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Prosecutors Ask Jurors To Dismiss George Floyd Autopsy Findings
Jonathan Turley ^ | April 4, 2021 | Jonathan Turley

Posted on 04/07/2021 7:40:15 PM PDT by White Lives Matter

I previously wrote that the key to conviction in the Derek Chauvin trial (and avoiding a cascading failure in all four cases) is the autopsy findings and the role of drugs (including fentanyl) in the body of George Floyd. Prosecutors are now asking the jury to effectively dismiss the findings of the only official autopsy in the case and insist, contrary to those findings, that Floyd died from asphyxia, or, lack of oxygen. Some new disclosures may make that claim more difficult for the prosecution.

Last week, special prosecutor Jerry Blackwell admitted to jurors that Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker pointed to cardiac arrest as Floyd’s cause of death. However, he insisted that the state would prove that “was … not a fatal heart event,” but asphyxiation.

It is a bold move since it could invite reasonable doubt on the cause of death. The question is whether a case of manslaughter could have been advanced without the need of opposing the state’s own coroner on such findings. The failure of Chauvin to respond to a medical emergency speaks more to manslaughter than murder but it could be framed consistently with these findings. Instead, the prosecution has asked the jury to effectively reject the coroner’s findings — a risky maneuver.

We have previously discussed key defense elements in the case:

(Excerpt) Read more at jonathanturley.org ...


TOPICS: Local News; Politics; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: andrewbaker; asphyxiation; autopsyreport; derekchauvin; georgefloyd; jerryblackwell; jonathanturley; milwaukee; minneapolis; minnesota
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Wait so they want to dismiss the factual data they have just so they can have it how they want? Poor Chauvin, he's gonna need witness relocation and a new identity after he's found not guilty.
1 posted on 04/07/2021 7:40:15 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: White Lives Matter

“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, please disregard the evidence and follow your emotions and the hysterical media!”


2 posted on 04/07/2021 7:42:28 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: White Lives Matter

Never let the truth get in the way of the agenda.


3 posted on 04/07/2021 7:45:22 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: White Lives Matter

Why even have a jury?


4 posted on 04/07/2021 7:46:28 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: All

Just tell the Jury that they are going to be killed by rampaging BLM “peaceful protest” if they don’t convict Chauvin and wrap up this sham of a trial.


5 posted on 04/07/2021 7:47:28 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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To: White Lives Matter

Speaking of Government Approved Scapegoat Defendants,
I have not heard anything from George Zimmerman in a very long time. This, after him popping up in the news for petty offenses after the trial. I hope he has finally carved out a decent lifestyle for himself. I never thought he’d still even be alive by now.


6 posted on 04/07/2021 7:49:13 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: White Lives Matter

OK. So he’s not dead. Case dismissed.


7 posted on 04/07/2021 7:49:18 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: a fool in paradise

That’s the truth of it. And get your last dollar the jury will be hunted down and their lives destroyed if they don’t decide the “right” thing.


8 posted on 04/07/2021 7:50:09 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: White Lives Matter

The issue is never the issue. The revolution is always the issue.


9 posted on 04/07/2021 7:50:44 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: gundog

LMAO


10 posted on 04/07/2021 7:55:26 PM PDT by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: escapefromboston

I imagine the prosecution is thinking the same.


11 posted on 04/07/2021 7:55:52 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Telepathic Intruder
"Why even have a jury?"

Why are they bothering with a trial? Just drag him out of the jail and proceed with the lynching.

12 posted on 04/07/2021 7:58:02 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: a fool in paradise

[“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, please disregard the evidence and follow your emotions and the hysterical media!”]

yep


13 posted on 04/07/2021 8:04:22 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: a fool in paradise

libtard prosecutors: facts don’t matter, vote the way we want you to/do what we tell you to do

libtards of all stripes: facts dont matter, vote the way we want you to/dow what we tell you to do


14 posted on 04/07/2021 8:06:31 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: White Lives Matter
Is it even ethical for a prosecutor to tell the jury to disregard government evidence in the case?

How can that not be a mistrial?

-PJ

15 posted on 04/07/2021 8:06:51 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (* LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: White Lives Matter
ignore EVIDENCE supplied BY the County... let that sink in
16 posted on 04/07/2021 8:15:46 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there is no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: escapefromboston

Maybe a couple of jurors houses accidentally burn to the ground would distract them from thinking about that old autopsy report.


17 posted on 04/07/2021 8:17:19 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: White Lives Matter

The only question in the minds of the jurors will be:

“Will the riots be worse if we convict, or
will the riots be worse if we acquit?”

Guilt or innocence or the possibility of lesser charges are of no consideration in “racism” trial situations.

BTW, has the defense shouted the evidence that the Minneapolis Police Department trained its officers to use the neck restraint that led to George Floyd’s killing?

https://www.insider.com/minneapolis-police-trained-to-use-neck-restraint-george-floyd-2020-7


18 posted on 04/07/2021 8:18:48 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ( Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less!)
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To: White Lives Matter

Turley has it wrong. The autopsy report DID mention asphyxia, but specifically dud NOT attribute it to strangulation.

Asphyxia is how overdoses of fentanyl (and all opioids) kill you, by suppressing the breathing reflex.


19 posted on 04/07/2021 8:29:03 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan (Deplorably Neanderthal)
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To: gundog

Dismiss Autopsy - So hes not dead

LMAO - Great education, where did you go to school.


20 posted on 04/07/2021 8:31:01 PM PDT by Jolla
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