"A retraction? "
Looking back on the ironclad chain of evidence and confession in this case, I really didn't quite
understand Mike Hammer's recanting behavior, so I reminded him.
"Mike Hammer, your interrogation records are all on video. There was no torture or fatigue in the
interrogation process. The evidence chain points to you. Don't lie to appeal. "Mike Hammer nods.
"Senior, I can't accept indefinite because it's not me trying to kill Sam, it's Luke trying to kill Sam."
"Luke? The name rings a bell. "
I was about to think when Mike Hammer identified the guy.
"Project manager at the site. "
I just said it and I was dumbstruck.
I held out my hand and scratched for a long time before I got my thoughts straight.
"Luke, the project manager, the prosecutor's witness? "
"HMMMM. "
I put together the cluttered language in my head into one sentence.
"Murder-for-hire? "
I saw Mike Hammer look me in the eye and nod.
"He gave me $1.2 million to kill Sam. "
'Why are you only saying this now? "
"1.2 million, as long as I can get out of prison, I can get 1.2 million huge money, so I surrendered
before, cooperate with the police to make a statement, are hoping for a lighter sentence, I just
have to survive In the prison days, as soon as I get out of prison, I can get 1.2 million, but now I have been sentenced to life, I have no life to get this money, then I might as well keep my life. "
I see. I seem to understand the logic.
"No wonder you let up when you heard you could be out in 13 years at the soonest. "
Hold on...
That's not right.
Sam is just a migrant worker and Luke is the project manager. If he hates Sam, he can just use his
authority to get rid of Sam. Why kill someone?
I put my doubts out and got this answer from Mike Hammer.
"I don't know the exact reason, but I can only guess that Sam knows something about the
manager's secret. It seems that he has threatened the manager with this secret many times. "
After this explanation, I sat back in my chair, screwed up my brow and covered my eyes, as if
there was more to the case than it seemed.
I thought about it, thought it was wrong, and asked.
"It's a construction site. Luke could have killed Sam with a construction accident. Why call you? "
The answer he gave me was also very truthful.
"The manager said that if Sam died on the project, the project would have to be stopped for
rectification, which would affect the schedule, it was a real estate site, and once it was stopped, it
would... "
He doesn't finish his sentence, he stops talking.
If the question is explained according to this logic.
That makes perfect sense.
Sam repeatedly blackmailed Luke with secrets. Luke couldn't stand it, so he ordered a hit.
However, Mike Hammer is instigated by Luke to commit murder because he has never left the
society.
Mike Hammer knows that he can't escape the punishment of the law, so he plans to reduce his sentence by turning himself in, so that he can get out of prison early and get the huge money.
He didn't say anything about it in his confession, so he could get the money.
And now it's because you get a life sentence, you don't get the money.
If this is the point of appeal, prove that Luke is guilty of buying a murder.
It might reduce Mike Hammer's sentence to... 15 years.