I caught one clip where he take about policing being a noble profession, this trial is about Chauvin, not all police, then did everything he could to throw police under the bus.
We went through a multi-day trial proving Floyd died of an overdose and the knee was on his shoulder only for the prosecutor to get the last word in, repeating those very lies we just spent days disproving. They can simply repeat the lie and that's all people will care about.
Subd. 2.Unintentional murders. Whoever does either of the following is guilty of unintentional murder in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 40 years:
(1) causes the death of a human being, without intent to effect the death of any person, while committing or attempting to commit a felony offense other than criminal sexual conduct in the first or second degree with force or violence or a drive-by shooting;
I am unaware of any other jurisdiction that has a statute like this besides Minnesota. Any 1st or 2nd degree violent felony resulting in death regardless of intent elevates that death to a 2nd degree murder.
609.221 ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
§Subdivision 1.Great bodily harm. Whoever assaults another and inflicts great bodily harm may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, or both.
The State thinks they can convince the jury that staying on the restrained Floyd eventually turned into an assault. And this unlawful restraint/now assault is the actual and proximate cause of death. It is the actual cause because their experts opined that such a position asphyxiated Floyd. It is the proximate (or legal) cause because such a result would be a foreseeable consequence of affecting the breathing of a subject complaining of not being able to breath. The failure to get off of Floyd when fully aware he had no pulse, they contend, is evidence of intent to cause this harm.
Note - I am not saying this. This is the State's position.
Steve Schleicher is a lying sack of shit.
I caught one clip where he take about policing being a noble profession, this trial is about Chauvin, not all police, then did everything he could to throw police under the bus.
Are they allowed to lie in the closing argument?
Yes.
On paper? “No”.
In reality, they get away with it by saying it’s their perception.
We went through a multi-day trial proving Floyd died of an overdose and the knee was on his shoulder only for the prosecutor to get the last word in, repeating those very lies we just spent days disproving. They can simply repeat the lie and that's all people will care about.
There is a reason for this.
609.19 MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
Subd. 2.Unintentional murders. Whoever does either of the following is guilty of unintentional murder in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 40 years: (1) causes the death of a human being, without intent to effect the death of any person, while committing or attempting to commit a felony offense other than criminal sexual conduct in the first or second degree with force or violence or a drive-by shooting;
I am unaware of any other jurisdiction that has a statute like this besides Minnesota. Any 1st or 2nd degree violent felony resulting in death regardless of intent elevates that death to a 2nd degree murder.
609.221 ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE. §Subdivision 1.Great bodily harm. Whoever assaults another and inflicts great bodily harm may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, or both.
The State thinks they can convince the jury that staying on the restrained Floyd eventually turned into an assault. And this unlawful restraint/now assault is the actual and proximate cause of death. It is the actual cause because their experts opined that such a position asphyxiated Floyd. It is the proximate (or legal) cause because such a result would be a foreseeable consequence of affecting the breathing of a subject complaining of not being able to breath. The failure to get off of Floyd when fully aware he had no pulse, they contend, is evidence of intent to cause this harm.
Note - I am not saying this. This is the State's position.
ALERT: The defence missed something.
They missed a lot of things or there were somethings he could only say implicitly.
This is the big thing he missed. Everything the prosecution is saying is basically bullshit.
But here is the big one...
He says that Chauvin didn't give CPR. Now there are many reasons for this but one really stands out.
Floyd said if you listen to the transcript that he had COVID19.
CPR on someone with COVID19?
Uh oh... balls in your court Nelson. Prosecution is trying to murder your client.
I believe the correct expression is BOOM.
lying prosecutors should get the jail time they want for the person they lie about
https://youtu.be/8cNuAYcF-gw