Chapter 78 Section 27

It was Thursday.At dawn, Aaron Dershowich, a professor at Harvard Law School, was awakened by the ringing of the phone.The professor fumbled for the microphone and heard a man with a British accent report himself as Klose von Pro. Two weeks ago, the professor had seen on TV that Klos von Prowess had been found guilty by a jury of two counts of "guilty", and before that, he had heard about the case at odd intervals, or turned on the TV just in time Play, or the students' discussion between classes.What impressed the professor the most was that a girl named Minnie in his class said that she thought the defendant must be guilty, and then she really was "guilty".As for the defendant himself, Professor Dershowwich knew only vaguely that this Klos von Prowes was a very wealthy Dane.

joke!Aaron Dershowitch grinned, how can a Dane speak with a British accent?This kind of prank that people can see through at a glance actually dares to be played on April Fool's Day.So he muttered into the microphone, "Stop it. Who the hell is your man? It's only seven in the morning. I didn't sleep until two last night." "Sorry, Professor, I am really Klos von Pro. I would like to ask you to consider whether you can be my appeal lawyer." The tone was very sincere. Professor Aaron Dershowich believed it. Aaron Dershowich recalled that, just after the jury's verdict, Judge Thomas Needham had said in a television interview: "The trial of the accused is over, and the trial of the judge will begin immediately." Because he was sure, Clos von Prowess will appeal in no time.Appeals cost money, a lot of money.Although Cross's little money is nothing compared to Sunny's, but to paraphrase an ancient Chinese old woman's words, "a hair is thicker than our waist".

There was another layer of meaning to Judge Needham's words.The defendant appealed against the verdict because he felt he had been wronged.However, the appeal itself is not to dispute whether the defendant is "innocent" or "guilty", but to dispute whether the judge's decision-making process is fair and legal, and whether it has violated the legitimate rights of the defendant granted by the Constitution.In this sense, it is not out of the question to say that it is a "judgment of judges".Therefore, in the United States, "appellate lawyers" are different from "trial lawyers". Even if they are not full-time "constitutional lawyers", they must be proficient in the Constitution.As for the defendant's own right and wrong, if the appeal is successful, it will be considered in a new round of court trials.

Mr. von Pro told Professor Dershowitz that a classmate of the professor at Yale Law School recommended him to him 20 years ago, so Cross knew that Aaron was the editor-in-chief of "Yale Law" when he was a student. In 1962 When he graduated, he ranked first in the whole class, and later worked as an assistant to the famous judges David Bazzolo and Arthur Godberg.Although he only had a bachelor's degree, he was exceptionally hired as a teaching assistant by Harvard Law School in 1964. Three years later, he was promoted to full professor at the age of 28, becoming the youngest full-time professor in Harvard's history at that time. (Until 1993, the record held by Aaron Dershowich for 26 years was broken by the 27-year-old full professor Noahmon Elkes of the Department of Mathematics of the school, but Professor Dershowich still ranks firmly in the " The throne of the youngest professor in the history of the law school.)

A few days later, Professor Dershowitch traveled south from Boston to New York.The professor is no stranger to New York, where he was born and raised in the Jewish quarter of Brooklyn.The professor is no stranger to Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. He has walked up and down this world-famous street many times, but he has never entered those buildings. As soon as he sat down in the living room of the luxury apartment of Von Pros, the butler Robert Byers came over and asked, "What would you like to drink?" Klose stopped him involuntarily, "I don't drink anything." The professor was wondering, how can there be such hospitality?But I heard Cross say: "Let's go to the Carlyle restaurant and ask for a single room, and two decent lunches, how about talking while eating?" There have also been several lawyers and a Danish Minister of Justice, "I still hold a valid British lawyer's license."