148 Red Regulations

When Cafee returned home, he began to think carefully, and he realized that the whole thing was wrong, and it was very likely that Kendrick ordered the enforcement of the red 'color' regulations, and then the disappearance of Lieutenant Colonel Maternson, and the context of the case began to gradually become clear.

Cafe and Galloway return to the inquiry room and confirm with Dawson and Dhoni that it was indeed Kendrick who ordered the enforcement of the Red 'Color' regulations. Although Kendrick met at four o'clock in the afternoon and ordered a ban on touching Santiago, five minutes later Kendrick went to Dawson and Doni's room and gave them an order: enforce the red 'color' law against Santiago. This also means that the two soldiers did not intend to murder, but were only carrying out orders. This immediately changed the 'sexual' nature of the whole case.

Cafee approached Ross, the prosecution's lawyer, but Ross pointed out that Cafee had no evidence, except for the confessions of the two defendants, but that the other soldiers could prove that Kendrick's meeting was real, and that Lieutenant Colonel Marginson, the only possible testimony, had disappeared. Ross told SΓΉ Keife, "Jessup will soon be promoted, and the division will give me a lot of leeway to save him and his troops from embarrassment." ”

Kefei knew that this was the 'trade' provided by the division, so he asked, "How much leeway?"

"Manslaughter, two years in prison, they can go home after six months." Listening to the conditions given by Rose, Kaffey knew that in fact, the division headquarters wanted to sacrifice Dawson and Dhoni to cover up the mistakes within the troops, and at present, the defendants did not have any evidence or witnesses to prove their innocence, which was already the best condition given by the division headquarters. If it goes to court, Dawson and Doni will not face such a light punishment in the end.

Ross firmly believes that Cafe is a 'good' lawyer, and since Dawson and Doni can go home in six months, Cafee will not go to court and 'mess things up'. This is Caffey's consistent code of conduct, and it is also the "ability" that a 'brilliant' lawyer must have.

Sure enough, Cafe thinks it's a good deal, and he proposes it to Dawson and Doni, but apparently neither soldier wants to accept it, because they think they have done nothing wrong, they just do their duty, and they won't admit their guilt.

This completely 'infuriated' Cafe, who he thought was the stupid theory that Galloway had taught them, "If you apply for innocence according to your criteria, you will have to spend the rest of your life in prison!" According to me, I will be able to go home in six months. ”

"What about six months from now? We're going to be dismissed with dishonor, right? What are we going to do then, sir?" Dawson was also furious, he couldn't accept Kaffee's statement and approach, "We enlisted in the army to live by a clear law, we felt it in the army, and now you are asking us to sign to admit that we are dishonorable?" Dawson stood up and yelled at Kaffee, "You want us to admit that we're not Marines." If the court finds us at fault, I will accept whatever punishment we may receive. But I believe I did nothing wrong, sir, and I just did my duty, and I will not 'humiliate' myself, my detachment, and my troops in order to be able to go home in six months! Sir!"

Dawson, who had always followed orders, felt insulted, and he even said to Cafe, "What a coward you are!" I can't believe they put you in a military uniform

Keffee was 'provoked' by the stab, and he decided to give up, even planning to file a petition at tomorrow's arraignment to replace Dawson and Dhoni with a defense lawyer. Galloway, however, wanted Caffey to appear in court to defend them, but Weinberg argued that "defense is useless against the war criminals who massacred the Vietnamese, but against Nuremberg." It's useless. Apparently, Weinberg had always held the two soldiers guilty.

Keffey had a different opinion, "Do you really think it's the same thing?" They never suspected that there was anything wrong with the execution of the order, and they were not Na. Pure. But he still felt that this was an impossible case to win, and there was no need to fight to the death, so he decided to give up.

"You know they have grievances, you know how to win, and as soon as you leave, you will decide their fate." Galloway is still making a final effort.

But Cafe retained his sanity, "The moment Santiago died, their fate was sealed." ”

"Do you believe they have a grievance?" Galloway was reluctant to give up.

This made Cafe feel ridiculous, "You and Dawson are both living in a dream world, and the question is not what I believe, but what I can prove!" So don't sue me, I know what I don't know, I know the law!"

This made Galloway give up, "You don't know anything about the law, you're just a used car salesman, Danny." As a lawyer, you are only qualified to deal with 'traffic' disputes. You're nothing, you just live like that. ”

Galloway's last words left Kefei thoughtful, and the sleepless night caused Cafee to be late for the next day's trial, hesitate, and at the last minute, Kefei filed a plea of not guilty. The judge announced that the trial would reopen in three weeks at 10 a.m. in the Supreme Military Court.

