Chapter 1008: Chapter 1008 Absurd? _1 Chapter 1008: Chapter 1008 Absurd? _1 Marcel Jefferson was quite pleased.
After a while, he felt sothing was off and couldn’t help but ask, “Was I unreliable when I was single?”
At this mont, the prosecution requested the second witness to testify, interrupting their conversation.
The second witness was a middle-aged woman whom the prosecutor introduced as an experienced psychiatrist who had treated Jane McCain several years ago, diagnosing her with sleep disorders, somnambulism, and so on.
“Objection.” Purple Sumrs stood up. “The witness’s testimony is irrelevant to this case.”
The judge looked at the prosecutor.
Ian Conner quickly said, “Your Honor, the defendant Jane McCain presents the facts of the cri as a fictitious story; I believe her psychological condition is closely related to this case, and the psychiatrist can prove this point.”
The judge declared, “Objection overruled.”
Purple Sumrs furrowed her brows and sat back down.
Marcel Jefferson couldn’t help but whisper, “Is this prosecutor stupid? If it were inferred that Jane McCain committed murder while ntally deranged, wouldn’t that be tantamount to acquittal?”
ntally ill people who commit murder are not breaking the law because they are not considered legally competent persons, which ans they have lost their civil capacity to act.
Purple Sumrs’s expression darkened slightly, “If his deduction succeeds, Jane McCain would indeed be released without charges. But how then do we accuse Dion Benson?”
In the courtroom, Ian Conner was questioning the psychiatrist.
“Do you recognize the person sitting in the defendant’s seat?”
“Yes.”
“Could you tell us how you know each other?”
“About… eleven years ago or so, her mother brought her to my clinic where I diagnosed her with somnambulism and treated her for about a month.”
“Can you explain the term somnambulism?”
“Certainly, somnambulism is the strange phenonon of getting out of bed and moving around during sleep and then returning to bed to continue sleeping. In neurology, it is a sleep disorder, typically involving walking around in a semi-awake state within the dwelling, but so sufferers leave their dwelling or engage in risky activities.”
“Risky activities…” Ian Conner’s tone slowed as he pointed at Jane McCain. “Is it possible to kill soone without being aware of it?”
The psychiatrist nodded: “It’s entirely possible; so somnambulists exhibit violent behavior, and upon waking up, they have no knowledge of their sleepwalking.”
Ian Conner got the answer he wanted, the corners of his mouth slightly lifting as he turned to the judge, “That’s all my questions.”
It was Purple Sumrs’s turn for cross-examination.
“You just ntioned that you treated my client for a month. May I ask how many tis?” Purple Sumrs inquired.
The witness replied, “Once a week, around four or five tis in total.”
“How long was each session?”
“One hour.”
“After your treatnt, did my client’s sleep disorder improve?”
The psychiatrist hesitated for a mont, then nodded, “Yes.”
Purple Sumrs continued, “So, after one month, she recovered normally, and treatnt ceased, correct?”
“Yes…”
“To your knowledge, did my client engage in any violent behavior while sleepwalking during the treatnt period?”
“No,” the psychiatrist said, uncomfortably glancing at Jane McCain.
“Did she harm anyone during her sleepwalking episodes?”
“No,” the psychiatrist attempted to clarify, “At the ti, she was only nine years old…”
“Yes, she was only nine years old, having just suffered a series of traumatic incidents like the divorce of her parents and the remarriage of her father, which impacted her emotionally and psychologically, leading to sleep disorders.” Purple Sumrs turned to the jury, “But what does this have to do with the case at hand?
A psychiatrist who has only t my client five tis, for a cumulative total of no more than five hours, based on a psychological diagnosis made eleven years ago, charges my client with murder!
My client exhibited no violent behavior during sleepwalking eleven years ago, but after being cured, the condition worsened, to the extent of committing and dismbering a murder unknowingly? Think about it, does it not sound absurd?”
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