Chapter 293 It was Emma who killed her, what does it have to do with me, Esther?

While the court stenographer was recalling the past, the judge walked in, everyone stood up and signaled, and Judge Jackson waved everyone to sit down.

The court officially opens.

As the prosecutor, the bald prosecutor began to accuse Esther of murder, attempted murder with dangerous explosives, blackmail and many other felonies!

The witnesses and evidence are here!

"Your Honor, my client neither admits nor denies these charges because she knows nothing."

As the defense lawyer, Harrison Pwell, the first criminal lawyer on the East Coast, stood up and said something to the judge, and then explained to the jury.

"The person who really committed these crimes is named Emma. She is Esther's second personality, and Esther is also her victim!"

"Sure enough, it's here."

Randy complained: "He even chose a new name on purpose, which is really professional."

"Then invite this Emma!"

said the bald prosecutor.

"I can not do it."

Harrison Pwell shook his head and said: "This second personality called Emma will only come out to control Esther's body when she is in danger and help her survive the crisis."

"Your Honor, the prosecution wants to question Esther."

The bald prosecutor said: "Or should I call her Emma?"

"allow!"

Judge Jackson nodded in agreement.

With Harrison Pwell's nod, Esther carefully stepped onto the witness stand and swore on the Bible that everything he said was true.

"Esther, how much do you know about this Emma?"

The bald prosecutor walked out of the prosecutor's seat, glanced at Chuck and the others, then walked to the witness stand and asked Esther, who had timid eyes.

"I have no idea."

Esther looked confused and shook her head.

"Then do you know why you are sitting here?"

The bald prosecutor asked: "Don't you know this too?"

"I heard some."

Esther shook his head and said: "But I don't understand."

"What don't you understand?"

The bald prosecutor stared into her eyes.

Esther looked at the bald prosecutor with confused eyes.

"be opposed to!"

Harrison Pwell stood up immediately: "Your honor, Esther is just a nine-year-old girl. She has no knowledge of everything that happened, let alone what those horrific events represent."

"be opposed to!"

The bald prosecutor immediately retorted: "Your honor, jurors, don't forget the certificate issued by the hospital.

Although she looks like a 9-year-old girl, she is actually 33 years old and we cannot treat her like a girl."

"be opposed to!"

Harrison Pwell retorted again: "Your honor, fellow jurors, my client has mental illness. Although her actual physical age is 33 years old, her mental age is indeed 9 years old at this moment.

As the saying goes, when something looks like a horse and sounds like a horse, it is a horse!

Esther looks like a 9-year-old and is mentally a 9-year-old, so we should treat her as a 9-year-old now and give her the treatment she deserves."

"be opposed to!"

The bald prosecutor retorted again: "Your honor, jurors, if you follow what the defense lawyer said, everything will be messed up.

As the saying goes, there is an innocent little girl inside every woman.

Of course, it is no longer limited to women.

So in the future, will anyone be able to use this mental age to demand to be treated as a child?"

"quiet!"

Judge Jackson frowned: "The prosecution is allowed to continue asking questions, and the defendant must answer the questions truthfully."

"Thank you, your honor."

The bald prosecutor thanked Harrison Pwell, who sat back down again, and then continued to ask Esther on the witness stand.

"Do you know who you are and where you come from? You don't know this, right?"

"I know this."

Esther nodded and said: "My name is Esther. I come from Mao Xiong. I am an orphan. I can come here because of the kind people in the United States."

Everyone in the court heard this and immediately smiled.

Although the United States has always criticized patriotic education in various countries around the world and stigmatized it as ethnic extremism, in fact, the United States has the most mandatory and strictest patriotic education.

From a young age, my education was all about singing the national anthem under the flag and swearing to the Bible that I only love the United States.

So when most people hear a foreign orphan say this, their inner national pride is instantly satisfied.

"Do you remember where you lived before you came to America?"

the bald prosecutor asked.

"Live in the Bear's Orphanage."

Esther said.

"You are lying!"

The bald prosecutor accused: "We have investigated your file on the bear. You are not living in an orphanage at all, but in a mental hospital."

"What is a mental hospital?"

Esther said confusedly: "Isn't it the same as an orphanage?"

"Your Honor, my client has a mental age of only 9 years old and does not know the difference between an orphanage and a mental hospital."

Harrison Pwell stood up and said: "So you can't use this to accuse my client of lying!"

"Prosecutor, please consider your words!"

Judge Jackson reminded.

"yes."

The bald prosecutor nodded in acceptance, walked a few steps, suddenly turned back, and asked in a soft tone: "Ester, do you like neckbands and wristbands very much?"

"Um."

Esther couldn't help but touch her neck.

"why?"

the bald prosecutor asked.

Esther lowered his head and said nothing.

"You don't want to say it, do you?"

The bald prosecutor said: "Let me tell you, because the neckband and wristband can cover the scars on your neck and wrists, right?"

"Um."

Esther trembled.

When the bald prosecutor saw it up close, a hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes. This Esther was a real drama queen.

He already knew that this question would probably have no effect, but he still asked it.

"Now that you know the scars on your neck and wrists, don't you wonder where they come from?"

"I'm afraid."

The little girl's fear in Esther's eyes was so vivid that it immediately touched the soft hearts of many people.

"be opposed to!"

Harrison Pwell immediately stood up and said: "For Esther, whose mental age is only 9 years old, it is certainly impossible for her to not know what is happening to her body at all. This is unrealistic.

But such a young child has always chosen to avoid those terrible things, because this is the survival instinct developed by us humans during the evolution process.

So I ask the prosecutor not to use this to cruelly torture a little girl who is bent on escaping from fear.

Because of this type of problem, apart from torturing a client of mine who has a mental illness, doesn’t know that he has a second personality, and only thinks that he is still a 9-year-old girl, there is absolutely no meaning.”

"be opposed to!"

The bald prosecutor retorted: "The defense has been trying to distinguish Esther from the so-called alter ego Emma, ​​but has not allowed some key questions to be asked.

So we don’t even know if this so-called second personality really exists, so how do we know if it’s just a vicious criminal trying to use our care and love for our children to cover up those cruel crimes?”

"The objection is invalid and the prosecutor can continue to ask questions."

Judge Jackson thought for a while and made a verdict.

"Thank you, your honor."

After thanking Harrison Pwell, the bald prosecutor looked at Harrison Pwell proudly, then motioned to bring out the photo evidence. After getting permission, he showed the photo to Esther: "Esther, do you know the person in the photo?
To be continued...