Trey Gowdie just said on tv that Chauvin should have taken the stand in the George Floyd trial. He said that if Chauvin was innocent he should be willing to take the stand and profess his innocence. Unbelievable.Once a prosecutor, always a prosecutor.
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Gowdie is all bark no bite rino cuck
He's an idiot. The State didn't come close to proving him guilty of any crime, all the Honest legal advice courts and scholars have given is consistent on this; never open your mouth, even the most innocent things you say are twisted and used against you.
NYET, Gowdy.
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One man's opinion
I agree, but one man’s opinion can influence others.
I remember when I liked Gowdy; that was a mistake.
Yup. Big talk, great YouTube clips. No action and left the seat at the worst possible time
Lol said no lawyer for a defendant ever unless they thought they would lose without it and were throwing a Hail Mary.
The reason for having Chauvin not take the stand is simple. He's innocent. He's under no obligation to prove innocence.
All that can happen if he testifies is that the prosecution gets him to miss say something or say something that can be interpreted in the wrong way. They would be barraging him trying to get him to slip up.
Usually when you're the defence you know if you client is really guilty or not. In this case if you know they're not guilty the best thing to do when it comes to a malicious prosecution is to not have them exposed to it.
Of course it can go both ways so you can't infer anything from silence without knowing the context of the case.
When it comes to Maurice Hall it's a little different because we know he was at least involved in some criminal activity.
Gowdie is a shill
It's a defensible, but debatable, position. Certain jurors are going to wonder why they aren't hearing from the defendant. On the other hand, the entire criss examination would be a fishing expedition where the prosecution can look for some way to spin whatever he says into an accusation of racism to distract from the weak and conflicting evidence.
Wait, what? Cuck Gowdy is bloviating on TV again and not doing anything useful? Imagine my shock.
I agree with Gowdie. The statute talks about having a "depraved mind" and disregard for human life. Chauvin could have explained what was going through his head. Nobody would think anything he did was malicious or unreasonable.
If you've watched the trial you can see how manipulative the prosecutors have been. They would have gone after him with every emotional manipulation trick in the book and try to trip him up any way they could. It would not have benefited Chauvin. The judge is allowing all kinds of rigged rules to operate in the trial too.