James White said seriously, “Ms. Ma, I will do my best to help you clear your name, but this point you just mentioned, I really can’t do anything about it, I have already met with your pretrial judge, the other side made a request is no bail, so you definitely have to go to the detention center for a period of time, the specific stay depends on how long the police can catch that Chen Liping, and that Zong Qihua.”
Ma Lan dropped to the bottom and choked out, “If they are never caught, won’t I never get out of here?”
James White explained, “If they are never caught, I will do my best to plead you innocent, but it may take a little longer, so please understand.”
When she saw that James White was not relenting, she knew that she would have to go into custody today, and she was already in despair.
After her last experience, she was really afraid of places like detention centres.
Especially this time, she was in a foreign country where she was unfamiliar with the United States, so she was even more frightened of the American detention centres.
But she never dreamed that if Ye Chen wanted to, he could have asked James White to get a medical certificate for Ma Lan and keep her in the hospital.
If he could catch Mei Yu Zhen as soon as possible, Ma Lan might not even have to wait until she was in the guardhouse and would be completely cleared of suspicion.
But Ye Chen felt that if that happened, Ma Lan would definitely not learn a lesson.
That was why he had specifically asked Fei Jianzhong to tell James White not to keep Ma Lan in the hospital for too long and to send her to the guardhouse today.
At this moment, James White saw the desperate expression on Ma Lan’s face and spoke up to comfort her, “Ms Ma, your son-in-law is already helping you find connections to solve the case as soon as possible, so you don’t have to worry too much, you should be able to get out after 10 days and a half months in the detention centre.”
Ma Lan knew there was nothing else she could do but wait, so she nodded gently.
Although she had a lot of reluctance in her heart, she could only resign herself to her fate at this moment.
James White saw that Ma Lan was in a depressed mood, so he spoke again, “Ms. Ma, when you go to prison, I will arrange for our staff to deposit enough money in your prison account so that you can buy as much as you need in there, and in addition, in prison, when it is time to release, you can call your family, and then you can call your You can then call your daughter and son-in-law.”
Hearing that she could call the outside world, Ma Lan’s mood eased a little.
Since her arrest, she had missed her daughter and son-in-law, but apart from the first phone call she had made with them, she had not had the chance to contact them again.
So, with a sad face, Ma Lan said to James White, “Lawyer White, please tell my son-in-law that he must do so as soon as possible, whether my old bones can return to China alive or not depends on him ……”
James White nodded and said seriously, “Don’t worry Ms. Ma, my mobile phone is with the police at the gate, I will contact your son-in-law once I get it back.”
Saying that, James White added, “By the way Ms. Ma, remember to have the hospital prepare a hearty lunch at noon, after lunch the police will take you directly to the guardhouse, I have a lot of related work to deal with, so I won’t be coming in between.”
Marlane asked in a rush, “Which prison will I be sent to, Counselor White?”
James White replied, “Ms. Mar, at the judge’s request, you will be sent to Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in upstate New York.”
Marlane pressed, “Is the correctional facility not as serious as a prison?”
“No.” James White explained, “Despite its name, the Correctional Facility is actually the only women’s prison in all of New York dedicated to felons, and suspected felons ……”