Of course this is not a coincidence, it is a strategy that Lin Zixuan and lawyer Peterson discussed.

When the American media hype this topic, Lin Zixuan will admit that he is the author of "Gone with the Wind".

The reason why this pseudonym is like "The Old Man and the Sea" is because he is the real author of "The Old Man and the Sea".

The media will continue to discuss this topic, and Lin Zixuan's purpose has been achieved. He influenced the judgment of jury members in this way.

Here we will talk about the jury system in the United States.

The jury system refers to a system in which a certain number of citizens with the right to vote participate in determining whether a suspect is prosecuted and guilty.

U.S. law stipulates that every adult American citizen has the obligation to serve as a juror.

However, people who are under 18 years old, do not live in the local area, do not know English and hearing defects, and have criminal records, are not qualified to act as jurors.

The jury is divided into a large jury and a small jury.

A grand jury is only applicable to criminal cases and is composed of people. Its main responsibility is to decide whether to prosecute and can hear several cases during its term of office.

The small jury participates in the trial to determine whether the defendant is guilty, while in civil litigation, it determines whether the defendant wants compensation. The small jury is generally composed of 6-12 people, each case is one group.

In general cases, jurors can usually go home.

However, if the case causes a sensation, they must be isolated.

In this way, all the information they received is evidence that was allowed to be presented in court, and it will not be affected by the speculation of the press or illegal evidence when judged.

After all, Lin Zixuan's case is a lawsuit between two Chinese, and it only has a certain response in the American literary world, not a sensational social news.

Therefore, the court did not quarantine the jurors.

When the novel "Gone with the Wind" became popular in Boston, those jurors could see news reports, and even if they didn't read the news, they could hear the discussions of people around them.

Some jurors even bought a novel.

No one knew in advance that the author of this novel was Lin Zixuan, and he was also the party involved who needed to be avoided by the jurors.

When the court saw the news and realized that public opinion might affect the juror's judgment, it was too late.

Even if the juror is reselected, the impact of "Gone with the Wind" is difficult to erase.

This is what lawyer Peterson planned, he took advantage of a loophole in the law.

He did not contact the jurors, but public opinion indirectly affected the jurors, thus affecting the final judgment.

On January 25, 1922, two days will be the Lunar New Year.

The Boston District Court held a trial on Lin Zixuan’s case against Ji Hongming, and a verdict will be announced today.

The lawyer makes his last statement.

Ji Hongming's lawyer strongly protested against Lin Zixuan's attempt to influence the jury through out-of-court factors, believing that doing so would violate the fairness of the law.

He also described Lin Zixuan as a demon who bullied kind people through power.

The judge also reminded the jury that only uses evidence in court as the only criterion of judgment and cannot be affected by external factors.

Lawyer Peterson confirmed Lin Zixuan's writing talent from the perspective of literary writing, while Ji Hongming only published some messy literary comments and did not have the ability to write "The Old Man and the Sea" at all.

The jury's 12 members held a secret discussion.

The jury adopts the majority principle.

Generally, criminal and civil cases require at least 9 jurors to reach an agreement before the verdict can be formed.

In other words, if nine jurors think Lin Zixuan makes sense, they will make a judgment that is unfavorable to Ji Hongming, otherwise they will be sentenced to Ji Hongming to win.

When choosing a juror in court, the first person involved in the case, including those associated with the plaintiff or defendant, shall not be selected.

For justice, the judge will randomly choose from the voting list or phone number book at the election station.

After the primary election, there is another strict screening, mainly to eliminate some psychologically inclined candidates caused by the environment and experience, and to avoid possible unfair judgments.

In Lin Zixuan's case, if Ji Hongming follows the evidence presented in court, he is undoubtedly more convincing.

After all, he has English drafts, while Lin Zixuan only has Chinese manuscripts. In the eyes of Americans, they cannot understand Chinese and do not have proof effect. It may also be the work of Lin Zixuan translated Ji Hongming.

The debate about the pseudonym is extremely confusing, but what is the pinyin of Chinese? Can it be eaten?

As for Ji Hongming and Lin Zixuan's rhetoric, each has its own reasons, but Ji Hongming is more likely.

These Americans were randomly selected from Boston. They not all have college education backgrounds, or they may be just ordinary workers, and they are not clear about literary matters.

Their criteria for judgment rely more on intuition.

Ji Hongming's lawyer portrayed Lin Zixuan as a rich and powerful bully, which could easily arouse the sympathy of jurors for Ji Hongming.

Of course, "Gone with the Wind" also has a certain impact on the jury, which shows that Lin Zixuan has the ability to write best-selling novels.

This is a psychological contest.

The jury members argued endlessly, from morning to afternoon, but there was no result.

In the jury, eight people supported Ji Hongming, and four others supported Lin Zixuan, which was less than the majority of nine people.

According to the law, if the jury still cannot adjust the differences and make a verdict after a long period of discussion, such a jury is called a "dead jury". At this time, the defendant can request the judge to be acquitted directly, and the plaintiff can also request a retrial of the case.

Finally, one of the white men changed their stance and supported Ji Hongming.

His reason for changing his position was that "Gone with the Wind"'s description of southern American society was false, and according to later generations, his three views were wrong.

He would not say this reason, but this factor did affect his judgment.

Lawyer Peterson did not expect that Boston was a northern city, and all the people living here were northerners. The publication of "Gone with the Wind" can prove Lin Zixuan's writing talent and can also arouse the disgust of northerners.

Especially when a Chinese man wrote such a novel from the perspective of a southerner in America, he could not get the understanding of the northerners.

If this case is tried in Atlanta, Lin Zixuan will definitely win.

Or after a few years, Lin Zixuan may also win after "Gone with the Wind" completely conquered the Americans.

This is the influence of time and region, so the law has never been absolutely fair.

The court's verdict came out and Lin Zixuan lost the case.

"Lin, we have bad luck this time." Attorney Peterson comforted, "It's okay, there's another time."

Lawyer Peterson was prepared to fight a protracted war, but Lin Zixuan couldn't afford it. He could not stay in the United States for a long time and fight a protracted lawsuit. What he wanted was a quick battle.
Chapter completed!