Did Xu Bo want to argue back?
He did!
After all, this was a live trial.
The case had attracted so much public attention, and the other side's remarks were putting him squarely in the firing line.
But how could he argue back?
That was exactly what he had thought in the first place. All Criminal Suspicion pointed to Jiang Wei.
Then what was Jiang Wei, if not the perpetrator?
Xu Bo had been a public prosecutor for years and had handled over a hundred cases.
In 99 percent of them, when all Criminal Suspicion pointed to the same person,
the perpetrator was that suspect!
In this case, leaving everything else aside,
why did all the suspicion point to Jiang Wei?
The clothing left behind, his whereabouts at the time-why couldn't Jiang Wei explain any of it?
Or rather, why couldn't anyone prove that Jiang Wei had no opportunity to commit the crime at the time?
What was the reason?
The reason was that Jiang Wei had committed the crime!
Wasn't that an obvious fact?!
What else was there to discuss? There was simply no room for discussion!
But faced with Su Bai's questioning in court, Xu Bo did not know how to argue back.
So he simply raised his hand:
"Counsel for the appellant is presenting matters unrelated to this trial."
"The statements just made by counsel for the appellant have already crossed into questioning me personally."
"I therefore request that the presiding judge order counsel for the appellant to stop interfering in and questioning my personal affairs, and issue an appropriate warning!"
???
Su Bai froze for a moment at Xu Bo's rebuttal.
What did he mean, presenting matters unrelated to the trial?
On its face, this case made it perfectly clear that the public prosecutor believed Jiang