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> Are you 99% certain of that? Chauvin's case was unique because the narrative of him being a murderer had already been broadcast across the entire country. Wh
by Aunche 6y ago
> Are you 99% certain of that?
Chauvin's case was unique because the narrative of him being a murderer had already been broadcast across the entire country. While I'm not personally 99% sure of his guilt to second-degree murder, the jurors most likely were.
- jjeaff 6y agoHe was convicted of 2nd degree unintentional murder. Which, in Minnesota, one of the definitions is that you killed someone while committing a felony. So even if fully an accident, if you kill someone while robbing a store, that's going to be 2nd degree murder. And in the case of this trial, I assume the jury was simply convinced that kneeling on someone's neck for nearly 10 minutes while they beg for mercy and then continuing to apply pressure for minutes after they pass out is a crime in and of itself, even if he had not died.