The Derek Chauvin trial is moving very quickly this morning: Chauvin has told judge Peter Cahill that he will not testify in his defense and his lawyer, Eric Nelson, has told the court that the defense rests.
The prosecution is now telling Cahill that they want to call a rebuttal witness, who would discuss new evidence. This evidence relates to defense witness testimony Wednesday that George Floyd might have suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The defense’s expert witness has said that this might have been a potential contributing factor in Floyd’s death.
Read more at The Guardian.
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I don’t know if Chauvin is guilty or not but anyone on trial with the wind blowing against him like Chauvin is, would have be an idiot to take the witness stand.
There is nothing to gain and a lot to lose.
Anything he says will be held against him. Big chance for the prosecutors to cause him to trip up Anything that he could argue on his behalf is best left to his lawyers.