Hardy Empire 1945

Henry returns and reports to Hardy about Andy's investigation.

"..."

"The judge who tried Andy's case retired last year. In the court Andy has always claimed that he was wronged. He did not kill his wife. The court did not find his gun. In fact, the evidence was not sufficient, but the judge charged him with homicide. Sentenced to two life imprisonment for Andy."

"Andy was sent to Shawshank prison. He has never stopped redressing his grievances. He writes a letter to the court every month stating his grievances. The past seven years has been uninterrupted."

"Boss, we found the thief's gun. A Colt revolver has been changed hands three times. I found it in the last man's utility room."

Henry said and put a paper bag in front of Hardy.

Hardy picked up the paper bag and poured out the gun inside, a very ordinary revolver, worth only twenty or thirty dollars, but it was it that ruined a banker's life.

"Anything else?" Hardy asked.

Henry thought for a while, and said with a smile: "That Andy loves to write letters. In addition to writing to the court that sentenced him, he also wrote to the state government. He felt that there were too few books in the prison library. A letter, and finally a batch of books and records came, which also made Andy's popularity in prison improved, and later he was seldom bullied."

Hardy remembered that there was indeed this plot in the movie.

"Henry, find a lawyer and go through the normal process to apply for a retrial. The murderous thief, Amo, turned around and sent him to surrender. You will follow up on this matter personally and report to me at any time." Hardy said.

......

Shawshank prison.

A car parked at the gate of the prison.

Attorney Henry and Bob get out of the car.

Attorney Bob is in his forties this year. He has worked in the lawyer industry for more than 20 years. He has rich experience. When Henry found him and asked him to reverse Andy's case, he hesitated. The banker's wife murder case was a sensation back then. He naturally know.

At first he hesitated, because it was far more difficult to overturn a court decision than to win a lawsuit.

But in the end he was moved by the lawyer's fees from Henry.

Attorney Bob took out the meeting sheet and handed it to the guard at the door. The guard saw the two people let them in. After several checks, the two came to the interview room.

When the prison guard informed Andy that a lawyer wanted to see him, Andy was surprised.

Entering the interview room with doubts.

"You are?" Andy asked in surprise.

Lawyer Bob smiled, "I'm Lawyer Bob, this is Mr. Henry, and we came because of Mr. Andy's case."

Andy became excited when he heard it.

"You were sent by the state court?!"

His first thought was that the appeal letter he wrote to the court every month worked, and the court sent people to prepare for a retrial of his case.

Bob shook his head. "I was commissioned by Mr. Hardy."

"Mr. Hardy?"

Andy murmured, trying to search his memory, but in the end he didn't figure out who Jon Hardy was.

"Mr. Hardy is my boss." Henry said.

"I don't seem to know Mr. Hardy." Andy was puzzled.

Henry smiled, "When you walk out of the prison, you will know who Mr. Hardy is. Now let's talk about you first."

"Oh, good."

Bob took out his lawyer's card and a power of attorney, "Mr. Andy, this is a power of attorney. Would you like to let me represent your case and apply to the court for a new trial."

Andy picked up the lawyer's card and power of attorney, his hands trembling slightly.

Looking forward to a few years,

Seems to finally see the light.

Although he doesn't know who that Mr. Hardy is.

But as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he is reluctant to give up.

After reading the lawyer's card and the power of attorney, there is no problem, and Andy looked at Henry again, "I want to ask, why did Mr. Hardy help me?"

"Perhaps it is because of justice!" Henry said.

In fact, Henry didn't figure out the boss's thoughts, why he wanted to help Andy suddenly, but it didn't matter. For him, the boss's order was nothing to doubt, just execute it.

Andy signed the power of attorney, picked it up with both hands, and passed it over. This power of attorney is extremely important to him.

His seven-year anticipation was even more hopeful.

After Bob's lawyer and Henry left, Andy was taken back to the prison area. Captain Hailey saw Andy being sent back and called the prison guard in charge of the interview room.

"Who did Andy meet just now and what did they say?" Captain Hailey asked.

"A lawyer met with Andy and said that someone had asked a lawyer to apply for a court retrial of his case and asked Andy to sign a power of attorney."

Haley frowned.

The retrial of the case is not good news for him.

Haley asked his men to stare, and went to the warden's office. Warden Sam Norton was playing with an antique music box. Collecting music boxes is his hobby.

Captain Hailey closed the door and lowered his voice slightly: "The warden, a lawyer just approached Andy and said that someone would help him file a complaint with the state court and retry his case."

The warden stopped fiddling with the music box.

He looked up at Hailey, "Do you know who helped him?"

