Chapter 102 Chapter 102 The court is in chaos...

Alice didn't seem surprised by what the judge said, and even seemed confident. She simply said, "But that was evidence obtained on that uninhabited island, and the people investigating were Prosecutor Kazama and Kamohashi Ron. As Elliot's son, Kamohashi Ron had a motive to cover up the truth for his father."

"But Prosecutor Kazama has no motive to cover up this for me, Alice," Kamohashi Ron retorted calmly, "Your accusation is not valid."

Alice: "Is that so? But as far as I know, Prosecutor Kazama, as a victim and litigant in one of my cases, has recused herself from this case, so she has a motive to help you. Your rebuttal is invalid."

Judge:"……"

Prosecutor Mingzhi: “…”

Robin: “…”

The three of them could only say that it was wonderful and they had watched a great show from the M family.

However, the judge coughed twice and said, "I think the defendant has a point on this point, but I believe it's irrelevant to this case. The prosecution's case file doesn't accuse the defendant of manslaughter. Even if we ultimately confirm that Mr. Elliot committed intentional homicide, that wouldn't mitigate your guilt."

"Of course I know about this, right? I don't intend to let it mitigate my guilt. Rather, even if it makes my crime less severe, it wouldn't be much less severe, would it?" Alice said. "And this has to do with my motivations for my mother. My mother has never known happiness. Of course, it's wrong for me to so blindly hate Uncle Elliot, a woman I've barely met. But as a daughter, wanting to fulfill her wish, there's nothing wrong with avenging her, right?"

The wise prosecutor said, "If retaliatory violence can solve all problems, then what's the point of the court? Furthermore, your case isn't even retaliatory violence at all. Given your motive, the ultimate victim is Mr. Elliot, but he didn't actually do anything. It's Ms. Sophie who, in her own way, believes she deeply loves him and harbors resentment towards him. It's not even retaliatory violence."

Isshiki Totomaru: "Prosecutor Akechi seems to have been emphasizing to Alice that her motives aren't exactly revenge."

"It's just to justify attacking Alice's motives. Otherwise, Robin would definitely hold on to this point." Kamohashi Ron said, "But for us, it's too early to put an end to this. Maybe Alice will honestly accept the trial, but in the end, she will definitely drag my bastard father into it."

"But you don't seem to care much?"

"It's not that I don't care, it's just... Alice is using legal means to make the accusation this time." Kamohashi Ron said, "Since it's a legal means, I will also accept it with dignity."

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The wise prosecutor attacked Alice's criminal motives one after another. Robin knew at this time that if he still wanted to use Alice's criminal motives as a defense of her relatives to reduce her sentence, it would be basically impossible. Under the aggressive pressure from the prosecution, the judge would basically not recognize that Alice's criminal motives could be used as an argument to defend her sentence.

"How cruel, Prosecutor Wise." Robin sighed, then brought up another topic. "Then I have another question. Since Prosecutor Wise believes that motive cannot be used as a defense for a lesser crime, then are all the evidence concerning Alice's crimes complete? Aren't there any cases that are completely incomplete or have doubts? Also, if I remember correctly, some of the cases were committed by Blade under her instructions. Did Blade testify that she was the mastermind? Or did he admit that he was the mastermind without Alice's involvement?"

Prosecutor Akechi fell silent.

Kamonohashi: "It seems that Lawyer Robin has hit the prosecutor's soft spot."

Isshiki Todumaru: "But the evidence regarding Alice is complete, right? It was found piece by piece by Miss Kazama Marie, us, and others. And at that time, you even consulted with Mr. Gurezili and Mr. Hirsch to confirm it over and over again, until you were sure it was correct before handing it over to the prosecution."

"So the soft spot he hit wasn't the evidence, but something else."

Prosecutor Mingzhi coughed twice and said, "If we believe there are problems or insufficient evidence in a case, we will decide not to prosecute."

Robin had clearly noticed the flaw in Prosecutor Mingzhi's words, and he pressed the issue. "Prosecution, please don't evade my question. Did Blade accuse Alice of being the mastermind? Or do you have sufficient evidence to implicate the defendant?"

Prosecutor Mingzhi: “…”

Not at all. Blade kept his mouth shut, and the statement that Alice was the mastermind was entirely based on her own confession.

Robin completely attacked his weak spot!

