Judge Arnold obviously hadn't woken up from the cursed humiliation, and he said with a pale face: "Bring Mr. Siegel!"
Sheldon, wearing a wrinkled suit, slowly walked towards the witness stand in court!
Henry Puzel asked him the first question with a smile: "Mr. Sheldon, on March 21, 1968 (the day before the BLM building bombing), you met Stewart Cohen and Sheldon Davis at the headquarters of the Jewish Defence Alliance. Is this a fact?"
In fact, this is a sinister question.
If Sheldon replied no to [ www.biqugex.info], it would be an obvious lie. The prosecutor has enough skills and evidence to use a series of interrogations that made Sheldon slap himself.
If the answer is yes, then there will be a lot of more unpredictable questions waiting for him next.
Solomon stared at Sheldon tightly. His hard work for several months was about to enter a new stage.
Sheldon was trembling, trembling all over, his face turned pale, his lips were bloodless, and his messy hair was pressed against his forehead because of the wetness of a sweat, looking a bit like a stray dog.
He reached his right hand into his suit pocket, took out a wrinkled piece of letter paper, and spread it out tremblingly.
Solomon's originally smiling face became serious.
Judge Arnold pushed his glasses, and he had a premonition that things were going to move in a direction that he could not control.
Sheldon was still trembling, and he began to read:
Given that government police officials have made promises to me as follows: I do not have to testify if I provide them with certain intelligence; given that my identity was exposed due to illegal eavesdropping and illegal searches.
I hereby solemnly announce that I refuse to answer any questions!
I believe that the reason for refusing to answer these questions is sufficient, but I only want to obtain fairness and justice to myself, ensure that my constitutional power is not violated, without any intention of hindering the law!
Solomon jumped up angrily: "Who wrote this statement for you!"
As he said that, he stared at Edward fiercely. The latter rolled his eyes and moved his lips slightly. It was not necessary to read any lip to know that he silently spitted out a letter starting with f.
Solomon was defeated.
The court said: "It was obviously his lawyer's work, but I don't think the difference is that."
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Solomon rolled his eyes and asked Sheldon again, "Does he intentionally refuse to return to any questions based on the power of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution?"
Now everyone in the defense table gasped. Solomon's reaction was too fast and he was too skillful in mastering the law.
As soon as he was hit, he immediately realized it and immediately dug an extremely dangerous pit, waiting for Sheldon to jump down.
What a terrible opponent!
Everyone stared at Sheldon to see how he answered.
Edward, especially, bit his lips tightly.
"No, I'm not!" Sheldon said.
Solomon's expression changed and his brow frowned, "What!?"
Obviously, this answer was beyond his expectations, and Sheldon actually skipped the precise trap set by his quick wisdom!
This is probably the first time in his life when he encountered a question of hesitation and feeling that a witness could not naturally refer to the right stipulated in the Fifth Amendment to defend his refusal.
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution:
No one shall be subject to death or other felony crimes unless, according to the report or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases involving cases in the land, navy, or in militias serving in wartime or in public danger. No one shall suffer from life or physical harm twice for the same crime; shall not be forced to commit suicide in any criminal case; shall not be deprived of life, freedom or property without due legal proceedings. No fair compensation shall be given, and private property shall not be used for public use.
Solomon asked Sheldon before whether the basis for refusing to answer the question was the Fifth Amendment, which actually refers to the part of "no one can prove himself".
At least in the United States, the criminal suspect proves that he committed a crime in court, which is illegal.
From this point of view, compared with the ancient Qingtian master who was holding a stick, the prisoners in the hall would confess obediently, which is indeed a great judicial progress.
But this is also the ill-intention of Solomon.
This is a logical trap.
Once Sheldon said, yes, I invoke the Fifth Amendment, which is the power given to me by the Constitution.
It sounds like nothing wrong.
But it is equivalent to admitting that he is actually guilty, but only under the protection of the Constitution, he does not make self-testification.
In other words, it seems that Solomon provided an excuse for Sheldon to refuse to testify, and the evil intentions were hidden deep, as if a child caught a sparrow, and used a small stick to build a huge basket, and sprinkled rice grains under it.
The Fifth Amendment is the rice grains prepared by Solomon for Sheldon. Once he pecks it, as long as he pulls the rope on the stick, the basket called "Self-confessed" will fall down and cover Sheldon tightly.
Henry Puzel continued to ask Sheldon a series of dangerous questions, and Sheldon's answers to each question were exactly the same, nothing more than reading the words on the paper again.
For an entire hour, Judge Arnold couldn't sit still, and in the true sense he leaned forward and stared at Sheldon:
"Mr. Sheldon, I think of the following points you have stated: Because you refuse to comply with the orders of the court, you will put yourself in a position of punishment for contempt of court! Extremely dangerous!"
Sheldon seemed to be a frog staring at by a poisonous snake, his whole body was shaking constantly, and the person collapsed on the seat, not daring to face the devilish gaze.
But he still refused to answer the prosecutor's question.
Seeing that Sheldon did not jump into the pit, Solomon used the second move
Solomon prevented Henry Puzel from continuing his questioning and made a motion to give witness immunity to Judge Arnold!
Kamazepine immediately stood up and expressed his objection!
Because this is a huge trap!
Carmazepine's opposition also targetedly exposes the other party's plan: the law stipulates that immunity from prosecution can only be granted when witnesses invoke the privilege of refusing self-accusation.
In other words, the immunity proposed by Solomon implies the prerequisite that Sheldon must be guilty.
In fact, it is the same as the essence of asking Sheldon if he is willing to invoke the Fifth Amendment. It seems to be granted privileges, but requires a plead guilty first.
Everything at the moment is actually within the expectations of Edward and others.
After all, they were not mediocre players, and they were both angry by Arnold and determined to fight him to the end.
Moreover, with the ideological preparation for the lower limits of the speech and behavior of the judges and prosecutors, everyone found that doing various tasks was much easier.
Isn’t it just shameless? I’ve become a lawyer, and who would still like to be a rare thing!
In short, Sheldon must refuse to testify, but cannot cite extremely relevant regulations of the Fifth Amendment, but should invoke other legal provisions.
Judge Arnold is also an old man. Since he is good at digging holes for the Court of Appeal, how could he not see through the ideas of Edwards?
He quickly understood the defense's strategy.
"The court would like to remind the prosecutor that, given that Mr. Sheldon did not have the privilege of opposing self-accusation as a reason for refusal to testify, there was no need to give him an exemption from prosecution; he could be asked to answer questions for compulsory; if he still refused to answer in this case, he would be sentenced for contempt of court."
Sheldon still refused steadily.
Judge Arnold knocked the gavel very simply and sentenced Sheldon to contempt of court, and should be imprisoned immediately and be admonished until he changed his mind and agreed to testify.
It is worth noting that the crime of contempt here is not a criminal judgment, because the crime of criminal judgment will have a fixed sentence.
And Sheldon enjoyed the treatment "until he agreed to testify."
Very unfair, isn't it?
To be continued...