"I don't know, a lawyer and an assistant came." Captain Hailey said.

The warden's face darkened.

Before Andy was a banker who was proficient in finance and accounting affairs, Sam Norton asked him to help himself with fraudulent accounts, money laundering, and tax evasion after knowing his abilities.

Andy’s sentence is two life imprisonment. Under normal circumstances, he doesn’t want to get out of the prison alive. It can be said that it is safe to use him to do the billing for himself, but now there is a sudden situation that makes him a little unprepared. If Andy If he is really freed from prison, then he will be over.

The first thought in his mind was to kill Andy.

Eliminate all future troubles.

But it's not there yet.

That Andy may not be exonerated, it is not so easy to overturn the state court's judgment, and one thousand cases may not be successful.

Andy is very capable, he does not want to lose such a good helper.

"Haili, stare at Andy, and report to me at any time if things develop." The warden said in a deep voice.

"Good warden."

Captain Hailey went out, the warden put down the music box, and walked to the office window. In the distance is a wide prison playground. His office overlooks everything, where prisoners gather or chat or play games.

The warden gritted his teeth with a stern expression on his face, "I won't let you leave Shawshank alive."

......

The sun in August makes people sweat.

But people are still willing to get out of the cell and enjoy the rare free air time of the day.

Andy came to the playground.

Going to sit down next to Old Black Reid, Reid looked at him, "Who is coming to visit the prison, is your relative?"

Andy shook his head.

"Is a lawyer."

Andy told Rhett again. Rhett was surprised, "How could someone help you for no reason? Did you really not know Mr. Hardy? Could it be your old acquaintance?"

"No, I've thought about everyone I know, surely they don't know a gentleman named Hardy." Andy said.

Rhett touched his chin, "This is weird, but it is good news for you. You write to the state court every month. Isn't it just a chance to reverse the case? Now someone is helping you. , You should feel lucky."

"Rhett, I'm actually very excited now. I've never been excited before. I'm just trying to suppress myself."

Andy couldn't help smiling after he finished speaking.

Just two days after Andy signed the power of attorney, something happened outside. A thief named Aimo voluntarily surrendered to the police station and admitted that he had killed a man and a woman in a villa on XX Street seven years ago. .

Why would Amo surrendered.

Because he doesn't want to live a life in which life is worse than death.

He was threatened.

Either endure this kind of life forever, or surrender to the guilt, Aimo has been in prison three times and he is no stranger to prison.

Although prisons have lost their freedom, they can still live normally, eat, sleep and enjoy the sun. As long as they don’t provoke the prison guards and prison bosses, life is not bad.

Can be here,

Endure hunger every day, a whip every two days, and **** sprinkle salt on the wound. Those people are not people at all, and they take pleasure in torturing them.

When Ivan the Great said that he would endure this kind of life forever, Aimo broke down. He would rather be a prison for a lifetime than live this kind of life.

He was afraid that he would be beaten to death by them before he persisted.

The so-called wicked have their own wicked grind.

Aimo committed a murder.

But in his heart, people like Da Ivan are demons, and he fears them from the bottom of his heart.

After the police asked about the transcript, they found that the case had been sentenced seven years ago, and the murderer identified by the court was the woman's husband, a banker.

Report the matter to the chief of police, who is also very cautious.

"In that case, I knew that the banker never admitted that he murdered. I didn't expect that the real murderer would come to himself seven years later."

"Report it to the court, they should know about this."

The case was reported to the state court. After the current state court officer learned of the matter, he immediately asked people to retrieve the case file and found that the facts of the thief's account were completely consistent with the facts of the case that year.

Especially in some places that were unclear back then, after reading the thief's confession, the answers were also found.

"The judge who tried this case back then was Hopper~www.novelmt.com~ He has retired. At the time of the trial, there was some controversy in this case. The banker has never admitted to killing his wife. He has given money every month for so many years. The court wrote to appeal without interruption."

"Now that the real murderer has appeared, it turns out that the trial that year was really wrong."

A judge looked at the police officer and asked, "What do you think?"

The official was silent for a while, "According to the normal procedures, since someone made a mistake, someone should help him correct it."

This sentence is very subtle.

The responsibility has been transferred to the retired Judge Hopper.

On the second day, a lawyer named Bob submitted a petition to the state court and showed Andy's power of attorney.

"I will defend Mr. Andy."

Within a few days, the media also learned about this. The case of Andy's murder of his wife was a sensation, but now it has been revealed that it was a wrong sentence. The murderer surrendered, and the newspapers began to report it, and the matter became a human being. Everybody knows.