I'm gonna worry about this unless it happens after the election and trump has lost at which point no one will care probably or maybe short attention spans will save who knows maybe a fun new war to preoccupy everyone but I'd bet 70%+ they walk https://twitter.com/cybersygh/status/1268547614863241220 …
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I was just considering the toxicology plus conflicting autopsies just a hell of a lot of doubt between those too plus the murder 2 charge which I think has to require some kind of deliberateness? I have no idea what I'm talking about
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I think they can prove murder 2 just with the video evidence that shows Chauvin clearly able to hear "get off his neck you're killing him" and then not getting off his neck and killing him.
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extremely possible I have no idea what im talking about
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I mean, me neither. have no training in criminal law, I'm bullshitting too, but jury's are also not lawyers and it sounds reasonable to me?
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whether he walks or not I think depends almost entirely on jury selection much more than the merits of any particular arguments made by the defense. watch for prosecution to try and select black inner city jurors and defense to try and select white suburban jurors.
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Given toxicology and, presumably, medical history, I think we can safely conclude that this case will be won or lost at voir dire which means that it will be won or lost at judge assignment. Just like every criminal case except for the whole might-burn-down-the-country thing.
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Well, assuming attorneys with equal resources and ability on either side, which *isn't* usually the case, especially since time and attention are resources, the defendants in this case will have private attorneys paid for by public funds and the prosecutors will be...
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...prosecuting their colleagues and co-workers, so that’s fun. Frankly I think 30% odds of conviction is too generous.
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