Hardy Empire 1945

Henry returns to report to Hardy on Andy's investigation.

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The judge who tried Andy's case had retired last year. In the court, Andy always claimed that he was wronged and did not kill his wife. The court did not find his gun. In fact, the evidence was not sufficient, but the judge accused him of homicide. Sentencing Andy to two life sentences.

Andy was sent to Shawshank Prison, and he has not stopped advocating his grievances. He writes a letter to the court every month, stating his grievances, for the past seven years without interruption.

Boss, we found the thief's gun, a Colt revolver, which has changed hands three times. I found it in the last man's utility room.

Henry said and put a paper bag in front of Hardy.

Hardy picked up the paper bag and poured out the gun inside, a very ordinary revolver, worth only twenty or thirty dollars, but it ruined a banker's life.

Anything else? Hardy asked.

Henry thought for a while and said with a smile: That Andy loves to write letters. In addition to writing letters to the court that sentenced him, he also writes letters to the state government. He feels that the prison library has too few books, so he writes letters every month. A letter, and finally a batch of books and records came, which also made Andy's popularity in prison better, and he was rarely bullied later.

Hardy remembered that there was indeed a scene in the movie.

Henry, find a lawyer and go through the normal process to apply for a retrial. Elmo, the thief who murdered, sent him back to turn himself in. You can follow up on this matter in person, and report to me at any time if there is any situation. Hardy said.

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Shawshank Prison.

A car was parked at the gate of the prison.

Henry and Bob lawyers got out of the car.

Attorney Bob is in his 40s this year. He has been in the legal profession for more than 20 years and has rich experience. When Henry approached him and asked him to overturn the case, he was a little hesitant. The banker murdering his wife was a sensation back then. Know.

He was hesitant at first, because it was far more difficult to overturn a court decision than to win a lawsuit.

But in the end he was moved by the lawyer fees Henry gave.

Attorney Bob took out the meeting sheet and handed it to the prison guard at the door.

The prison guards looked at the two and let them in. After several checks, the two came to the interview room.

Andy was surprised when the guard informed Andy that a lawyer wanted to see him.

Entering the meeting room with doubts.

Who are you? Andy asked in surprise.

Attorney Bob smiled, I'm Attorney Bob, this is Mr. Henry, and we are here because of Mr. Andy's case.

Andy was excited when he heard that.

You were sent by the state court?!

His first thought was that the appeal letter he wrote to the court every month was working, and the court sent someone to prepare for a retrial of his case.

Bob shook his head, I was commissioned by Mr. Hardy.

Mr. Hardy?

Andy murmured, trying to search his memory, but in the end he couldn't figure out who Jon Hardy was.

Mr. Hardy is my boss. Henry said.

I don't seem to know Mr. Hardy. Andy wondered.

Henry smiled, When you get out of the prison, you will know who Mr. Hardy is. Now let's talk about you first.

Oh, good.

Bob took out his lawyer's certificate and a power of attorney, Mr. Andy, this is a power of attorney. Would you like me to represent your case and apply to the court for a retrial.

Andy picked up the lawyer's certificate and power of attorney, his hands trembling slightly.

years of hope,

It seems that the light is finally seen.

Although he did not know who Mr. Hardy was.

But as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he is reluctant to give up.

After reading the lawyer's certificate and power of attorney, there was no problem. Andy looked at Henry again, I want to ask, why did Mr. Hardy help me?

Maybe it's because of justice! Henry said.

In fact, Henry didn't understand the boss's thoughts, why he suddenly wanted to help this Andy, but it didn't matter, to him, the boss's order was nothing to doubt, just execute it.

Andy signed the power of attorney and handed it over with both hands. This power of attorney was extremely important to him.

His seven years of anticipation added a little more hope.

After lawyer Bob and Henry left, Andy was taken back to the cell. Captain Haley saw Andy being sent back and called the prison guard in charge of the interview room.

Who did Andy meet just now, and what did they say? Captain Haley asked.

A lawyer met Andy and said that someone asked a lawyer to apply to the court to reopen his case and ask Andy to sign a power of attorney, the prison guard said.

Haley frowned.

Reopening the case is not good news for him.

Haley asked his staff to stare at the point, and went to the warden's office. Warden Sam Norton was playing with an antique music box. Collecting music boxes was his little hobby.

Captain Haley closed the door and said in a low voice, Warden, a lawyer has just approached Andy, saying that someone is going to help him appeal to the state court and try his case again.

