他们不可能，他们怎么能想那么做，面对着其他被告，明显上了年纪，更加老朽，更加胆怯和痛苦，他们没有如此冲动。

They couldn`t, how could they even have wanted to, and faced with the other defendants, visibly older, more worn out, more cowardly and bitter, they had no such impulse.

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但我知道他最后还是会问到我的头上：“那么——你跟那个被告有什么关系吧？”

But I knew he would get back to me eventually and ask: "so-what was going on between you and the defendant?"

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我们总被告之，‘哎呀，他们没那么聪明。’

We were told, 'Oh, they aren't so savvy.'

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