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re: Charges against Officer Chauvin raised to 2nd degree murder; other 3 cops will be charged
Posted on 6/3/20 at 4:58 pm to El Mattadorr
Posted on 6/3/20 at 4:58 pm to El Mattadorr
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I don't know how MN law works, but in many states, I believe he can still be convicted of the lower charge if the prosecutor fails on the 2nd degree charge.
Yes, that's how it works in MN. The jury can also find manslaughter even if he's only charged with second degree murder:
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/631.14
quote:
Upon an indictment or complaint for an offense consisting of different degrees, the jury may find the defendant not guilty of the degree charged in the indictment or complaint, and guilty of any degree inferior to that. . . . Upon an indictment or complaint for murder, if the jury finds the defendant not guilty, it may, upon the same indictment or complaint, find the defendant guilty of manslaughter in any degree. . . .
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Posted on 6/3/20 at 5:04 pm to The Pirate King
It is wrong that the courts in this country are allowed to charge you or something higher with intent to fall back to something else if they can’t meet the bar for conviction. That is ridiculous. Especially when done to appease hundreds of thousands of people who will never have a say in the matter or even step
Foot in the state of Minnesota.
Foot in the state of Minnesota.
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