Juror before the trial
Posted on 05/04/2021 3:50:26 PM PDT by RandFan
Edited on 05/04/2021 3:57:28 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted last month of killing George Floyd, filed a request Tuesday asking for a new trial.
Eric Nelson, Chauvin’s attorney, alleged that juror misconduct and pretrial publicity in part led to Chauvin’s conviction for second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd's death last year.
Hmmmm, at first glance I say he deserves another trial. Waiting to hear from other Freepers.
I think we KNOW what John Stiles deserves...
Declare a mistrial, and exonerate and free Chauvin!!!!
Let’s see the biden Politburo handle the riots!!!!
Yeah! And request a new venue for the trial
The jury was not sequestered.
The city paid $27m while the trial was happening.
Mad Max's comments during the trial.
Juror #52 lied about attending blm and other marches.
The deployment of the National Guard.
The court house being armed like Fort Knox.
The overall intimidation by blm/antifa.
Which of those points raised do YOU believe are not true? IF NONE, why you need to hear from anyone? This group think mentality is one of the things bleeding out this great country. Be strong, be independent, think for yourself.
He had just cause for that with:
* Maxine Waters’ calls for violence
* alternate juror saying they were afraid of violent BLM members at their home
* the jury hearing about the settlement with the family while the case was ongoing
He had additional justification when the news came out this week that one of the jurors wore a BLM shirt at a rally for the victim’s family. And then “promised” to be neutral.
Alternate juror saying they were afraid of violent BLM members at their home
Christensen: I did not want to go through rioting and destruction again and I was concerned about people coming to my house if they were not happy with the verdict.
Source:
‘I wish it didn’t have to happen’: Alternate juror reflects on Derek Chauvin trial
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/george-floyd/derek-chauvin-trial-alternate-juror-lisa-christensen/89-97b74eb1-c875-4ed5-93ad-5c72620b9f18
The judge isn’t going to throw out the verdict he presided over and grant a new trial. But these all may be grounds for appealing the verdict and sentence.
And I forgot about the one witness that had pig blood thrown on his house.
It would be legal malpractice if his attorney didn’t ask for a new trial.
The verdict is not acceptable. The whole trial was a sham.
We cannot have trials where the verdict is determined before the trial.
Just as there wasn’t a court in the land with the courage to examine the theft of a Presidential election there’s not a court in the land with the courage to do what’s right here.
I saw the videos. He’s innocent. He should be completely exonerated. He should sue the crap out of Minneapolis. Every white cop in a black town should quit.
They could retry him once or a dozen times, the verdict will always come back "guilty" of any charge they care to throw at him. His actual guilt or innocence is completely irrelevant -- he is the sacrificial being in this twisted morality play. There is no way on God's Green Earth any jury is going to acquit him any time in the next five years. And we all know this is the case -- we're just kidding ourselves to think otherwise.
Maybe after things settle down (if they do) they can try again. But I still wouldn't bet the rent on it.
No evidence at the trial says he contributed to Floyd’s death. None. Yet, they convict??
I believe EagleOne answered a lot of your questions very nicely.
...and then the feds will pick him up.
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