Chauvin prosecutor: 'I was never convinced we were going to win'

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Source: CBS News

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said memories of past cases against police officers made him second guess his case during the prosecution of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. And he wasn't sure the jury would find Chauvin guilty until the verdict was read.

"I was never convinced we were going to win this case until we heard the verdict of guilty," Ellison told 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley for a report airing Sunday. "I remember what happened in the Rodney King case… And I remember how devastated I felt when I heard that the jury acquitted those officers."

"Particularly when the victim is a person of color, it's just rare that there's any accountability," Ellison continued in an excerpt from the interview that aired on "CBS Evening News." "And so there was, every moment of this case, I thought, 'What are we missing… Do we need another witness?'"

"I was not sure that we were going to get the just result that we did get until I heard Judge Cahill announce the verdict," Ellison said.

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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Getting 12 fair jurors in our society is amazing.

I, too, felt that there would be at least 1 juror to spoil the conviction.

[FakeNoose]

2. The prosecution was awesome

... despite having their hands tied behind their backs.

Thank you AG Keith Ellison!

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3. Two words: nine minutes.

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When I learned that the verdict came back so quickly, I suspected that it was a bad omen for Chauvin. And I suspect that what "unified" the jurors was the lack of "reasonable doubt" as to whether you can survive having a knee on your neck for more than nine minutes even if you're not on drugs...


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[Roc2020]

4. same here. I saw here on DU that the verdict

was in less than 2 days...I knew Chauvin was toast. I was only mildly nervous watching...a little surprised guilty on all charges though.

[Rocknation]

5. What I'm nervous about is the simultaneous convictions of murder AND manslaughter

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of the same person being legitimate grounds for an appeal.


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[CTyankee]

6. I wondered about that too. I'm going to ask my son who is a prosecutor about it.