一家人都在为Daniel的出庭而忙活。Brooks决定让Emily参与辩护。

Hints: Declan Porter

Daniel

Tyler

Emily

Mr Brooks

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翻译&注解 千岁瞳若

We already know what Declan Porter's going to say, that there was no one else on the beach that night.
Which is a lie.
Unfortunately, you were under the influence of prescription pills that the time. Which means we can't put you on the stand to refute his testimony.
However, I do have an expert who will testify that the blood spatter on Daniel's jacket shows no evidence he dragged Tyler's body over 30 yards up the beach.
Which means someone else must have.
We just need to get the jury to see it that way. But before we create reasonable doubt, we have to paint Daniel to sympathetic, which is why I've decided to open my argument by putting Emily on the stand.
Emily?
Are you sure that's a good idea?
Mr Brooks, this is an enormous responsibility. Emily isn't even family yet.
She's Daniel's fiancée, supporting him by choice, not obligation. It's your job to appear caring, accessible to articulate for the jury all the reasons you fell in love with Daniel. So they will, too.
Well, explaining all the reasons why I love Daniel shouldn't be difficult.
Good, because of forensic evidence is not on our side.
We're going to have to build an emotional connection between the jury and Daniel.

我们已经知道了Declan Porter会声称说当晚海滩上没有人。
他在说谎。
不幸的是，由于你当时的精神状态不稳定，你并不能出庭作证反驳对方的证词。
但是，我找到了一位专家，对Daniel的夹克做了血溅分析，证据显示他没有把Tyler的尸体在海滩上拖了30码。
说明还有人在。
我们得让陪审团也相信这一点。但是在我们在提出合理的犯罪嫌疑人之前，我们得让Daniel博取同情。所以我决定让Emily作为辩方人第一个出庭作证。
Emily?
你确定这样好吗？
Brooks先生，这件事事关重大，Emily甚至还不是我们的家庭成员。
她是Daniel的未婚妻，出于自愿支持他，而不是出于义务。你要表现出关心和体谅，告诉陪审团成员你深爱Daniel的原因。这样他们也会感同身受。
阐述爱上Daniel的原因应该不难。
那就好，因为呈堂供词对我们不利。我们必须要在陪审团和Daniel之间建立情感上的共鸣。