[Comprehensive British and American dramas] No.1 is called non-plural

According to the law, every adult citizen has the obligation to serve as a juror. Jurors form a jury, and they will participate in the court to decide whether the suspect is prosecuted and whether he is guilty or not.Jurors are independent of the government, of the judiciary, and of any political force.They were probably selected because the judge dug out the phone book or the ballots of voters in the area, and randomly ticked a certain name on it.The court will keep their identities confidential, allowing them to make the decisions they want without any psychological burden.As long as they don't take the initiative to leak the word, no one will know the role he once played.

Based on this premise, when Sweets said that the murderer chose his victims based on the jury list, Isaac almost couldn't help but say, 'Are you kidding me? ' expression.

"What's going on?" Isaac met Sweets on the way to the reception room, and Sweets casually introduced him to the case. Sweets' expression was very serious, so Isaac became serious unconsciously.

"We still don't know what method the murderer used to get the jury list, but five people have been killed on the list." Thinking of this, Sweets is not optimistic, "All this happened within six months, the murderer's The frequency of crimes is very high. Moreover, there are only 12 jurors in total, and he has killed nearly half of them."

This matter did sound desperate, Isaac patted Sweets on the shoulder, "That person's progress can only stop here."

"I hope so." Sweets nodded. "Except for you, the other six people are in the reception room. Let's go now."

There was a mess in the reception room.

Compared to Dr. Brennan, Booth's conversation skills are commendable most of the time, and he will take care of the emotions of the victim's family, but when the victim's family is with six other potential victims, he can't help it. Some are in a hurry.

After all, this incident not only sounds unimaginable, but also scary enough.

"How is this possible?" First, several family members of the victims objected, "The list is confidential, how could it be circulated? Even as family members, we only know that they will go to court one day. What is the specific case? We have no idea who was involved."

"This must be an internal problem." A potential victim whose name was on the list bit his nails nervously, "It must have been done by someone inside you!"

"We will consider this speculation, but I would like to ask you to recall in detail whether there were any unusual circumstances during the entire trial. Whether there were any differences of opinion among the jury members. There are also public prosecutors, lawyers, and the accused parties. , and even the judicial police, don’t let go of any abnormality. As for the family members, I would also like to ask you to recall, after your family members returned home, did you mention anything in particular.”

"situation at the moment……"

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Being a juror is actually not as fun as you think. Isaac is no stranger to the courtroom, but appearing as a juror still feels new to him.Here, freedom is limited, and the connection with the outside world is cut off. Whether it is a high-tech mobile phone or a traditional newspaper reading, all channels for obtaining outside information are blocked.

But no one complained about it. The jurors were fully aware of the responsibility they shouldered and cherished this role very much.All, from the very beginning, everyone got along very harmoniously.until the case presentation begins.

Staying in the dock was a 17-year-old boy with chestnut half-length curly hair and a baby face with unfaded baby fat, making him look more childish and well-behaved than his actual age.It was hard to imagine such a man in the dock charged with murder, but it happened.

Vincent Jeremiah, a high school student who was supposed to be busy applying to colleges, fell down the stairs during a jostling with his stepfather on Christmas Day. He was lucky and suffered only a few bruises, while his stepfather was more fortunate. Oops, the gentleman lost his balance completely during the fall and ended up breaking his neck.

At first it looked like an accident, but the problem was that Mr. Jeremiah, who broke his neck, was a millionaire. His brother refused to believe that it was an accident, insisting that it was a 'little boy brought in from outside' and he The collusion of the 'only coquettish' mother is to legally inherit the estate left by Mr. Jeremiah.However, the accusation against Mrs. Jeremiah was quickly found out to be groundless, because on that Christmas day that should have been a family reunion, the Jewish Mrs. Jeremiah refused to participate, which eventually annoyed Mr.Meremiah, and the angry husband finally destroyed the The madam of the atmosphere locked herself into a room casually.And all of this was recorded by the surveillance camera on the corridor.

