Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!

A judge's "freedom of judgment" is easily misunderstood by strange people who think it means the judge "can sentence however they want."

In the courtroom, "tangible evidence" remains paramount, while a judge's "freedom of judgment" relies on their ability to judge to what extent the evidence should be accepted.

For instance, if a sentence is "7-10 years, particularly severe cases can be sentenced to more than 10 years," whether the criminal receives "a normal 10-year sentence," "a lenient 7-year sentence based on discretion," or "over 10 years for particularly severe cases," relies on the judge's freedom of judgment.

Many sentences like "2 years imprisonment, 3 years probation" are mostly the result of a judge's freedom of judgment.

With Bai Qinghua's endorsement and a bit of judgment from Nan Zhubin, it's naturally easy to successfully add an extra variable to the current judge's freedom of judgment.

However—

Nan Zhubin knows that this effect is insignificant.

As mentioned before, the impact of this case is extremely bad, therefore it attracts great attention.

It is said that the current judge wants to add this case to their resume as a typical case to shine in their future promotions.

Therefore, today the judge will weaken the process of their own judgment as much as possible to avoid being faulted by others.

Especially since Nan Zhubin has put forward the controversial technique of [Micro-expression Analysis] at this time.

Fortunately, Nan Zhubin's original intention here is not the judge, but—

…

The defense lawyer took a deep breath, sensing that things were not looking good.

He looked up towards the witness stand and found the young man who proposed [Micro-expression Analysis] looking at him expressionlessly; turning his head, he saw the trial judge, having listened to the [Micro-expression Analysis], looking at him and the head Wang Zhenhai expressionlessly.

Although both parties were expressionless, the defense lawyer inexplicably saw "mockery" and "scrutiny" in their eyes.

—Yes, Nan Zhubin's target is not the judge, but the defense lawyer.

No matter whether the judge's freedom of judgment is affected, Nan Zhubin wants the defense lawyer to believe "the judge's freedom of judgment is swayed by the witness."

Thus, he adds psychological pressure to the defense lawyer.

"Adding psychological pressure" is what Nan Zhubin has been doing all day.

Whether it was deliberately inserting a lot of invalid text into the evidence materials to interfere with the defense lawyer's reading earlier, or now using [Micro-expression Analysis] as an excuse to show a change in attitude from the judge.

The aim is to put pressure on the defense lawyer and the head Wang Zhenhai.

Even Nan Zhubin threw out two pieces of evidence but did not explain the second one about "Wang Zhenhai having a mental disorder," instead interrupting the sequence to explain the evidence that "Wang Zhenhai provides technical support to the gang," which logically doesn't require a psychological expert witness to explain, also to apply pressure on the defendant.

At the moment, Nan Zhubin and the defendant seem like two parties standing on a boxing ring; the defendant is a skillful fighter, adept in footwork, punch combinations, sense of distance, rhythm control, and more.

And Nan Zhubin… might be regarded as a prominent Jiu-jitsu Master.

Being on the boxing ring and confronting such an opponent is itself a mistake. [Micro-expression Analysis] is like Nan Zhubin's decisive throw, deadly but foul.

Yet, in the current situation where a fight must take place, and victory is essential, Nan Zhubin can only try to find some other ways.

He can't endure until the match ends, as this would leave his opponent standing, winning by points.

Thus, he can only attempt to use counter punches, or even deliberately create errors for the opponent, leading him to bump his head on the ground and knock himself out.

…

"Hiss—huff—"

Nan Zhubin took a deep breath, conducted an [Emotion Rebalancing] on himself, making his mind clearer, and his reactions more responsive.

Once again, he looked at the defendant's side, his gaze hard to fathom.

Psychology is essentially the study and analysis of humans, applied to humans.

He must continue to pressure these two people.

Nan Zhubin turned to the judge and said, "Take the defendant Wang Zhenhai as an example. When he lies, there are issues with his voice and abnormal nodding. The voice issue can't be adjusted in a short period because his long-term living conditions have affected his physiological expression, which is a pretty clever disguise."

"But his nodding can more clearly indicate anomalies. A normal person may nod when telling the truth, but when lying, the timing, amplitude, and frequency of nodding will be influenced by psychological activities."

The defense lawyer looked at Nan Zhubin with suspicion, wanting to object, but decided to observe first.

The judge didn't speak.

At present, it's still Nan Zhubin's turn to explain the evidence, and he directly turned to Wang Zhenhai: "Defendant Wang Zhenhai, you are the leader of your gang, right?"

Wang Zhenhai looked somewhat helplessly at his lawyer.

"Objection!" The defense lawyer's face grew darker, feeling the pressure mounting on his heart.

He called out an objection, but didn't state the reason, just wanting to make Nan Zhubin stop questioning Wang Zhenhai, which actually bears certain risks.

After pausing for a while, he finally said, "The opponent is using questions with known answers to disturb my client."

Nan Zhubin shrugged: "I'm demonstrating the validity of the evidence I submitted."