(April 15, 2021 at 10:31 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:(April 15, 2021 at 10:29 am)Brian37 Wrote: Chauvin chose not to testify. In such a case with abundant video plus tons agreement that his actions were beyond the scope of duty, and on top of even his own medical witness as a defense, agreed that it was Chauvin's duty to render aid sooner than when Floyd actually got it in the ambulance. Maybe the lawyer was saying "You are in a bad spot, lets just hope for hung jury, don't open yourself up for questioning."
If this jury hangs, then some member of that jury needs to be hanged.
I get the emotion, but the issue isn't one jury or one case. The issue is changing our system long term, not getting rid of juries.
I do believe that the DA has noted that if it is hung, that they would try again. But I think a hung jury is going to be hard with this jury because several of the jurrors are black, including black women.
