Current Events > Derek Chauvin Juror said Only ONE JUROR was seriously going to vote NOT GUILTY!!

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The first juror in Derek Chauvin's trial to speak out publicly is revealed to be Brandon Mitchell who was described as a black man in his 30's during jury selection as he said that there was only ONE JUROR who needed SERIOUS CONVINCING before returning a verdict and said that every day was like going to a funeral when they re-watched the video over and over again!!

He opened upa bout what happened in deliberation and the stress of listening to testimony and how Chauvin didn't show any remorse for the 3 week trial

He said "It was just dark. it felt like every day was a funeral and watching someone day every day"

The jury ended up deliberating for about 4 hours before finding Chauvin guilty when he said it should have been 4 minutes because one juror whom he didn't name said they had doubts about Chauvin's guilt and was about to vote NOT GUILTY when all the others had voted guilty.

They said that person wanted extra clarification and understanding of specific terminology related to the charges but that the rest of the jurors was on the same page when they handed down the verdict.

6 white, 6 black or multiracial people eventually found him guilty of all 3 charges

He came forward publicly after a judge ruled the names of the jurors shouldn't be released for at least 6 months due to the case's heightened publicity

But Brandon knew he was guilty from Chauvin's demeanor when he pulled a confused look as if this isn't how it's supposed to go but yet showed no remorse

It was Dr. Martin Tobin that sealed the deal for him when he said the knee on Floyd's neck was the direct cause of death due to lack of oxygen that damaged his brain

Mitchell said at the end of the case "We haven't seen an outcome like this on a case. I really think this is a start and i think it's a good start"

This comes after an alternate juror said she would have conviced Chauvin as well had she been called in.

Had the one juror held out to vote not guilty, the trial would have been pronounced a mistrial which would have to start the trial all over again depending of prosecutors wanted to pursue it

Can you make a guess on which juror sounded like the one who was holding out?

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I feared that would be the case. At least they were able to deliberate honestly and come to a consensus.

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I feel like it won't be long til we start seeing "judged by people who look like me" pushed as the way to do jury trials.

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Well it isn't the guy in the blue shirt and grayish suit in pic 3. You can tell by his face that he knows for a fact that Chauvin was hella guilty.
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shnangyboos posted...

I feel like it won't be long til we start seeing "judged by people who look like me" pushed as the way to do jury trials.

That's kinda what they do already. At least when I had duty, you had the lawyers taking turns picking and shifting jury seats. The accused was a black guy, and his attorney kept picking black people.

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Guessing the defense got to pick the 44, 55, 89 and especially 91.

Considering how racially charged this case was, why did the jury have this ratio of white, black, and biracial members? If they were being intentional about accounting for racial bias, they should have had a ratio closer to 2 white, 2 black, 2 East/south/south-east Asian, 2 Latino/hispanic, 2 middle eastern, 2 native/indigenous, inclusive of bi/multi racial/mixed jury members based on their mix.

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Kami_no_Kami posted...

Guessing the defense got to pick the 44, 55, 89 and especially 91.

That's not how jury selection works. Both sides have to be mutually agreed.

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One of the white women in their 50s.

Serious Cat posted...

That's not how jury selection works. Both sides have to be mutually agreed.

Right, but presumably this means they each make allowances for the opposite side in exchange for being able to choose some of their own. The fastest way to come to an agreement would be I want 53, 62, 44, 12, 92 and 17. followed by Okay, well I want these 6.

Ive only ever seen it from the jurys side though, so I dont know.

Serious Cat posted...

That's not how jury selection works. Both sides have to be mutually agreed.

Not exactly. You only get so many Peremptory Challenges. So if you can't show cause why a juror should be dismissed, you can end up with jurors you don't want.

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Mr_Rian posted...

Not exactly. You only get so many Peremptory Challenges. So if you can't show cause why a juror should be dismissed, you can end up with jurors you don't want.

Ah. So it works like process-of-elimination, where both sides argue to eliminate the jurors most likely to be biased against their case and so you end up with a jury as unbiased as possible, at least in theory.

Im sure it depends a lot on the judge too, but that is interesting.

Still weird that they chose so many older white women then.

who cares. justice was served.

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I don't get why clowns on GameFaqs like to make posts like they're TMZ or some shitty tabloid.
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toadfan64 posted...

I don't get why clowns on GameFaqs like to make posts like they're TMZ or some shitty tabloid.

What is your opinion of the verdict?
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Machete posted...

What is your opinion of the verdict?

I mean, I'm happy with it, but seeing this guy and that Full Throttle dude make these TMZ kinda posts all the time is annoying as fuck.
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Of course somebody was going to defend him. Not even surprised.

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toadfan64 posted...

ng this guy and that Full Throttle dude make

They are not 2 different people just fyi >_>
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I'm a little uncomfortable with this process of interviewing jurors to talk about the jury and deliberation and make their identities and thoughts public

It just doesn't seem right and is dangerous

These guys aren't meant to be celebrities or commentators

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toadfan64 posted...

I mean, I'm happy with it, but seeing this guy and that Full Throttle dude make these TMZ kinda posts all the time is annoying as fuck.

Full Throttle and mrduckbear are the same person, and he has been posting this stupid shit for 20 years now.