9 August 1997.

Song Ya left Highland Park and rushed to the federal courthouse in Chicago's South City, where the Barn case was adjourned and re-entered the proceedings.

Today is the time for the prosecution and defense to select the members of the jury.

“APLUS！ The case was reopened before you fully recovered, do you think it was a hunt for you? ”

The wheelchair was pushed up the barrier-free ramp, and a reporter asked in a loud voice. After the Barn case was discussed, Song Ya, PGE Law Firm and his subordinates unanimously decided to actively seek it, but it will definitely not be recognized to the outside world, and the federal court will just take the pot over in public opinion.

The flash kept flashing, Song Ya was still wearing sunglasses, but this time he changed into a well-fitting suit, put on a little base makeup, and showed a much better mental state to the outside world, he smiled and raised his hand, and his five fingers spread outward, indicating that he would not answer this question.

“APLUS！ You look great now compared to a month ago! A reporter complimented.

He smiled wryly, "Thank you...... Ahem. "Clear the phlegm," thank you. The voice was still under-breathed.

Now the reporters have a very good attitude towards him, there is no gossip and yin and yang weirdness, most of them follow the wheelchair to take pictures from a distance, and ask questions in turn in a tacit and orderly manner.

"What do you think of your former private lawyer showing up in New Mexico and being taken to the hospital?" Another reporter asked.

Song Ya waved his hand again and did not answer.

Last month, Goodman was hospitalized in New Mexico by his younger brother Jimmy, and was quickly found and monitored by agents in charge of the Amerika Music website case.

According to Jimmy, Hamlin wants to contact him, inform Goodman of his hiding place and ask him to visit, and Hamlin is worried about Goodman's health.

Sure enough, Goodman suffered from paranoia not long after he ran away, and according to the news found by his own people, he claimed to the doctor that he was allergic to sunlight and electromagnetism, and that he had cowered in a dark house like a mouse every day, and he didn't know how to solve the problem of eating, drinking, and lazing.

Jimmy didn't want to be in the same boat, so he took the opportunity to find part of the original file of the Barnes case and the record settlement lawsuit that his brother had hidden, and returned it to express his apologies and sincerity.

But he also didn't want his brother to spend the rest of his life in prison, so he continued to work with Hamlin, withheld other black materials, and through his ex-girlfriend Kim Wexler, he has had several rounds of follow-up contacts and negotiations with his side.

Goodman seems to have been forced to become ill by his thunderous action like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, as the saying goes, frightened, and the former 'close minister' suddenly no longer poses a threat, because his illness is mental, and he can be detached from the hat of insane gibberish at any time.

But Song Ya knew that Jimmy was a crooked demon knife who could come up with a twist to turn the situation around, and victory was in sight, and he didn't want to push too much.

There is also Hamlin, who is hiding overseas with money, the bottom line of Hamlin's current transaction is that the money can be repaid, but they really can't make up 60 million to pay back, they can only pay back a part, and he doesn't be a tainted witness, and after returning to the United States, in addition to personal safety guarantees, he even wants to continue to practice.

The implication is to let Goodman, who is about to become a waste, carry everything, although Goodman has a mental problem, but he should not agree in his sober time, so Jimmy and Kim Wexler did not let go, and they are still in a tug of war with themselves and Hamlin in terms of money and acting as a tainted witness.

Goodman played himself like this was something that Song Ya never expected, and he was quite embarrassed.

"Is it true that you were rumored to have received the same occult witchcraft treatment as MJ?"

The train of thought was interrupted by a reporter, "It's a pure rumor, I have only received professional treatment from the University of Chicago and Princeton University Medical Center, you can go and verify." ”

2PAC on the East Coast is dead, Biggie on the West Coast is dead, but he is alive and better after escaping death, and the related conspiracy theories of the outside gossip tabloids have also been released one after another, basically in addition to the old conspiracy theories in the rap circle, all the same rumors after MJ was burned in the past have been changed and all settled on himself.

And because I have been bedridden and indoors for a long time, my complexion has become a little whiter, so the bleaching rumors naturally can't escape.

“APLUS！”

The wheelchair was quickly pushed to the courtroom door, where he turned to wave to the reporters who greeted him, and picked up the silver cross around his neck and kissed it.

The jury selection process is cumbersome, with the court randomly drawing a list of candidates from the local voter registration booklet, far more than 12 people, because of the selection of stakeholders or people with obvious tendencies, and the prosecution and defense also have the power to ask for the recusal of a candidate juror without cause, although this power is limited to the number of times it can be used, several times on each side.

This is very important to the direction of the case, and both the prosecution and defense want to keep the jury members who are favorable to their side and kick out those who may sympathize with the other side.

At the same time, they and the judges have to deal with all kinds of clever ghosts who dare not come openly, but secretly want to evade the time-consuming, labor-intensive, and low-paying jury obligations.

In addition to the people from PGE Law Firm, Song Ya was also sitting with Diane Lockhard and Will Gardner, and his heart was secretly painful.

In order to save some legal fees and get into his own pocket, Goodman broke the contract and fired them, and paid a liquidated damages at that time.

Now, in order to solve the Barn case as soon as possible, I want to bring these people back again, which is expensive, and I go back and forth......

