RE: Chauvin Murder Trial
April 10, 2021 at 6:34 pm
(This post was last modified: April 10, 2021 at 7:24 pm by Irreligious Atheist.)
Does anyone else have a problem with the prosecution not wanting Floyd's dealer, Morries Hall, to testify? He's one of the most important witnesses, but they won't give him immunity and therefore he's refusing to testify. Not a good look for the prosecution pulling this crap. If I'm a juror, I definitely take into account that the prosecution prevented him from testifying.
It's looking like Floyd did not die of a drug overdose. The drugs still played a part in it though, at least according to Dr. Baker, along with his heart disease. How much of an impact did the drugs, heart disease, adrenaline, stress, etc have on his death? We can't really know. The autopsy itself didn't really find anything. No damage to the back or neck, but apparently that damage shouldn't necessarily be expected, but neutral findings like that still may hurt the prosecution. The autopsy isn't what's important, they say. It's the combination of the autopsy and the video. I understand that, but their demonstration of what would happen to the average 46 year old of Floyd's height and weight was theoretical in a way (Mark Geragos called it junk science), and there is still perhaps room for reasonable doubt to come in since the drugs he was on can cause serious breathing issues.
I'm still on the fence and waiting to see how the rest of the trial plays out. It's good to see that one of the biggest lawyers and legal experts who has defended all the biggest bad guys in Mark Geragos, has a similar take on this case as I do. At times I have felt a bit crazy being one of the few people who saw this case as not so clear cut, and I've gone back and forth in my mind wondering if I was doing the right thing, but now at least I know that if I was wrong, one of the top legal experts in the US was wrong with me, and that's not such bad company to be in.
It's looking like Floyd did not die of a drug overdose. The drugs still played a part in it though, at least according to Dr. Baker, along with his heart disease. How much of an impact did the drugs, heart disease, adrenaline, stress, etc have on his death? We can't really know. The autopsy itself didn't really find anything. No damage to the back or neck, but apparently that damage shouldn't necessarily be expected, but neutral findings like that still may hurt the prosecution. The autopsy isn't what's important, they say. It's the combination of the autopsy and the video. I understand that, but their demonstration of what would happen to the average 46 year old of Floyd's height and weight was theoretical in a way (Mark Geragos called it junk science), and there is still perhaps room for reasonable doubt to come in since the drugs he was on can cause serious breathing issues.
I'm still on the fence and waiting to see how the rest of the trial plays out. It's good to see that one of the biggest lawyers and legal experts who has defended all the biggest bad guys in Mark Geragos, has a similar take on this case as I do. At times I have felt a bit crazy being one of the few people who saw this case as not so clear cut, and I've gone back and forth in my mind wondering if I was doing the right thing, but now at least I know that if I was wrong, one of the top legal experts in the US was wrong with me, and that's not such bad company to be in.