The clearing of Mrs. Jeremiah's suspicion made everyone focus on Vincent Jeremiah. Surveillance also captured a part of the process of him pushing and shoving Mr. Jeremiah. It really looked like an accident, but it was for Mr. Jeremiah's stay. With a fortune of millions, his relatives still want to work hard.

But with the statement of the defendant's lawyer, everyone changed from suspicion at the beginning to sympathy for Vincent Jeremiah.

It was a child with an unfortunate childhood. When he was still in his infancy, his parents divorced. When he was five years old, his father died and he was taken to his mother.His mother is a model, not well-known, running around every day for a little chance, and has no time to take care of him.When he was seven years old, his mother took a turn for the better and fell in love with a rich man, Mr. Jeremiah, who eventually succeeded in becoming a housewife and gave up his modeling job. His life became easier.

At least it seems so to others.

But in fact, Mr. Jeremiah is far less friendly than outsiders see.His attitude towards Vincent was up and down, and he let Vincent take his last name, which was seen as an acknowledgment by outsiders.But in fact, he ignored Vincent most of the time, and when he thought of it, he would play with Vincent like a puppet.He had a cloakroom full of dresses that he would let Vincent walk around the house in. Vincent's mother didn't take it seriously, and said that Vincent inherited her good genes and might become a model in the future.

But that's far from all.

Mr. Jeremiah is still addicted to alcohol. When he was drunk, Vincent became his punching bag. This is how many scars on Vincent's body came about, and even attracted the attention of the school teacher, but in the end—in the words of the lawyer , Mr. Jeremiah settled this matter, no one is nosy anymore.

All kinds of situations intensified, and finally developed to Christmas Eve, Mr. Jeremiah broke into Vincent's room and wanted to rape him, and Vincent also felt depressed because his mother was locked up and couldn't fall asleep.In short, he didn't give in, but ran outside, but Mr. Jeremiah didn't give up. In the end, there was a scene of them pushing and shoving in the corridor and finally rolling down the stairs together, which was captured by surveillance.

Isaac was still doubting the credibility of this, but he also noticed that other people's attitudes relaxed a lot immediately, and several women wiped away their tears with elegance.

The statement was so successful that Vincent Jeremiah was acquitted in court even though Issac was not involved and still voted against it. After the results came out, Isaac stopped paying attention. He took back his mobile phone, and when he turned it on, he was bombarded with messages. Walsh's call followed closely. They had a new case and needed to leave immediately.

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The people in the reception room were chattering about the scene of the trial, and they didn't even stop the jury's internal discussion. In the end, they finally noticed something.

"Is there someone missing among us?" said the jumpy guy from earlier who started biting his nails.

As soon as he reminded them, everyone discovered that there were twelve jurors in total, five of whom had died, and now there were six in the reception room, and one of them hadn't come yet.

Just as Booth was about to say that the person from Cha had to be late because of something, the six of them had already started discussing in earnest.

"I still remember that young man," said an elderly woman. "He argued that Vincent was guilty, but after Vincent was acquitted, he disappeared."

"That's right, out of the twelve people, only he and you claim guilt." Another man pointed to the man who was still biting his nails and said, "I don't know if you changed your mind when you voted at the end."

"I haven't changed, but I don't know him." As soon as he finished speaking, a painful expression appeared on the nervous man's face. He bit his nails too cleanly, revealing the tender meat inside, which was accidentally bitten by him After taking a sip, it was excruciatingly painful.

"That's strange." Someone said, "If you vote against it, plus the five people who died, there will be a total of six votes. In this case, how could Vincent be acquitted?"

"Cough." Booth cleared his throat. "Actually, we have applied to the court to see the voting results. As a result, except for this Glen Trollpoe and Isaac Costa who was not present, everyone voted for it."

Outside the door, Sweets also gave the latest analysis——

"I suspect that the murderer must be Vincent's enemy. At least he doesn't want Vincent to be acquitted, so the dead are all people who voted for it. The only thing that doesn't make sense is that what the murderer wrote on the body conveyed Who is the recipient of the message?"