Chauvin Trial Commentary

[jsbhike]

The next time they get picked for jury duty just inform the defense they have a history of being dishonest in their official capacity as a juror.

[Hank6046]

My personal belief is that NOTHING substantial will be done. Juror won't go to jail etc....he won't even get a significant fine. At most, a slap on the wrist.

Probably, but I don't think we are done hearing about this trial or the people involved quite yet

[titsonritz]

Probably, but I don't think we are done hearing about this trial or the people involved quite yet

And that is what happen when you have a spectacle for the woke masses rather than a trail seeking justice.

[Hank6046]

And that is what happen when you have a spectacle for the woke masses rather than a trail seeking justice.

Precisely, and while they haven't torn down the "system" they have damaged it's integrity

[jsbhike]

Precisely, and while they haven't torn down the "system" they have damaged it's integrity

System integrity includes:

- allegedly requiring prosecutors/police to disclose exculpatory evidence. From time to time it makes the news that is knowingly obstructed with few, if any, negatives for the perps.

- the existence of "Brady cops" with known histories of lying

- what has started happening on a fairly frequent basis is prosecutors spending time and money actively opposing attempts at overturning convictions ranging from possibly honest mistakes exposed via DNA evidence to exposing intentionally concealed exculpatory evidence.

Those problems all go back a lot further than the last few weeks.

[ChattanoogaPhil]

June 25

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 270 months, or 22 1/2 years, in prison for the murder of George Floyd last year.

Chauvin, 45, is expected to serve about 15 years behind bars.

"What the sentence is not based on is emotion or sympathy, but at the same time, I want to acknowledge the deep and tremendous pain that all the families are feeling, especially the Floyd family," Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill said in court.

In his memorandum opinion, Cahill said two of four aggravating factors were at play in the sentence – that Chauvin abused trust and authority and acted with particular cruelty toward Floyd. His "gratuitous infliction of pain and psychological cruelty" while he was "imbued with the authority of the state" justified the sentence, Cahill wrote.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...er/5319789001/