The U.S. court system is set up in favor of the defendant - the "innocent until proven guilty" motif is spread throughout the entire process. And in most cases we want it to be just like this - and in our history it has been absent so many times (think black suspect being coerced to "confess" to a crime).
So when the defense is putting forth their arguments, they can present alternative theories, to pierce that "reasonable doubt" threshold prosecutors must meet. If there are alternate theories that the defense can back up with some kind of legitimate evidence, then they can introduce them in the trial. The prosecution needs to be ready to defeat those claims, and in almost all cases knows ahead of time what people will be testifying (so the prosecution can opposition prep, ect).
That statement from the judge about late evidence and a possible mistrial is interesting - I need to look at it some more.
Wrong. I will go with the expert, over a ban evading alt account trying to defend the murderer.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56670912
I mean what autopsy? The one who said he died of overdose? The one who said he died of covid or the ones who said he died of affixation?
It really seems like people only want evidence that aligns with the outcome they have already predetermined to be true. Give what happened before and after the arrest it looks like a overdose. He was already having spasms before police involvement. When I look at everything I can't really accept that this is open and shut.
I don't honestly know if I can. I admit I don't want to scan through hours of trial to find it brought up and would you accept any link that wasn't an official newspaper publication?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...2a5_story.html
Touches on it but they won't actually go into details about waving it away as something they always try to do.. I can maybe find a screen cap?
This one is a bit better
https://news.wttw.com/2021/04/10/hea...-cause-medical
Weird, not sure what's up. This should work, note that I snipped out a paragraph between those two quotes - https://abc11.com/derek-chauvin-wont...eath/10516594/
Thanks...from your source:
That should put to rest any of your concerns about alternate reasons for Floyd's death.
These are also great to read, just to firm up your position that the cop killed him:
Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker ruled Floyd's death last May a homicide and identified the cause as "cardiopulmonary arrest" that occurred during "law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression" -- all findings he stood by in court on Friday.
Asked about the autopsy and Floyd's death certificate, Baker described the "top line of the cause of death" as "what you think is the most important thing that precipitated the death."
"Other things that you think played a role in the death but were not direct causes get relegated to what's known as the 'other significant conditions' part of the death certificate," he said. "For example, you know, Mr. Floyd's use of fentanyl did not cause the subdual or neck restraint. His heart disease did not cause the subdual or the neck restraint."
Just to back up this point: https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/henn...psy-6-3-20.pdf
Literally the autopsy report.
Cause of death is literally the case title: "CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST COMPLICATING LAW ENFORCEMENT
SUBDUAL, RESTRAINT, AND NECK COMPRESSION"
Thanks - yeah, that was odd. I'm seeing the quotes now. Those statements are interesting...and frankly I'm still not following the entire issue.
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It's noted that your own source proved your position to be objectively false. Your lack of redress or any other comment to your internal revelation just backs up previous conclusions on your posts and character.