Because Caffey realized that the reason why the division appointed him, a lawyer with only nine months of experience, to take charge of the case was not because of his 'good standing', but because the division wanted to avoid court hearings and knew Kaffey's past habits -- he was used to using the law to make 'deals', which also showed that the division headquarters wanted to make the two soldiers guilty and shield some people

At this moment, there was a low cry from the cinema, and it was obvious that the audience couldn't wait to see the final answer, and the fate of Dawson and Dhoni was tightly held in the hands of Coffey.

Caffey persuaded Weinberg, who had never believed the innocence of the two soldiers, to join the case, and together with Galloway, actively prepared for the trial three weeks later.

The first trial did not make much progress, and the prosecution and defense questioned each of the two incidents, the first was that the Naval Investigation Service arranged for investigators to investigate the fact that Dawson had illegally fired the gun, but the investigation could not proceed because the only eyewitness before the investigation began, San Diego, died; The second is the ban conference on Kendrick, where the prosecution emphasizes that Kendrick explicitly convened the meeting to prohibit harm to Santiago, while the defense emphasizes that all the team members were not in Dawson and Dhoney's room after the meeting, and could not prove that Kendrick did not have a second contact with the two soldiers. The situation is at an impasse. The second trial focused on cross-examination of professional doctors, and the prosecution emphasized that Santiago died of poisoning, and that many of the poisons could not be detected as the most likely 'sexual' cause of Santiago's death; The intense confrontation was triggered, leading to death, and showing signs similar to poisoning, and the symptoms of this heart disease are precisely the reason for Santiago's application for transfer.

Although the doctor strongly rejected Cafe's speculation that Santiago might have a heart disease that was not detected, Ross, the prosecution's lawyer, defended the doctor's authoritative 'sex' and accepted the doctor's diagnosis that San Diego had no disease. Faced with his own weakness, Galloway lost his mind and repeatedly protested against the judge in court, which angered the judge.

This situation has put the defence in a situation that is not optimistic.

Weinberg was angry at Galloway's behavior, which made Galloway question, "Why do you hate them so much?"

"Because they bully the weak, that's true." Weinberg said, angrily venting his feelings, "Everything else is." They tortured a weak young man and killed him because they didn't like him! And why? Because he can't run fast. ”

Instead, Weinberg then asks Galloway, "Why do you like them so much?"

"Because they're guarding the frontier." "And make sure that no one will be able to hurt you tonight with me." This sentence touched Weinberg, and his tone softened.

However, Coffey still lacks confidence in winning the case because they do not have enough evidence, and the evidence they currently have is provided by the suspect, which is not convincing in court, and he thinks they will lose badly.

The third trial revolved around the red 'color' statute, and defense lawyer Coffey confirmed to the witnesses that they were late for a platoon or company meeting, that the barracks were always 'messy', and that they were left behind when running...... are all subject to red 'color' regulations. Witnesses had been subjected to red 'color' rules for landing their rifles, but San Diego had never been subject to red 'color' rules because Dawson, the platoon leader of the platoon in which Santiago was located, was not allowed by the defendant Dawson.

Faced with such a situation, the prosecution's lawyer, Ross, produced a copy of the Navy's conscription instructions and the internal regulations of the Guantanamo infantry for the witnesses to find out the definition of the word "red 'color' regulations" to prove that the Guantanamo base did not have a record of the existence of the red 'color' regulations, and the witnesses said that there was no such thing as a word in the book.

Later, Caffey grabbed two manuals and asked the witness to find out the location of the restaurant from the book, and the witness could not find it, so Cafey explained, "Isn't it true that if the location of the restaurant is not written in the ordinance, the soldiers don't have to go to dinner?" The witness said that he naturally followed in the footsteps of his predecessors, and Kefei successfully explained that it is not necessary to write down the things that are stored in the zΓ i, and many of them are just the conventions of the predecessors, and the red 'color' regulations are an unwritten rule.

After this trial, things finally made some progress, and after the trial ended, the disappeared Marginson reappeared, and he confirmed to Caffey that this was a red 'color' regulation incident, the order was given by Kendrick, and Santiago was never intended to be transferred out of the base, and the transfer order mentioned by Jessup was temporarily signed by Coffey and others on the morning of their arrival in Cuba, which was already the fifth day after Santiago's death.

In addition, Marginson confirmed that Jessup said that the first flight to the United States would not take until 6 a.m. the next day, but in fact the plane left the base for the United States seven hours earlier.

Marginson's testimony restored Kefei's confidence, but during Kefei's 'private' communication with Rose, Ross reminded Kefei that Kendrick and Jessup were both people who had contributed to the country, and if they were prosecuted without conclusive evidence, Kaffee would likely be court-martialed for dereliction of duty, which would affect Kefei's lifelong career.

But this not only did not make Kafi flinch, but instead 'stimulated' his ambition, and the fourth trial was imminent, and he was full of infinite confidence!