The emotion he had just felt for Goodman was instantly gone, and he couldn't help but hate it even more.

Today, Diane and Will also introduced themselves as hiring a micro-expression master who claims to be able to observe the true opinion of a candidate jury member about the defendant through human behavior.

Many lawsuits in the United States, especially the defendants who have enough money to burn, don't mind hiring a character like this, the masters have different routes, in addition to being good at observing micro-expressions, some will say that they have mastered what exclusive scientific algorithms, or directly claim to be psychic, in short, it is a metaphysical field.

Today, the fifty or sixty-year-old white master has a good reputation in the industry, and it is said that the jury he has participated in the selection of the jury will have a probability of victory several points higher than the average, so the fee is extremely expensive.

Song Ya could have not been there in person, but because the master needed to observe the expressions on the faces of the candidate jury members when they looked at him, he could only make this trip.

"APLUS, PUT THIS ON."

Will Gardner had a red ribbon of some kind of HIV charity in his hand and pinned it to his chest, which he and Diane and the rest of the legal team had, one on each chest.

What's going on here? "Is it necessary?" Song Ya frowned, he knew that Tony was in a coma and this Will was mixed up again, and he actually hated him more than before in his heart, if it weren't for his cooperation with Tony objectively played a role in stopping Goodman and protecting himself......

But it's hard to say that if Tony and Susie end up taking custody, these top local Chicago lawyers will encourage Tony to be more sophisticated and 'cleaner' than Goodman and Hamlin.

"You'll find out later." Will didn't know his actual psychology, and he was happy to sell it.

He and Diane were in a very good mood, as the leading members of the Dream Lawyers Group, they had just made another splash outside, especially when Cochran didn't come today.

In any case, I woke up and didn't care about my deeds, and now I need to work with them to solve the Barn case as soon as possible.

The group sat down in the dock, there were no observers today, the special prosecutor in the Barn case and the former Cook State prosecutor Charz were already in the public prosecution seat, but their attitude was much more blurred, and the old man of the special prosecutor nodded to himself to say hello.

Soon, the judge in the Barnes case, a bookish white man in his mid-forties, appeared and walked to the high bench.

Everyone stood up, "No, APLUS." The judge was also very kind, smiling and stopping himself from trying to stand up with his hands on the armrest of his wheelchair.

"Wait, you're there too?" The judge asked suddenly.

"What?" Song Ya noticed that he was looking directly at the red ribbon on his chest.

"Yes, Your Honor, ours participated." Will hastened to answer on his behalf.

"Very good......

The judge was very happy, it turned out that he also had a red ribbon pinned to his chest, the same paragraph, "We need to awaken the public's attention to HIV, this is the social responsibility of all citizens......" He did not sit down immediately, and came to an impromptu speech on the issue of HIV prevention and treatment on the spot.

So that's the case, Song Ya secretly gave Wilgardner an approving look, and the top lawyer who spent a lot of money to hire is a lot of ways, Lu Ziye.

Will quickly blinked his eyes in response triumphantly, as for how he heard this, it was probably an exclusive secret.

The judge ended his speech, "Okay, that's just some of my personal opinions...... Sit, sit down. He pressed his hands down as he glanced at the public prosecutor's seat.

"Yes, you're right, Your Excellency."

Song Ya, Will and the others echoed and applauded in unison, and also turned their heads to look at the prosecution table while they were sitting down.

The Special Prosecutor and Charles touched their smooth chests and sat down with gloomy faces.

Haha, that's a good start.

"You joined the Speeder Party organization after graduating from college, right?"

Soon the formal process began, and the bailiffs brought in twelve jury candidates, and this was only the first batch, and there were many more to come.

A question-and-answer session ensued, in which Will Gardner began to cross-examine a white man in his thirties with the information.

"Uh...... It's just a Harlem Motorcyclist Club, and it's short-lived. The white man replied, "Then I got a job, and I didn't have time to go anymore." ”

"But you still keep in touch and personal friendship with your fellow riders?" Will asked again.

"Of course, it's all my friends."

Will turned back to the master and said, "We don't think this man is fit for jury work. "Have the judge remove the other party from the jury.

The special prosecutor also sent Charles for questioning and kicked out a black aunt.

"The old lady still doesn't want to come!" The black aunt scolded and walked away.

But no matter how hard the prosecution tries, according to the proportion of the population of the southern city constituency where the federal court is located, at least half of the twelve jury members will be black, and it is difficult to say when he was riddled with negative news in the second half of last year, because the court will screen out the middle class of jurors with education and income levels and good track records in advance, and the bottom black people have long been filtered out.

But now that they were shot unconscious, these blacks should have a minimum of sympathy for themselves.

"I'm sorry, I don't want to flout the court, I'm just a little tired......"

The whole 'draft' process was very lengthy, and Song Ya began to play her acting skills in reality again, slowly closed her eyes and took a nap, and then her head fell down hard, and she apologized to the judge immediately after 'sobering up'.

"IT'S OKAY, I UNDERSTAND, YOU DO YOUR OWN APLUS."

He seems to be a very talkative judge who has a friendly opinion of himself.