‘Once the mob has lost interest, there will be an opportunity to examine the case and have more level heads have a say.’
I don’t think so; everybody, saner heads included, just want this thing to go away...
I feel badly for Chauvin, and I think he is truly sorry for what happened...
I do too. I take no joy in any of this. Any of it. It’s worse than bread & circuses.
Chauvin has multiple avenues of appeal and has a legal right to exercise them. Most people do want this to go away, but the courts are packed full of cases that everyone just wants to go away. Nobody wants to sit through a case of graphic child abuse. Nobody wants to sit through a case of patent infringement for some obscure technology no one will ever even use. Yet these cases must be heard.
Derek Chauvin will have his appeals - as he is entitled - and those appeals will eventually take place outside the spotlight where they belong. High profile, high pressure cases don’t typically produce fair results. With time, things will calm down to a point where fair results are possible.