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Siwsan

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4. Can the prosecution have rebuttal closing arguments?

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 19, 2021, 12:41 PM

Apr 2021

I've been without Court TV for so long, I've lost my armchair lawyer credentials.

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Defense closing in the Chauvin case [View all] wryter2000 Apr 2021 OP

He's working to establish doubt about whether these actions were unauthorized by law. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #1

Can the prosecution have rebuttal closing arguments? Siwsan Apr 2021 #4

Yes, they will have a chance to do so. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #6

Yes. The prosecution has the burden of proof so they go first and last in arguments. Shrike47 Apr 2021 #8

Thanks wryter2000 Apr 2021 #5

If you keep in mind that "all" the defense has to do is find places to plant doubt that a WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #7

I don't think his arrival time has any significance either but I notice that later-arriving officers live love laugh Apr 2021 #19

I remember that wryter2000 Apr 2021 #22

Yes. Police need to be required to coordinate on-the-scene responses. I hope they get sued for this. live love laugh Apr 2021 #24

Everytime he says "reasonable" dflprincess Apr 2021 #9

+ 1 nt pazzyanne Apr 2021 #14

I never can follow defense's arguments, and I think that's by design. MoonRiver Apr 2021 #2

They didn't rest so much as the Prosecution shut them down marble falls Apr 2021 #3

A reasonable defense attorney dflprincess Apr 2021 #10

For any other person that is true ... earthside Apr 2021 #13

Was a cop.nt dflprincess Apr 2021 #15

Chauvin offered to take a plea. The DOJ via William Barr said no. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #17

There were a number of reasons s deal with the Feds fell through dflprincess Apr 2021 #20

I don't believe there was a deal; it was a routine offer that was denied. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #21

I think Chauvin was going to take a plea for third degree murder wryter2000 Apr 2021 #23

I just looked it up and that is correct dflprincess Apr 2021 #29

+1, I asked about this the other day. Why can't Chauvin beg for his life and not send everyone uponit7771 Apr 2021 #33

Defense is terrible ... because they got nothing. earthside Apr 2021 #11

IMHO, he couldn't have Chauvin testify wryter2000 Apr 2021 #25

Very true. earthside Apr 2021 #30

The witnesses did not have the right perspective. Jim__ Apr 2021 #12

His defense is the people who saw Chavin kill George Floyd to not believe what they see with their kimbutgar Apr 2021 #16

This blaming the crowd shit is ridiculous. Of course they were upset, they were watching a Luciferous Apr 2021 #18

He has tried to paint them to be a mob wryter2000 Apr 2021 #26

Right?! There was no care being provided. Absolutely ridiculous. Luciferous Apr 2021 #34

If Chauvin thought the crowd presented any threat, he could have immediately removed that threat StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #27

Exactly Luciferous Apr 2021 #32

incompetent legal defense on appeal? SheltieLover Apr 2021 #28

Paul Butler agrees with me wryter2000 Apr 2021 #31

Nothing that happened that day was "reasonable." The jury should be out less than one day Lettuce Be Apr 2021 #35