A Life Debt Repaid novel Chapter 510

As Judge Rackham and the prosecutor read the documents solemnly, the spectators all held their breaths nervously.

Cordy’s heart could leap out of her throat at this moment—even she was taken by surprise by the sudden reversal.

All she knew was that John was innocent. She had no idea that the Stuarts were the ones who committed the crime in the first place!

She suddenly remembered that time when she visited John at the detention center—how he smiled confidently and told her that the Stuarts wouldn’t have the strength to retaliate.

So, this was it.

It turns out that he had been staying with the Stuarts all this time…because he was gathering evidence of their crimes.

And she had misunderstood his intentions all this while!

Cordy turned her eyes to Sean, unable to think about anything else.

Right now, what she worried about was whether Sean would allow this trial to continue once it became clear the Stuarts were involved.

Sean may have been unbiased before, but that was because the Stuarts were not involved.

The situation is clearly different now, and Cordy even caught Judge Rackham sliding glances at Sean more than once, as if waiting for his decision.

Would the trial continue?

Nonetheless, the silence continued for over five minutes until Sean finally confirmed the veracity of the evidence, and turned towards Toby. "The evidence that the defense counsel provided does indicate affiliations between those accounts and Stuart Holdings. However, the fact that Stuart Holdings would pin the crime on John Levine when they had not been implicated in any way makes the logic debatable."

While Sean didn’t fully acknowledge the evidence produced by the defendant, it was obvious he had no intention of ending the trial.

Judge Rackham understood that, and therefore did not call for an adjournment.

"There was another man speaking in the recording that was played just now," Toby reminded Sean.

Sean immediately retorted, "Unfortunately, the identity of the other man notwithstanding, I must reiterate that the recording is too controversial and does not hold sway as court evidence."

At this point, most people would be swept along by logical fallacies and jump straight to conclusions instead of resisting it and considering the issue with cool rationality.

There was a reason the man was the best legal counsel, bar none.

"In that case, if I can prove that using compromising videos for blackmail is the modus operandi of Stuart Holdings, would my recording hold sway?" Toby asked Sean in turn.

Sean wasn’t about to fall for Toby's ploy, however. "That depends entirely on the evidence itself—if it is solid."

"Thank you, Mr. Cranston," Toby said, and turned towards Judge Rakcham. "Your Honor, with your permission, I would like to cross-examine one of the alleged victims, Fabian Locke."

"Granted," Judge Rackham agreed to it immediately—he certainly was no pushover, not after he climbed the hierarchy to reach where he was today.

Since Sean was going this far, it was obvious he wouldn’t stop until this trial ended here and today.

And all Judge Rackham could do was play along.