After Kefei returned home, he began to think carefully. He realized that something was wrong with the whole thing. It was very likely that Kendrick ordered the implementation of the red regulations. Later, Lieutenant Colonel Markinson's disappearance and the context of the case began to become clearer.

Kefi and Galloway came back to the inquiry room and confirmed the answer to Dawson and Donnie. It was indeed Kendrick who ordered the implementation of the red regulations. Although Kendrick met at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and ordered the ban on touching San Diego, five minutes later Kendrick went to Dawson and Donnie's room and ordered them to enforce the red regulations on San Diego. This means that the two soldiers did not intend to murder, but were just executing the order. This immediately changed the nature of the entire case.

Kefi found Ross, a prosecution lawyer, but Ross pointed out that Kefi had no evidence, except for the confessions of the two defendants, but other soldiers could prove that Kendrick's meeting was real, and Lieutenant Colonel Markinson, the only possible testimony, disappeared. Ross told Kefi, "Jessip will be promoted soon, and the division will give me a lot of room to save him and the troops from embarrassment."

Kefei knew that this was the transaction provided by the division headquarters, so he asked, "How much room is there?"

"Manslaughter, two years in prison, they can go home in six months." Listening to the conditions given by Ross, Kefi knew that the division headquarters wanted to sacrifice Dawson and Donnie to cover up the mistakes within the army. At present, the defendant has no evidence and witnesses can prove their innocence. This is the best condition given by the division headquarters. If it is in court, Dawson and Donnie will not face such a light punishment in the end.

Ross firmly believes that Kefi is an excellent lawyer. Since Dawson and Doni can go home in six months, Kefi will not go to court and make things out of control. This is Kefi's consistent code of conduct and also the "ability" that an excellent lawyer must have.

Sure enough, Kefi thought it was a good deal. He proposed the deal to Dawson and Doni, but obviously neither soldier was willing to accept it because they thought they had done nothing wrong and were just following their duties. They would not admit that they were guilty.

This completely angered Kefie, who thought it was a stupid theory that Galloway taught them, "If you apply for innocence based on your guidelines, you must spend the rest of your life in jail! As I said, you can go home in six months."

"What about six months later? We will be dismissed from honor, right? What should we do then, sir?" Dawson was also angry. He could not accept Kefei's statement and practices. "We joined the army to live in a clear law. We felt it in the army, but now you ask us to sign and admit that we are disgraceful?" Dawson stood up and shouted at Kefei, "You want us to admit that we are not Marines. If the court ruled that we were wrong, I will accept any punishment. But I believe I did not do anything wrong. Sir, I just performed my duties, and I will not let myself, my own team and troops be shamed in order to be able to go home in six months! Sir!"

Dawson, who had always followed the orders, felt insulted, and he even said to Kefi, "You are such a coward! I can't believe they made you put on military uniforms."

Kefie was stimulated and decided to give up. He even planned to apply for appointment tomorrow to replace a defense lawyer for Dawson and Doni. Galloway hoped that Kefie could appear in court to defend them, but Weinberg believed that "defending is useless to the war criminals who massacred Vietnamese, nor to the Nazis in Nuremberg." Obviously, Weinberg always believed that the two soldiers were guilty.

Kefei had a different opinion, "Do you really think this is the same thing? They never doubted that there was any error in executing the order. They were not Nazi." But he still felt that this was an impossible lawsuit, and there was no need to make a dying struggle, so he decided to give up.

"You know they have grievances, you know how to win, and once you leave, it means that they will determine their destiny." Galloway is still making the final efforts.

But Kefi retained his sanity, "Their fate was already destined at the moment of Santiago's death."

"Do you believe they have grievances?" Galloway was unwilling to give up.

This made Kefi feel very ridiculous, "You and Dawson live in a dream world. The problem is not what I believe, but what I can prove! So don't tell me, I know what I know and what I don't know, I know the law!"

This made Galloway give up, "You know nothing about the law, you are just a used car salesman, Danny. You are only worthy of handling traffic disputes as a lawyer. You are nothing, you just live like that."

Galloway's last words made Kefei think, and his sleepless night made Kefei late at the trial the next day. He hesitated again and again. At the last moment, Kefei filed a defense of innocence. The judge announced that the trial would be reopened at the Supreme Military Court three weeks later at 10 a.m.

