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It shows Mitchell standing with two cousins and wearing a T-shirt with a picture of King and the words, "GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR NECKS"
They need to move it to a different country. Show the video to anyone overseas and they'll wonder what the problem was.MallalieuAg said:
The jury had their mind made up. They need to declare a mistrial and move the trial to another state.
This will become a case study in law school on how to loose an appeal (prosecution) or how a show trial is run in the US.MallalieuAg said:
The jury had their mind made up. They need to declare a mistrial and move the trial to another state.
fixer said:
Bwahahahahahahah
Can't wait for the appeals case.
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Mitchell said he answered "no" to two questions about demonstrations on the questionnaire sent out before jury selection.
The first question asked: "Did you, or someone close to you, participate in any of the demonstrations or marches against police brutality that took place in Minneapolis after George Floyd's death?" The second asked: "Other than what you have already described above, have you, or anyone close to you, participated in protests about police use of force or police brutality?"
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A photo is making the rounds on social media of Brandon Mitchell attending the March on Washington back in August, which commemorated the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. giving his historic "I Have a Dream" speech.
In the image, Mitchell is wearing a T-shirt featuring the likeness of King, surrounded by text that reads "Get Your Knee Off Our Necks," and "BLM."
Floyd's family spoke briefly at that march. Mitchell told WCCO he was there to take part in a voter registration rally, not to protest and that he was an unbiased juror.
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A number of legal sources, including those familiar with the trial, told WCCO this juror at minimum will have to be questioned in what's called a Schwartz hearing. And depending on his answers, a mistrial could be declared.
WCCO spoke with law professor Rachel Moran from the University of St. Thomas about what this photo could mean for the case.
"Did the juror speak the truth? Or alternatively, did the juror say something untrue during questioning?" Moran said. "But the other thing to keep in mind is did the lawyers do their job in investigating the juror?" Moran said.
Before being selected, Mitchell filled out this questionnaire. On it, he said he never attended protests over police brutality in Minnesota or beyond. He also answered a question on Black Lives Matter, saying, "Black lives just want to be treated as equals and not killed or treated in an aggressive manner simply because they are Black."
"If he had been asked about it and he tried to hide it, that could be an issue," Moran said. "But at this point, I don't see anything, any evidence that he tried to hide it."
The defense does now have the right to ask Judge Peter Cahill to go back and question Mitchell, then Cahill can decide if the verdict will stand.
doubledog said:This will become a case study in law school on how to loose an appeal (prosecution) or how a show trial is run in the US.MallalieuAg said:
The jury had their mind made up. They need to declare a mistrial and move the trial to another state.
My thoughts is that this will go all they way to the SCOTUS where they will punt.
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A mistrial is pre-verdict. Issues like this are grounds for an appeal, but the time for a mistrial has come and gone
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Thank you for the information. So is this substantial grounds for appeal?Bassmaster said:
A mistrial is pre-verdict. Issues like this are grounds for an appeal, but the time for a mistrial has come and gone.
Watch the OJ Simpson mini series on netflix... This appears to be the same thing happening.. Members of the African American community really wanted to be on the jury and deliver the verdict the community wanted. Facts and legal standards appear to not matter.4stringAg said:
For the lawyers, if jurors hid this kind of bias during the selection process, and like the photo is revealed post trial does that in and of itself give grounds for appeal or mistrial?
Forgetting how you might feel about Chauvin and whether you think he was guilty or not, the way this trial went down from the jury bias/intimidation to the $27M award during selection, to another police killing while trial was going on leading to protests and rioting, to not sequestering the jury, to political figures like Waters and Biden injecting their feelings; this should not be how our justice system works.