Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 503 - 364. Just to Say "I Love You Again" (Second Update)_2

Little Wallace shrugged, "Isn’t that right?" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Xiang Yuan also sighed quietly, raised his hand, and stood up, "Objection! This is intentional misdirection by the prosecution towards my client."

An Cheng was undeterred, "But Your Honor, you heard it, the defendant admitted it. Since the defendant admitted it without hesitation, it proves that what I said is factual, and there is no ’misdirection’ involved."

The judge glanced at Xiang Yuan, "Objection overruled, the prosecution may continue questioning."

An Cheng, supported by the court, took a step back with a smile and turned to walk to the other side, speaking as he went, "A handsome and privileged young man becomes a prince on campus, naturally earning the admiration and love of the girls. To him, being with any girl is a favor to her, and there would never be a situation of forced embrace."

"But everyone knows that the hardest thing to unify in this world is precisely the human heart. Even in just a high school, even though they are just teenagers, everyone ultimately has different thoughts. As the saying goes, different strokes for different folks; even if 99% of the girls admire the defendant, there will still inevitably be that 1% who are not interested in him at all."

"Yet in his logic, he believes it is 100% assumed that the girls admire him, so he won’t accept that 1%. Even when he actively approaches girls within that 1% and is rejected, he will instead feel that the girl is being pretentious or fake, which would anger him and make him feel an even stronger need to conquer and seize."

"Under such a mindset, an ordinary teenage romance turns into coercion and forced embrace in a violent form."

An Cheng spoke while turning back to stare at Little Wallace, "Actually, I want to tell you: you aren’t handsome at all, you can’t even match up to Jude Law’s little toe. Even if Jude Law gets old and wrinkled in the future, he would still be a hundred times more handsome than you."

The courtroom suddenly erupted, and everyone was caught off guard when Little Wallace jumped up and lunged at An Cheng, "What did you say, you jerk! You seduced me, I will ruin you!"

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At noon recess, Shi Nian accompanied An Cheng to sit by the flowerbed, each opening a burger to eat.

"Honestly, your approach in court startled me. I thought the focus should be on the victim’s testimony," Shi Nian said sincerely.

An Cheng smiled, "You’re talking about characterizing his ’criminal behavior’; in fact, there’s not much to argue in this case. Because he did have relationships with those girls, this behavior in itself already exists, it doesn’t need to be proven. Moreover, whether his behavior is deemed criminal is not solely based on the law itself, local customs over the past century must also be considered."

An Cheng turned to look at Shi Nian, "What is the law? It’s a set of rules formulated by people, written to serve the interests of the majority; however, local customs are fundamentally the same, norms formed by consensus over time. So, while Little Wallace’s behavior may appear criminal from a legal standpoint, from the perspective of local customs, it’s not inappropriate. And there are several local residents seated on the jury, so the final determination may not be the criminal conviction we hope for."

"Therefore, what we need to contest at this point is not the ’criminal act’ but the ’criminal motive.’ If he merely followed local customs in his relations with those girls, then we don’t have much leverage against him; conversely, if we can prove malicious intent, that he’s exploiting local customs, then we’ve won."

Shi Nian was quite inspired, "I understand! His malice is relatively abstract, so that’s why you used a strategy to provoke him, exposing the arrogance and aggression in his character, helping the jury and judge confirm his subjective malice."

An Cheng bit into the burger, raised his head, and looked at the azure sky.

"What makes someone good or bad, from an enforcement perspective, is judged by ’behavior,’ characterized based on actions; however, ordinary people judge by motive, determining if someone is intentionally committing bad deeds to assess whether there’s any chance for redemption. And those jurors who can steer the direction of the court are not professional enforcers, they’re ordinary people. If they can gain a better understanding of the defendant’s criminal motive, perhaps the conviction and sentencing will be markedly different. For example, the same murder charge, first-degree murder could result in a death sentence, whereas second-degree murder might still leave room for life."