BREAKING: the judge in the Chauvin case - while discussing a motion for mistrial - said that Maxine Waters' comments about the Chauvin case may give the defense something on appeal to overturn a conviction. It's abhorrent, but not prejudicial, however. Motion denied.
Allow me to clarify. These are the judges words. Not mine. Also, the prosecution argued that the defense's claims are vague and they have no direct evidence that THIS jury is tainted by or even heard the news...
The judge repeated to the defense that he instructed the jury multiple times NOT to listen to the news. The prosecution argued that should satisfy the requirements to deny the motion, which the judge did...
The judge also added that what a congressperson says really doesn't matter here. I'm not sure why he said the defense could use this in an appeal because the overall feeling was that it wouldn't taint the jury.
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