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"Mr. Chauvin's case shows the profound difficulties trial courts have to ensure a criminal defendant's right to an impartial jury consistently when extreme cases arise," his lawyers told the court in a filing, adding that the jurors who heard the case "had a vested interest in finding Mr. Chauvin guilty in order to avoid further rioting in the community in which they lived and the possible threat of physical harm to them or their families."
Bullshit, anyone who watched that video including the people in it knew exactly what was happening. He smothered George Floyd to death while his cop buddies set up a perimeter and prevented anyone from doing anything about it. I get that it's the defense's job to try to find these arguments, but that's a complete mischaracterization of why the jury found him guilty.
Trying to establish a precedent that if your crime is outrageous enough, you can't get a fair trial and therefore can't be convicted.
Maybe he just wants some good old fashioned mob justice.
I don't disagree with that statement. Not that I think it changes anything about the end result, with him being obviously guilty.
I don't know how you could come to any other conclusion than guilty, even if there were hypothetical threats to the jury. Reasonable people don't call that anything other than a homicide.
For sure