Chauvin Jury Instructions Could Determine Trial Outcome

摘要

Jury instructions will be the second most important factor after jury selection in the outcome of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, argues California civil rights attorney V. James DeSimone. Prosecutors want the jury to focus on Chauvin's actions, not on his state of mind, but defense attorneys want the opposite, he says.Jury selection is the most important part of the historic criminal case involving former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. The second most important part could very well be the instructions provided to those jurors.