The Trial of Derek Chauvin - Judgement(?) Day(?) has arrived!

Outcome?

  • Guilty of Murder

    Votes: 75 7.6%

  • Not Guilty of Murder (2nd/3rd), Guilty of Manslaughter

    Votes: 397 40.0%

  • Full Acquittal

    Votes: 221 22.3%

  • Mistrial

    Votes: 299 30.1%
  • Total voters
    992
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Puff said:
If some jurors are on murder and refuse to come down, some are on manslaughter and refuse to go up. Does that come out as manslaughter in the end?
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So the actual process of a hung jury/deadlock means that jurors can't come to an agreement and, as a result, the judge declares it a mistrial. Each of the three counts is considered differently and dealt with differently, so if one has no agreement it means the others can still have a verdict.

If members of the jury deadlock on the murder charges, those will be given a mistrial, however if somebody says he's guilty of murder, they'll say guilty to the manslaughter charges as well. The actual process for conviction is weird because (obviously) each of the charges is mutually exclusive, so if found guilty he'll only be convicted of the most serious one. I'm not sure what the state would do if they get a mistrial for murder and guilty for manslaughter (whether he just goes away for that or if they retry to convict him of murder) but either way, each charge is considered separately and dealt with individually.
 
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So the actual process of a hung jury/deadlock means that jurors can't come to an agreement and, as a result, the judge declares it a mistrial. Each of the three counts is considered differently and dealt with differently, so if one has no agreement it means the others can still have a verdict.

If members of the jury deadlock on the murder charges, those will be given a mistrial, however if somebody says he's guilty of murder, they'll say guilty to the manslaughter charges as well. The actual process for conviction is weird because (obviously) each of the charges is mutually exclusive, so if found guilty he'll only be convicted of the most serious one. I'm not sure what the state would do if they get a mistrial for murder and guilty for manslaughter (whether he just goes away for that or if they retry to convict him of murder) but either way, each charge is considered separately and dealt with individually.
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If they find him not guilty of murder and hang jury on manslaughter -- can the state bring up the murder charges again?

If they find a hung jury / mistrail, can Nelson bring up the blatant prosecution fuckery with the 98% evidence hiding?
 
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