Corrupted jury; mistrial.
“evidence that Chauvin can point to in order to establish that his right to an impartial jury was denied.”
Absolutely!
The issue isn’t that he wore a T-Shirt or went to a rally. (I’ve done that! Attended Rolling Thunder 9 times in a row, and still have the T-Shirts!)
The issue is that he lied to be on the jury for this particular case. (I have NEVER done THAT.)
“Mitchell told Nelson during jury selection that he had a “very favorable” opinion of Black Lives Matter, that he knew some police officers at his gym who are “great guys,” and that he felt neutral about Blue Lives Matter, a pro-police group.”
The defense asked their questions during voir dire, got their answers and did not object to Mitchell being seated.
Lying about participation ... not the participation ... is the issue.
Why would he lie unless he knew he could be excluded from the jury by telling the truth? So it’s easy to infer his intention ... he had already made up his mind and wanted to be a vote to convict.
We can assume that he did not remain silent in jury deliberations, so it seems also safe to assert he was working on others to get the result he already personally wanted.
Anyone else recall people expressing disbelief that they could find a local jury that didn’t know about it?
Want to bet others were just like this guy and they just haven’t got caught yet?
With lefties, anything that advances the politics is fair game.
Ted Sampsell-Jones, a professor at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law, said the photo of Mitchell was “evidence that Chauvin can point to in order to establish that his right to an impartial jury was denied.”
Of course it’s evidence of jury bias. Clearly. Is it enough? Will the appellate court cave, too? We don’t know. This, plus the implied threats of a couple of demented weirdos from the federal government? Verdicts have been set aside for less.
He’s not Black. He’s black.
I read earlier that the Defense counsel gave Mitchell the ok in jury selection.
Perhaps the Defense Counsel already knew about Mitchell and his T-Shirt and left it to the Prosecutors to bounce him from the jury selection.
Whatever happened, this certainly looks like a cause for mistrial on appeal.
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“the opportunity to be around thousands and thousands of Black people”
racist
Chauvin had a doofus for a lawyer.
if he wants to be around thousands and thousands of black people, why doesn’t he leave Mpls and go to Detroit, Chicago, NY, etc., or Africa?
People assume the appellate courts follow the law.
They do when they want to.
When they don’t want to, they don’t.
Tainted jury, fraud.