Listening to @AlanDersh on CourtTV
He just predicted that any conviction in the Chauvin trial will ultimately be reversed by the Supreme Court, based on the behavior of public officials and the failure to sequester the jury from the outset
He just predicted that any conviction in the Chauvin trial will ultimately be reversed by the Supreme Court, based on the behavior of public officials and the failure to sequester the jury from the outset
Dershowitz says what should have happened
1) Should have been postponed after the civil settlement with the city
2) Should have been moved out of Minneapolis
3) Jury should have been sequestered from outset
4) Alternatively, the judge's instruction should have been stronger
1) Should have been postponed after the civil settlement with the city
2) Should have been moved out of Minneapolis
3) Jury should have been sequestered from outset
4) Alternatively, the judge's instruction should have been stronger
Dershowitz suggests that there was not just a thumb, but an "elbow on the scale of justice"
Dershowitz points out that because the jurors live in Minneapolis facing riots, "they have a personal stake in the outcome of their deliberations." Totally unacceptable in his view
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