The reason why the filming took so long for 5 seasons is purely because the employers procrastinated to shoot emotional dramas in the name of financial and legal affairs in order to make money for the sequel. In the real real world, the plot should end in S01E13.
Wendy's psychotherapy record against Axe couldn't be buried so easily, and even Wendy's public testimony against her husband wouldn't undermine the validity of the evidence.
Why?
Many people are aware of the "fruit of the poisonous tree" principle of US criminal procedure law, that if one piece of evidence is unlawful, then other evidence derived from that piece of evidence is also unlawful.
But is that enough to guarantee Axe peace of mind? Not really.
There is also a principle in the US criminal procedure law, which is called party eligibility doctrine. Translated into the vernacular, it means that if and only if a piece of evidence was obtained by violating A's rights, this piece of evidence cannot be used to accuse A, and it is only As long as it cannot be used to accuse A. To make it clearer, the illegal evidence obtained by violating Axe's privacy rights cannot be used to accuse Axe, but it can be used to accuse other people, such as Dan Ze, for example, the bribed police officer. Not to mention invasion of privacy, even if it is evidence obtained by torture, as long as the person being tortured is not the defendant, the legitimacy of the testimony will not be a problem. Those who have been tortured or violated privacy can sue the police and prosecutors, but the evidence itself can be brought to court. In theory, the police can even torture A to obtain a confession against B, and torture B to obtain a confession against A. Of course, this is discredited, but sorry, this is legal evidence obtained illegally. Or, you share a room with someone, and the police obtained your criminal evidence, again, illegally obtained legal evidence by illegally searching your roommate and your public areas.
I would like to mention here that Danze and Axe have an employment relationship, but there is no employment contract, and Wendy is the psychiatrist of the entire company. Therefore, based on the employment relationship, the privacy rights of Danze and the company's psychiatrist will be extended to the boss, Axe. But Axe's privacy rights do not extend to employee Danzer. That said, if Chuck obtained Danze's treatment records, that evidence couldn't be used to sue Axe either. At the same time, because their employment relationship is not contractual, it is actually a loophole that can be exploited.
In short, based on Wendy's psychotherapy records, in S1E12, Chuck should work with the Eastern District Office and the New York State Attorney to jointly handle the case, uprooting Danze and Axe's internal lines in the police system and the FBI, leaving Axe as an isolated island of information. All that's left is to invite you into the urn.
One more thing to add here, physical evidence is a chain of evidence that is intertwined, and each link must be legal. But all witnesses are independent chains of evidence. What's the meaning? Wendy's treatment notes can't be presented in court, but the bribed police officer's confession can.
Then, we come back to the principle of the fruit of the poisonous tree. There is also an exception to the principle of the fruit of the poisonous tree. Even if a piece of evidence is obtained illegally, if the police must later discover the evidence through other legal channels, the evidence is legal again. For example, a person is illegally searched and his fingerprints are extracted. The fingerprints match the fingerprints at the crime scene, but because the search is illegal, the fingerprints are excluded, and this evidence cannot be presented in court. However, if the person is later caught by the police for drunk driving, the fingerprint extraction this time is legal. At this time, his fingerprints enter the crime database and match the fingerprints of the previous crime scene. At this time, his fingerprints become legal again. evidence. By the way, drunk driving is often not necessarily arresting people, but the police can "just put your fingerprints into the system, so you are arrested for drinking and driving", which is completely legal.
The parties are qualified, witnesses open up a new chain of evidence, and legal means must be discovered again. Combining these three points, Wendy's treatment notes will release enormous power.
The notebook itself can't be used to target Axe, but it doesn't matter, as I said before, everyone except Axe can be caught. Soon the scope of investigation and prosecution will not be limited to bribery and bribery. Illegal transactions will definitely be involved, followed by more confessions and more physical evidence.
This is not a poison tree, this is a banyan forest with countless paths leading to Axe.
GAME OVER.
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Small Tip unrelated to the plot: No matter what the system is, the trump card is always in the hands of the state machine.
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