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Jeanine Pirro says Chauvin guilty verdict 'supported by the facts' and 'will be upheld on appeal'
Washington Examiner ^ | April 20, 2021 | Carly Roman

Posted on 04/20/2021 4:14:13 PM PDT by Coronal

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro agreed with a Minnesota jury's guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and predicted the convictions would hold against an appeal.

Pirro, a former district attorney and an ally of former President Donald Trump who often praises law enforcement, said the decision to convict Chauvin of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd was "supported by the facts."

"I've tried many murder cases, and I've sat as a judge on murder cases. It is rare that you even get a picture of the victim in a murder case ... but here, we had a living, breathing person that the jury was able to relate to. ... This was an emotional as well as an intellectual decision," she said on Tuesday. "And when I say that, make no mistake: The facts are solid on this verdict. This verdict will be upheld on appeal."

Pirro applauded the convictions as proof that "the American justice system works."

"For all those people that want to burn down streets, just let the court do its job," she added.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Minnesota; US: Ohio
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To: Coronal

They got their sacrificial White Cop, now they have Rittenhouse lined up at the edge of the Volcano.

Notice how there was no mention of this being a “Racially motivated” Crime during the Trial but the Left acts like it was?

Now Xiden and his insane AG are going full bore with this nonsense.


121 posted on 04/21/2021 8:51:32 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Don't blame me, I Voted for the guy who actually Won the 2020 Presidential Election...)
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To: Gen.Blather
I used to watch her (although her style can be annoying) but stopped when she called for Chauvin to be charged with first degree murder.

Last night I would have watched Gutfeld but she was one of his guests, smirking away, so I turned it off.

122 posted on 04/21/2021 8:55:28 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: JayAr36

I believe the officer is guilty of manslaughter. It was an accident. I am not down with the mob. I’m a law an order guy.


123 posted on 04/21/2021 9:10:12 AM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: JohnnyP

Define what options would the officer had to arrest the thug.

If he would have known the outcome I’m sure he would have said “screw it I’m not going to become involved” and just let him go to carry on his criminal ways.

This is the outcome and the future.


124 posted on 04/21/2021 9:16:00 AM PDT by JayAr36 (My disgust with government is complete.)
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To: monkeyshine
"Can a lawyer or expert explain how one person who killed one other person be charged and convicted for three counts of manslaughter?"

Been reading this a lot. If it was a violation of law to bring three separate charges against Chauvin, you'd think Chauvin's lawyers would have brains enough to argue that during the trial. Or at least be claiming that now. They didn't, and they aren't.

So either the multiple charges were IAW the law (and one may certainly disagree with the law), or Chauvin's lawyers are criminally stupid, or Chauvin's lawyers are in on this vast conspiracy against him. The first choice is probably the easiest and most correct.
125 posted on 04/21/2021 10:57:09 AM PDT by Izzatso
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To: Izzatso

Well I may disagree with the law, but the way I understood it was that when the prosecutor presents “multiple choice” the jury is supposed to pick one, not all three. Even that I have trouble with because it seems designed to ‘trick’ the jury into a ‘compromise’ to get some kind of conviction. IMO they should charge the crime they think they can prove beyond a reasonable doubt.

I can only stab at a guess here, that the jury can convict on all three charges but that only the most severe will be applied at sentencing.

But convicted of all three, seems to me it just becomes even more difficult to appeal. If my stab at a guess is right and for some reason is overturned on appeal, then it goes back and the next strongest charge is applied to sentencing. I mean whatever one thinks about this case, in theory this hardly seems like justice.


126 posted on 04/21/2021 11:08:10 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: monkeyshine
"I mean whatever one thinks about this case, in theory this hardly seems like justice."

It's okay. You're not the first to confuse 'law' with 'justice'.
127 posted on 04/21/2021 11:14:32 AM PDT by Izzatso
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To: Izzatso; Peter W. Kessler; flaglady47; entropy12; M Kehoe; seenenuf; oswegodeee; Liz; LS; ...
"Pirro says Chauvin guilty verdict 'supported by the facts' "

Chauvin's defense team.....if there really was one......stank, stunk, stinked.

I sensed that right from the gitgo....as did other freepers posting on the live thread at the time.

Too bad he wasn't adequately supported "by his own lawyers".

Leni

128 posted on 04/23/2021 12:30:47 PM PDT by MinuteGal (MAGA !!! MAGA !!! MAGA !!!)
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To: gspurlock

She was an OK commentator back about 2017, but I could not watch her show after watching once or twice

. She always bored me at some point each night, and used inflammatory statements in her opening monologue, then didn’t follow through with facts.

She was all hat and no cattle.


129 posted on 04/23/2021 1:54:58 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer, )
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To: P-Marlowe

Mr Chauvin, could you have used a different method to control Mr Floyd? Asks the DA. Are you sorry? Asks the DA. Officer Chauvin would be admitting guilt at every turn. From my cheap seat, he was not guilty on all charges. There is a reason for the 5th amendment, you cannot be forced to testify against yourself because you open yourself up to an infinite number of questions after your Defense attorney is finished.


130 posted on 04/23/2021 1:59:34 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer, )
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To: Glad2bnuts

There is also a reason to testify.

I think this was very similar to a self defense case in that Chauvin’s state of mind was essential to his defense.

Unfortunately his attorney chose to leave that defense on the cutting room floor. They never asked a single expert witness if Mr. Floyd’s death could have been the result of negligence rather than a volitional act. They relied solely on the theory that this was an unintentional suicide.

Oops.


131 posted on 04/23/2021 2:19:10 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List )
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To: Glad2bnuts

“She was all hat and no cattle.

Good point! Maybe that’s why she has sort of dropped off of my radar. I used to watch her when someone on FR or one of my other regular sites posted a link to a segment. But, I never went out of my way to hear what she had to say. Same with Michelle Malkin. Both very bright, well-spoken and committed conservatives, but they seldom had anything to say that was really new to me.


132 posted on 04/23/2021 9:16:59 PM PDT by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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To: Kazan; MinuteGal

“Neither murder charge was justified. The judge is simply afraid to speak the truth.

The Derek Chauvin case Minnesota Judge is a Dem. He once worked for Amy Klobuchar, Dem Senator from MN. A liberal Judge, so no honest justice will be coming from him.


133 posted on 04/24/2021 12:49:48 AM PDT by flaglady47 (Donald J.Trump, President in 2024 - DeSantis for VP)
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To: MinuteGal
"Chauvin's defense team.....if there really was one......stank, stunk, stinked. I sensed that right from the gitgo....as did other freepers posting on the live thread at the time. Too bad he wasn't adequately supported "by his own lawyers".

So far on FR the blame for Chauvin's conviction has been placed on the jury, the judge, and the defense lawyers. Just from reading it would appear the entire justice system has failed.
134 posted on 04/27/2021 2:09:50 PM PDT by Izzatso
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