{"id":232649,"date":"2021-04-24T13:04:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T13:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=232649"},"modified":"2021-04-25T07:38:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T07:38:16","slug":"dershowitz-weighs-in-with-a-big-prediction-about-chauvins-appeal-the-judge-made-a-terrible-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=232649","title":{"rendered":"Dershowitz Weighs In with a Big Prediction About Chauvin’s Appeal: ‘The Judge Made a Terrible Mistake’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabeth Stauffer \u2013 Western Journal Apr 22, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Those who watched the jury selection for Derek Chauvin\u2019s trial in the death of George Floyd said the recurring sentiment among potential jurors was the fear of reprisals to themselves or their families if they didn\u2019t produce the verdict the left demanded, which was guilty of murder.<\/h4>\n

Those who verbally expressed this fear were summarily dismissed. But although the individuals ultimately selected to serve on the jury might not have explicitly voiced this concern, it is unreasonable to believe it did not enter their minds.<\/h4>\n

The death of Floyd<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>while in Minneapolis police custody both riveted and divided the nation as have only a handful of cases in history. Because of the sheer volume of media coverage, it was nearly impossible to find 14 jurors who did not have some level of familiarity with this case.<\/h4>\n

Once the selection was completed and the trial had begun, the media coverage exploded.<\/h4>\n

Longtime Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz believes Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill, who presided over the trial, made a terrible mistake by not sequestering the jury. He appeared on Newsmax\u2019s \u201cSpicer and Co.\u201d<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>on Tuesday to weigh in.<\/h4>\n

Dershowitz began by stating the obvious: Chauvin\u2019s actions were \u201cinexcusable morally.\u201d<\/h4>\n

The larger point is the verdict, which he considers to be \u201cquestionable because of the outside influences of people like [civil rights activist] Al Sharpton people like and [California Democratic Rep.] Maxine Waters<\/a><\/span>. Their threats and intimidation and hanging the \u2018Sword of Damocles\u2019 over the jury and basically saying if you don\u2019t convict on the murder charge and all of the charges, the cities will burn, the country will be destroyed, seeped into the jury room.\u201d<\/h4>\n

\u201cThe judge made a terrible mistake by not sequestering the jury,\u201d he said. \u201cSo the judge himself said this case may be reversed on appeal. And I think it might be reversed on appeal. I think it should be reversed on appeal.\u201d<\/h4>\n

\u201cI think the American Civil Liberties Union, which would be all over this case if it weren\u2019t a racially charged case \u2014 all Americans who care about due process and liberty should be concerned that the jury verdict may have been influenced by, if not the thumb, maybe even the elbow of the outside pressures, the fears, the threats. Every juror in that room knew about these threats.\u201d<\/h4>\n

\u201cSo I have no real confidence that this verdict, which may be correct in some ways, but I have no confidence that this verdict<\/span><\/a> was produced by due process and the rule of law rather than the influence of the crowd,\u201d Dershowitz said.\u00a0\u201cA new appeal will be filed immediately, because he\u2019s in jail now, pending appeal<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/h4>\n

Ultimately, however, Dershowitz believes this case will be settled by the Supreme Court, which he said \u201cholds the best possibility for the defense of getting this conviction reversed on the ground that the judge himself suggested the statements made by people outside the courtroom essentially intimidating jurors and telling them that if they don\u2019t come to the, quote, right verdict, there will be violence and consequences and their own lives may be affected.<\/h4>\n

\u201cJurors should never, ever have that fear or influence in their verdicts.\u201d<\/h4>\n
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.@AlanDersh<\/a> says "threats and intimidation and hanging the 'Sword of Damocles' over the jury…seeped into the jury room. I think this case should be reversed on appeal." @LyndsayMKeith<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/VlT7z8drtO<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5uuoku1uZu<\/a><\/p>\n

— Newsmax (@newsmax) April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n