At this point, Kamohashi Ronya suddenly intervened, "Prosecutor Akechi, you're not basing your claim that the defendant is the mastermind solely on her own confession, are you? I proved that's not feasible during the last trial where I was a witness."

Judge: “That’s indeed the case.”

Prosecutor Akechi: "Kanohashi-kun, which side are you on?"

"A witness must meticulously speak the truth about what they know and what they have witnessed. If this actually benefits the lawyer, it's either because the facts themselves favor the defendant, or because the law is outdated and needs to be amended," Kamonohashi said. "That's my personal opinion."

Judge: "What the witness said makes sense. If the prosecution does not have more favorable evidence that the defendant is the mastermind in these cases, then I will give the defendant a lighter sentence at my discretion."

Prosecutor Mingzhi: “…”

This really doesn’t exist.

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Alice also looked a little surprised. "Huh? So there's no evidence? But I remember I gave a confession."

"As Kamo no Hashiro just said, a suspect's confession alone isn't necessarily very effective. We need corroborating evidence to prove you're the mastermind," Robin said. "You can't possibly tell me you have evidence you haven't provided to the prosecution or me, right?!"

"Ah, what a pity! I haven't got it. I gave Blade all my orders verbally," said Alice. "I took Blade with me the day my brother thought he had killed me and that I had faked my own death."

Because Blade was someone her mother trusted, he would also be someone Alice trusted... She had no doubt that Blade would ignore her orders.

Prosecutor Mingzhi sighed. "We're also experiencing some trouble here. Although Mr. Blade has been arrested, he's incredibly tight-lipped. Even the best interrogators wouldn't say anything. If you can get him to talk... we'll consider commuting your sentence."

Robin: "Huh."

Kamonohashi: "Alice wouldn't take a sentence reduction seriously."

Prosecutor Wise: "Or if you're willing to get him to talk, we could consider opening the case for Eli Moriarty."

Alice: "Are you serious?"

Robin: “???”

Kamo no Hashiro: “???”

Isshiki Todumaru: "...I hope Prosecutor Akechi sleeps with both eyes open at night."

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In the end, Prosecutor Mingzhi actually convinced Alice, and Alice actually succeeded in getting Blade to speak. This was enough to prove in court that Blade was following Alice's orders. At that time, Alice just smiled and said to Blade, "Tell me everything. It's okay. It's all over for me. You shouldn't take the blame for me."

Blade: “…”

The killer of the M family who had been silent all this time finally revealed his crimes, and there were even some unexpected gains in it.

"Hmm, Milo was actually involved. That's right, after all, Milo is also a member of the M family." The judge was speechless. "It seems that the sentence for Milo's crime will be even more severe... But it was already heavier. Didn't Prosecutor Akechi prove that the Blood Internship case had nothing to do with Alice?"

Milo was the mastermind.

Isshiki Todumaru: "That's terrible, Milo." He didn't participate in the trial, but his crime became even more serious.

But on the other hand, Prosecutor Mingzhi also said: "Your Honor, there should be no need for the prosecution to present evidence that Alice is the mastermind. The situation is already clear. Alice is the mastermind in most of the cases that Blade is involved in, and Milo and Winter are also the masterminds in a few."

Judge: "Come to think of it, I seem to have heard the name Winter more than once. Has she been arrested?"

Prosecutor Mingzhi: “…”

Robin: “…”

Kamo no Hashiro got a sign from somewhere and held it up. It read: "On the run."

The witness once again knocked out the judge, prosecutor and lawyer.

Soon, Prosecutor Mingzhi coughed twice and chose to change the subject: "Anyway, lawyer, do you have any objections to this?"

"No objection. Although my defendant doesn't seem interested in a sentence reduction, I still hope that the prosecutor and the court will consider the defendant's substantial meritorious service and grant Alice a reduced sentence."

Judge: "I will certainly reduce the sentence if appropriate, but Alice mentioned something about Elliot..."

Kamohashi Ron: "As for this matter, I accept any other detective or police reinvestigation, or the court hearing my father, Elliot Moriarty."

After all, no matter what, if you haven't done it, you haven't done it.

Then, Kamo no Hashiro paused and said, "But I hope the prosecutor will not make another miscarriage of justice like the Blood Trainee case five years ago."

Judge: "I have an objection, Kamohashi-kun. Five years ago, you were acquitted due to various evidence. This cannot be considered a miscarriage of justice by the prosecution."

"My presence in the dock was a miscarriage of justice for the prosecution."