{"id":230378,"date":"2021-04-19T15:30:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T12:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/conviction-and-appeal-look-likely-in-george-floyd-case\/"},"modified":"2021-04-19T15:30:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T12:30:03","slug":"conviction-and-appeal-look-likely-in-george-floyd-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/conviction-and-appeal-look-likely-in-george-floyd-case\/","title":{"rendered":"#Conviction and appeal look likely in George Floyd case"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Conviction and app<\/a>eal look likely in George Floyd case<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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John Maynard Keynes and Paul Samuelson have both been credited with the dictum that \u201cwhen the facts change, I change my mind.\u201d So, what I once believed to be highly improbable \u2013 a murder conviction in the trial of the ex-Minneapolis cop who knelt on George Floyd\u2019s neck \u2013 has a better than even chance of coming to fruition. <\/p>\n

I think Derek Chauvin\u2019s case for acquittal is reeling.<\/p>\n

Why? Two things: The prosecution laid out a masterful roadmap of physical and testimonial evidence, combined with recent high-profile events \u2014 fatal police shootings in Brooklyn Center, MN and Chicago \u2014 that will undeniably impact the jury\u2019s big picture framing of circumstances.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Derek Chauvin\u2019s defense team are likely to file an appeal if Chauvin is convicted.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the trial started, I wrote that prosecutors may have overcharged Chauvin. That they were much likely to get a conviction on manslaughter rather than murder. But they\u2019ve presented a compelling case to change that opinion.<\/p>\n

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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin waived his right to testify in front of the jury.<\/figcaption>
via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three weeks into the latest trial of the century, the defense rested on Thursday, leaving only closing arguments and Judge Peter Cahill\u2019s final instructions to seal the former cop\u2019s fate. The prosecution will argue that callous indifference and a knee injudiciously applied to George Floyd\u2019s neck by an armed instrument of the state should result in a murder conviction.<\/p>\n

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George Floyd\u2019s death sparked protests against racial injustice and police brutality around the world.<\/figcaption>
AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The role of Chauvin\u2019s defense counsel, Eric J. Nelson, will be to sow doubt in jurors\u2019 minds. Nelson will counter the prosecution\u2019s charges with the contention that Floyd died from cardiac arrhythmia \u2014 the result of underlying medical conditions, ingestion of a toxic combination of methamphetamine and fentanyl, and exposure to exhaust fumes from a police vehicle at the scene.<\/p>\n

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George Floyd died while being taken into Minneapolis Police custody.<\/figcaption>
Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

I still think prosecutors succumbed to public pressure in overcharging a case of manslaughter. However, Special Assistant Attorney General<\/a> Jerry Blackwell\u2019s command of the courtroom and questioning of witnesses \u2014 allowing powerful testimony to have maximum impact, indelibly stamping in jury\u2019s subconscious the palpable pain and perception of unequal justice \u2014 may very well result in a murder conviction.<\/p>\n

The prosecution bears the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt and certainly committed a few unforced errors during the trial. But it also has a jury that likely is being pressured by what it sees on television. If the police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri served as the catalyst for the Black Lives Matter Movement, Floyd\u2019s death has led to ruinous civil unrest in the wake of any and every fatal use of force incident. The jury certainly understands the stakes.<\/p>\n

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\"Derek
Derek Chauvin was charged in the death of George Floyd after video of him kneeling on Floyd\u2019s neck during the arrest surfaced.<\/figcaption>
AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The Chauvin jurors are only partially sequestered and Cahill denied the defense motion for a change of venue. To be quite honest, locating someone on the island of Borneo without a formed opinion would be a daunting task. Jurors are human. They have been treated to almost an entire year inundated with violent imagery of American cities burning and ensuing anarchy under the auspices of protests against racial injustice. How can all of this not impact their deliberations?<\/p>\n

Outside pressures exerted by the threat of violent protests may unfortunately and unfairly influence them. This sets up a viable path to appeal for the defense.\u00a0\u00a0\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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