Chapter 12

Chapter 12 Sixth Amendment Sixth Amendment (Sixth Amendment), n. The part of the U.S. Constitution that explains the rights of anyone who is accused of a crime and brought to trial, including the right to legal counsel. Jessie whispered, "The prosecution rests," and she and Evan went back to their seats. Evan kept his eyes nailed to the ground. He didn't trust himself to look at Jessie. If he did, he knew that all his anger was going to spill over like lava pouring out of a crack in the earth's crust. He'd been humiliated—in front of the entire fourth grade. And even though he knew that Jessie hadn't done it on purpose, it was still all

第十二章第六修正案第六修正案 美国宪法的一部分，解释任何被指控犯罪并接受审判的人的权利，包括获得法律顾问的权利。 杰西低声说：“控方休息。”然后她和埃文回到座位上。 埃文目不转睛地盯着地面。 他不敢正视杰西。 如果他这样做了，他知道他所有的愤怒都会像熔岩从地壳的裂缝中喷涌出来一样。 他在整个四年级的学生面前被羞辱了。 尽管他知道杰西不是故意的，但这仍然是全部

her fault. If she hadn't called him as a witness. If she hadn't made David the judge. If she hadn't given Scott Spencer that stupid arrest warrant in the first place, none of this would have happened. David banged his gavel three times. "Will the lawyer for the defense please step forward?" Evan saw Scott twist his head around and look at the parking lot. "We gotta wait a couple more minutes," said Scott, matter-of-factly. "My mom's not here yet." "If she doesn't come," said Paul, "does Scott have to forfeit?" David flipped through his cards. "Jessie? Does Scott forfeit if his mom doesn't come?" "Here she is!" shouted Scott, jumping up from his ball. "I told you! I told you!" He turned to Jessie. "Now you're going to see how it's done by a real lawyer. She's going to make you look like a fool!" Scott ran off to the parking lot, where a large gray SUV was pulling up to the curb. Evan watched as Scott ran up to the car and leaned

她的错。如果她没有传唤他作为证人。 如果她没让大卫当法官的话。 如果她一开始没有给斯科特·斯宾塞那张愚蠢的逮捕令，这一切都不会发生。 大卫敲了三下木槌。 “请辩方律师上前一步好吗？”埃文看见斯科特扭过头来看着停车场。 “我们得再等几分钟，”斯科特实事求是地说。 “我妈妈还没来。”“如果她不来，”保罗说，“斯科特是不是必须弃权？”大卫翻着他的牌。 “杰西?如果他妈妈不来，斯科特会被罚吗？”“她来了！”斯科特喊道，从他的球上跳了起来。 “我告诉过你！”我告诉过你！”他转向杰西。 “现在你要看看一个真正的律师是怎么做的。 她会让你看起来像个傻瓜！”斯科特跑到停车场，一辆灰色的大型SUV停在路边。 埃文看着斯科特跑向汽车，俯下身来

in at the open window, talking with his mom. Scott turned around and pointed at all the kids, sitting in the courtroom. Evan could just barely see Mrs. Spencer, her hands on the wheel, the engine of the car still running. Then Scott stepped back from the car, and it drove away. Scott came walking back and sat down on his basketball. He shrugged, but Evan could tell it was an act. "She can't stay," said Scott. "She's got a big meeting. Real stuff, not kids' stuff." He shrugged again and looked straight ahead at David, avoiding everyone else's eyes. "So...?" said David. "What do we do now?" Everyone in the courtroom turned to Jessie, who had been keeping quiet ever since she sat down. Evan looked at Jessie. She wasn't smiling, and that surprised him. After all, this meant they won, right? At least, that's how it worked in basketball. If the other team didn't show up or didn't have enough players, then they forfeited the game, and that meant your team won automatically. Usually, Evan hated

从开着的窗户进来，和他妈妈聊天。 斯科特转过身，指着所有坐在法庭上的孩子们。 埃文几乎看不见斯宾塞太太，她的手放在方向盘上，汽车的引擎还在运转。 然后斯科特从车里退了出来，车开走了。 斯科特走回来，坐在他的篮球上。 他耸了耸肩，但埃文看得出这是在演戏。 “她不能留下来，”斯科特说。 “她有一个重要会议。真正的东西，不是孩子们的东西。” 他又耸了耸肩，直视着大卫，避开其他人的目光。 “那么……？”大卫说。“我们现在怎么办？”法庭上的每个人都转向杰西，她自坐下以来一直保持沉默。 埃文看着杰西。她没有笑，这让他很吃惊。 毕竟，这意味着他们赢了，对吧？ 至少，在篮球中是这样的。 如果另一支队伍没有出现或者没有足够的球员，那么他们就会放弃比赛，这意味着你的队伍自动获胜。 通常，埃文讨厌

