Will Chauvin's Conviction Be Reversed?

[Rightguide]

State Supreme Court Clears the Way for Full Reversal of a Derek Chauvin Murder Conviction

By Jack Davis
September 19, 2021 at 7:11am

One of the murder convictions against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is likely to be thrown out after a decision last week by the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Chauvin was found guilty of killing alleged counterfeiter George Floyd in 2020, an incident that spawned massive violent protests in Minneapolis and nationwide. Chauvin’s conviction came against a backdrop of activists saying they planned to riot if Chauvin were acquitted.

According to KMSP-TV, Minnesota has defined third-degree murder as killing a victim without intent while acting in a dangerous way to other people while showing “a depraved mind.”

The Minnesota high court’s ruling said that the element of a depraved mind is not applicable if the person being charged was only focused on one victim, KMSP reported.

The ruling came in the case of former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor, who was convicted of second-degree manslaughter and third-degree murder in the 2017 shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond.

https://www.westernjournal.com/stat...ull-reversal-derek-chauvin-murder-conviction/

 

[jomar]

Except even the article notes he was sentenced on the 2nd degree murder.

But it is curious why “a depraved mind” would only apply to multiple victims.

 

[Adre]

We watched a video of him killing the guy.

 

[CornusKousa]

We watched a video of him killing the guy.

That doesn't make rule of law go out the window.

No matter how much you and the other authoritarian fuckwads wish it did.

 

[pecksniff]

That doesn't make rule of law go out the window.

No matter how much you and the other authoritarian fuckwads wish it did.

You're anti-authoritarian and you support a murderous police officer? There is nothing more authoritarian than that.

 

[Adre]

That doesn't make rule of law go out the window.

No matter how much you and the other authoritarian fuckwads wish it did.

You wouldn’t know rule of law if it bit your fat ass.

 

[RobDownSouth]

You're anti-authoritarian and you support a murderous police officer? There is nothing more authoritarian than that.

Double standards are a core concept of the ToxicShitsludgeIdeology. he routinely espouses.

"Rules for thee but not for meeeeee!"

 

[Rightguide]

Except even the article notes he was sentenced on the 2nd degree murder.

But it is curious why “a depraved mind” would only apply to multiple victims.

We watched a video of him killing the guy.

Talk to the court.

 

[Rightguide]

You're anti-authoritarian and you support a murderous police officer? There is nothing more authoritarian than that.

Why is it his fault? He didn't make the ruling, the court did. Go there and whine.

 

[Rightguide]

Double standards are a core concept of the ToxicShitsludgeIdeology. he routinely espouses.

"Rules for thee but not for meeeeee!"

Except it was the ruling of the court, a matter of law, not ideology.

 

[pecksniff]

Why is it his fault? He didn't make the ruling, the court did. Go there and whine.

It is your side that is always calling this or that court decision "unconstitutional" when it doesn't go your way. You do not respect the rule of law consistently.

 

[ll74]

One count being thrown out.

Still in prison for quite a while regardless.

He deserves his punishment.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Except it was the ruling of the court, a matter of law, not ideology.

Wasn't talking about the ruling. Was discussing the dishonorable Korean's tendency to call errything he don't like "authoritarianism", while simultaneously giving an exemption to errything that is authoritarianism that he likes.

See also: concentration camps.

 

[Rightguide]

It is your side that is always calling this or that court decision "unconstitutional" when it doesn't go your way. You do not respect the rule of law consistently.

What is unconstitutional about this ruling?

 

[Rightguide]

Except even the article notes he was sentenced on the 2nd degree murder.

But it is curious why “a depraved mind” would only apply to multiple victims.

It's not likely a reversal of the third degree charge would affect the second degree charge, but stranger things have happened in court.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

Do you want this murdering piece of shit to go free?

 

[Bud_Spencer]

You're anti-authoritarian and you support a murderous police officer? There is nothing more authoritarian than that.

That begs the question.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

It should be reversed and reordered on change of venue grounds only.

 

[pecksniff]

It should be reversed and reordered on change of venue grounds only.

Why change of venue?

 

[RobDownSouth]

It's not likely a reversal of the third degree charge would affect the second degree charge, but stranger things have happened in court.

Glad you read the actual article. The headline doesn't jibe with the rest of the article, particularly this "money quote":

Chauvin was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison on the second-degree murder charge. The sentence was based on the second-degree murder charge only, according to the Star Tribune. Unless Chauvin’s attorney can successfully argue that the third-degree charge hurt his chances at trial, it is unlikely his sentence on that second-degree murder charge would be affected even if the third-degree murder conviction were overturned.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

Why change of venue?

You think he got a fair trial in Minneapolis?

 

[pecksniff]

You think he got a fair trial in Minneapolis?

Nothing about the case suggests otherwise. Did his attorneys even move for change of venue? If they didn't, there is no decision to appeal.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

Nothing about the case suggests otherwise. Did his attorneys even move for change of venue? If they didn't, there is no decision to appeal.

They did, and it was denied.

 

[pecksniff]

They did, and it was denied.

Then it can be an appeal issue.

 

[Rightguide]

Do you want this murdering piece of shit to go free?

We want the law followed and interpreted correctly. Otherwise you just might as well have a lynching.