Because Kefi realized that the division headquarters appointed him, a lawyer with only nine months of experience, to be responsible for this case not because of his excellence, but because the division headquarters wanted to avoid trials and knew that Kefi's past habits, he was accustomed to using the law to trade, which means that the division headquarters wanted to get two soldiers to bear the blame and shelter some people.

At this moment, there were low cries from the cinema. Obviously, the audience could not wait to see the final answer. Dawson and Donnie's fate was tightly held in Kefei's hand.

Kefi convinced Weinberg, who never believed the two soldiers were innocent, to join the case, and Galloway, to actively prepare for the trial three weeks later.

The first trial did not make much progress. The prosecution and the defense inquired about two incidents respectively. The first was that the Navy Investigation Office arranged for investigators to investigate the fact that Dawson illegally fired, but the investigation could not continue because the only witness, San Diego, died before the investigation began. The second was about Kendrick's injunction meeting. The prosecution emphasized that Kendrick had clearly convened a meeting to order prohibiting the injury of San Diego, while the defense emphasized that all the team members were not in Dawson and Donnie's room after the meeting, and it was impossible to prove that Kendrick did not have second contact with the two soldiers again.

The situation was in a deadlock.

The second trial mainly interrogated professional doctors. The prosecution emphasized that San Diego died of poisoning, and many poisons could not be detected, but the most likely cause of San Diego's death; the defense emphasized that the deceased did not necessarily die of poisoning, but it was very likely that he had a disease such as a heart disease, and then was triggered in a fierce confrontation, resulting in death, showing signs of poisoning. The symptoms of this heart disease were precisely the source of the reason why San Diego applied for relocation.

Although the doctor strongly denied Kefi's speculation that San Diego might have heart disease but was not detected, the prosecution lawyer Rose defended the doctor's authority and recognized the doctor's diagnosis of San Diego's disease. Faced with his own weakness, Galoway lost his mind and repeatedly protested against the judge in court, which angered the judge.

This situation puts the defense in a bad situation.

Weinberg got angry at Galoway's behavior, which made Galoway question, "Why do you hate them so much?"

"Because they bully the weak, that's the truth." Weinberg said, venting his emotions angrily, "The rest is nonsense. They tortured a weak young man, and killed him because they didn't like him! And what's the reason? Because he couldn't run fast."

Instead, Weinberg then asked Galoway, “Why do you like them so much?”

"Because they are guarding the frontier," said Galoway, "and promise, 'I stand guard tonight, no one can hurt you'." This sentence touched Weinberg and softened his tone.

However, Kefi still lacks confidence in winning the case because they do not have enough evidence. The evidence they currently have is provided by the suspect, which is not convincing in court. He believes that they will lose miserably.

The third trial revolved around red regulations. Defense lawyer Kefi confirmed to the witness that when the platoon or company was late for meetings, the barracks were always messy and left behind when running... they could be subjected to red regulations. Witnesses had suffered red regulations because of sweating in their hands, but San Diego had never accepted red regulations because the platoon leader Dawson, the defendant Dawson, did not allow it.

Faced with this situation, the prosecution lawyer Ross took out a naval recruitment description and Guantanamo infantry internal management regulations to let witnesses find out the definition of the word "red regulations" to prove that Guantanamo base does not have the existence of the form of red regulations, and the witnesses do not have this word in the story.

Then Kefei snatched two manuals and asked the witness to find out which page the location of the restaurant was marked on. The witness naturally could not find it. Kefei used this to explain, "Does the military personnel don't have to go to dinner without specifying the location of the restaurant in the regulations?" The witness said that he was following the footsteps of his predecessors. Kefei successfully explained that what existed does not have to be clearly stated. Many are just regulations agreed by the predecessors, and the red regulations are an unwritten rule.

After this trial, things finally made some progress. After the trial, the disappearing Markinson appeared again. He confirmed to Kefi that this was a red statute incident, the order was given by Kendrick, and San Diego had never been planned to be transferred from the base. The transfer order mentioned by Jessip was signed temporarily on the morning of the arrival of Kefi and others in Cuba. This was the fifth day after San Diego died.

In addition, Markinson also confirmed that Jessip said that the first flight to the United States was not available at 6 a.m. the next day, but in fact, a plane left the base and headed for the United States seven hours ago.

Markinson's testimony restored Kefi's confidence, but during his private communication with Ross, Ross reminded Kefi that Kendrick and Jessip are both people who contribute to the country. If they are prosecuted without definite evidence, Kefi is likely to be treated as malfeasance by the military court, which will affect Kefi's career throughout his life.
Chapter completed!