forfeit games, even if it meant winning. He'd rather play and lose than win by forfeit. But this time, Evan would take a win any way he could get it. The image that had been haunting him for days—of standing up at Morning Meeting and apologizing to Scott— began to fade, and a new one took its place: Evan playing with his new Xbox 20/20—with all his friends over at his house. Jessie said, "David, you say, 'Will the lawyer for the defense please step forward,' and then Scott says —well, whatever he wants to say in his own defense, and then he says, 'The defense rests,' and that's it." "And then the verdict!" said Salley Knight, who was in the jury box. "Then we vote and give the verdict!" "Right," said Jessie, glumly. What was her problem? wondered Evan. They were sure to win if Scott had no defense lawyer. "Ahem." David cleared his voice. "Will the lawyer for the defense please step forward?" Everyone turned to look at Scott, but it was a

放弃比赛，即使这意味着胜利。 他宁愿比赛输，也不愿输得输。 但这一次，埃文会不惜一切代价赢得胜利。 几天来一直萦绕在他心头的画面——在晨会上站起来向斯科特道歉——开始消失，取而代之的是一个新的画面：埃文和他所有的朋友在家里玩他的新Xbox 20/20。 杰西说：“大卫，你说，‘请辩方律师上前一步好吗？’然后斯科特说——好吧，他想说什么就说什么，然后他说，‘辩方休息，’就这样。” “然后是裁决！”陪审员席上的莎莉·奈特（Salley Knight）说。 “然后我们投票并做出裁决！”“好吧，”杰西闷闷不乐地说。 她有什么问题？想知道埃文。 如果斯科特没有辩护律师，他们肯定会赢。 “嗯哼。”大卫清了清嗓子。 “请辩方律师上前一步好吗？”大家都转过头去看斯科特，但那是

voice from the back of the courtroom that broke the silence. "That would be me." Megan stood up from the audience and walked to the front of the courtroom. What? At first Evan thought he must have heard wrong. Did Megan Moriarty just say that she was going to defend Scott Spencer? "You can't do that," said Evan, jumping up from his seat. "You're... you're..." He wanted to shout, You're supposed to be on my side, not his!, but he couldn't say that. Not in front of the whole fourth grade. "Hey!" shouted David, banging his gavel once. "Order in the court. Plaintiff, sit down. If you keep making a disturbance, I'll have you thrown out of court!" "Oh, right! Like you could!" said Evan, but he sat down on his basketball anyway. "Jessie," said David, holding up his watch. "It's three-thirty. I've got to go in ten minutes. Is this

从法庭后面传来的声音打破了沉默。 “那就是我。”梅金从观众席上站起来，走到法庭前面。 怎么啦？起初埃文以为他一定是听错了。 梅根·莫里亚蒂刚刚是不是说她要为斯科特·斯宾塞辩护？ “你不能这么做，”埃文说着，从座位上跳了起来。 “你……你是……”他想大喊，你应该站在我这边，而不是他这边！，但他不能这么说。 不能在整个四年级学生面前说。 “嘿！”大卫喊道，敲了一下他的小木槌。 “请保持法庭秩序。原告，请坐。 如果你继续捣乱，我就叫人把你赶出法庭！”“哦,对了!艾凡说，但他还是坐在了篮球上。 “杰西，”大卫举起手表说。 “这是三百三十。我十分钟后就得走了。 这是

allowed?" Jessie nodded her head. "Yes. It's... fair." Evan couldn't believe it. Was this really happening? Was the girl he was in love with about to destroy his one and only chance for revenge against his sworn enemy? Megan turned to Scott. "Do you still not want a girl lawyer?" Once again, Scott shrugged. "You're all I got. I guess it's okay." "All right," said Megan. "This won't take long. Can I call my first witness?" David nodded, and Megan moved to the front of the courtroom.

允许吗?”杰西点了点头。 “是的。这是……公平。”埃文简直不敢相信。 这是真的吗？ 难道他深爱的女孩要毁掉他唯一的机会来报复他的死敌吗？ 梅金转向斯科特。“你还是不想要一个女律师吗？”斯科特又耸了耸肩。 “你是我的全部。我想还好吧。” “好吧，”梅金说。“这不会花很长时间的。 我可以传召我的第一位证人吗？”大卫点了点头，梅金走到法庭前面。