The warden stopped playing with the music box.

Looking up at Haley, Do you know who helped him?

I don't know, a lawyer and an assistant came here. Captain Hailey said.

The warden's face darkened.

Before Andy was imprisoned, he was a banker, proficient in finance and accounting. After Sam Norton knew his abilities, he asked him to help himself with false accounts, money laundering, and tax evasion.

Andy's sentence is two life sentences. Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't want to get out of prison alive in his life. It can be said that it is safe to use him to help himself. If he really gets out of jail, he's done.

The first thought in his mind was to kill Andy.

Avoid all troubles.

But it's not there yet.

That Andy may not be able to get out of the crime, it is not so easy to overturn the judgment of the state court, and it may not be successful in one thousand cases.

Andy's ability is very strong, he is not willing to lose such a good helper.

Haley, keep an eye on Andy, and report to me at any time if things develop. The warden said solemnly.

Good warden.

Captain Haley went out, and the warden put down the music box and walked to the office window. In the distance was the wide prison playground. His office overlooked everything, and the prisoners gathered there to chat or play games.

The warden gritted his teeth with a grim expression on his face, I won't let you leave Shawshank alive.

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The August sun made me sweat.

But people still want to get out of their cells and enjoy that rare time of day that they breathe free air.

Andy came to the playground.

Going to sit down next to old Black Reid, Reid looked at him, Who is coming to visit the prison, is your relative?

Andy shook his head.

It's a lawyer.

Andy told Reid what happened, and Reid was surprised, How could someone help you for no reason? You really don't know that Mr. Hardy, could it be your old acquaintance?

No, I've thought about everyone I know, but I'm sure I don't know a Mr. Hardy. Andy said.

Reid touched his chin, This is weird, but it's good news for you anyway, you write to the state court every month, isn't what you want is a chance to overturn the case, and now someone is helping you , you should be glad.

Reid, in fact, I'm very excited now. I've never been so excited. I'm just trying to suppress myself.

Andy couldn't help but smile.

Just two days after Andy signed the power of attorney, something happened to the outside world. A thief named Elmo took the initiative to surrender to the police station and confessed that he had killed a man and a woman in a villa on a certain street seven years ago. .

Why did Elmo turn himself in?

Because he doesn't want to live that kind of life that is worse than death.

He was threatened.

Either endure this kind of life all the time, or surrender to the guilt. Elmo has been in prison three times, and he is no stranger to prison.

Although the prison has lost its freedom, it can still live normally, eat, sleep, and bask in the sun. As long as the prison guards and the prison boss are not provoked, life is not bad.

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Endure starvation every day, a leather whip for two days, and fucking sprinkle salt on their wounds, those people are not human at all, and they take pleasure in torturing them.

When he heard the big Ivan say that he would endure this kind of life forever, Elmo collapsed. He would rather be in prison for the rest of his life than live such a life.

He was afraid that he would be beaten to death by them if he didn't last long.

The so-called wicked have their own grind.

Elmo commits murder.

But in his heart, the people like Big Ivan are demons, and he fears them from the bottom of his heart.

After the police questioned the transcript, they found that the case had been pronounced seven years ago, and that the murderer identified by the court was the woman's husband, a banker.

The matter was reported to the police chief, who was also very cautious.

I know that in that case, the banker never admitted that he killed himself. I didn't expect that the real murderer turned himself in seven years later.

Report it to the court, they should know about this.

The case was reported to the state court. After the current state court official knew about the incident, he immediately asked people to retrieve the case file and found that the case explained by the thief was completely consistent with the case that happened in the past.

Especially when some unclear explanations were found back then, after reading the thief's confession, he also found the answer.

The judge who tried this case was Hooper. He has already retired. At the time of the trial, there was some controversy in this case. The banker never admitted to killing his wife. He wrote to the court every month to complain for so many years. There is no interruption.

Now the real murderer has appeared. It turned out that the trial was really wrong.

A judge looked at the police officer and asked, What do you think now?

The ** officer was silent for a while, According to normal procedures, since someone made a mistake, someone should help him correct it.

This sentence is subtle.

The onus has been placed on the retired Judge Hooper.

The next day, a lawyer named Bob filed a petition in the state court and produced Andy's power of attorney.

I will defend Mr Andy.

A few days later, the media also learned about the incident. The murder of Andy's wife was a sensation back then, but now it has been revealed that it was a wrong sentence. All know.