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Chauvin Trial: The Scottsboro
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Posted By: Judy W., 4/25/2021 6:38:19 AM

If you don’t recall the long sad story of the nine black teenagers convicted for raping two white women nine decades ago in Alabama, convictions clearly handed down in an atmosphere of extreme racial prejudice, here’s the account. In much the same way, I believe the conviction of Derek Chauvin on three counts -- each with inconsistent elements of the offense -- in an undeniably prejudicial atmosphere violates the Supreme Court ruling in Sheppard v Maxwell (384 U.S. 333) where the Court ruled that while the press had the right under the First Amendment to publish stories about the murder of Sam Sheppard’s wife, the defendant had the right

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Rather Read 4/25/2021 7:37:56 AM (No. 766387)
Excellent analogy. Here's a wikipedia section on the Scottsboro case: The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. The cases included a lynch mob before the suspects had been indicted, all-white juries, rushed trials, and disruptive mobs. It is commonly cited as an example of a miscarriage of justice in the United States legal system. With the exception of an all white jury, all these could apply to the Chauvin trial. When it comes to justice, we are regressing
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Bur Oak 4/25/2021 7:52:07 AM (No. 766397)
Why didn't the judge move the trial? Perhaps he was intimidated, or he wanted to preside over a high profile case, or both. He didn't even sequester the jury during the trial. It is beyond obvious that Derek Chauvin deserves another trial.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Krause 4/25/2021 8:05:30 AM (No. 766409)
So many things wrong with the way this case was handled, from start to finish, should be overturned.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Strike3 4/25/2021 9:12:39 AM (No. 766463)
The jury found Chauvin guilty for the same reason that the Supreme Court ignored a stolen election and refused to do what was right for Donald Trump, extreme cowardice forced them to do the wrong thing. This lawlessness will result in more bloodshed and all of the cowards will have something much worse to be afraid of.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: udanja99 4/25/2021 9:54:07 AM (No. 766499)
One small quibble, #4. Neither the SCOTUS nor the jurors were forced into cowardice. They CHOSE it. And the whole nation suffers as a result. This whole case reminds me of a John Grisham novel, A Time to Kill, where mobs outside the courthouse are the deciding factor in a racial murder trial.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Namma 4/25/2021 12:25:29 PM (No. 766655)
That Rice kid, shot in Cleveland , died because his parents failed to tell him never point a gun at a policeman. NEVER. The 911 caller said there was a Guy with a gun running around the neighborhood. Rice was a big kid. Did not look his age. The parents caused this kids death. Now they want to re-open the case. Must have run out of the few millions they got from the city. St Floyd’s family pay off was 27 million. That’s a heck of a lot more then rice’s pay off.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: pensom2 4/25/2021 3:18:20 PM (No. 766813)
Unfortunately, all the parties participating in the conviction of Chauvin were concerned that they might be targeted if Chauvin were to have been acquitted. The judge did not order a change of venue to another city. Nor did he sequester the jury. He even admitted on televised session that the unfortunate comments by race-baiters Maxine Waters, Joe Biden, Kamela Harris, and dozens of others, might well justify overturning the verdict in the case once it is appealed. The judge built-in reasons to overturn the case on appeal, once he had saved his skin and washed his hands of the matter. I'm convinced that the judge and jury were hoping to becalm the incendiary, riot-prone crowd in the streets of Minneapolis, and let a relatively distant and unknown appellate court overturn the verdict months from now and order a new trial. One way or the other, it will be nearly impossible for Chauvin to receive a genuinely fair trial.
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