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The state has delivered its closing argument in the trial of Kim Potter, telling the jury that, at the heart of it 'this case is very simple' and Daunte Wright's death was, 'entirely avoidable.'
This paper explores relationships between race, slavery, medicine, statistics, and disability in mid-nineteenth-century Britain. At its core are a series of reports on military medical statistics, principally authored by Alexander Tulloch, that would become the backbone for subsequent claims about the reality and numerical value of race.
The last state witness of the day, and amongst the two most annoying of the trial, was Professor Seth Stoughton. He’s a law professor who had briefly ( 5 years) served as a police officer in Florida, and is now into the use-of-force expert witness game. And, at least in this case, the game pays well—he testified that he’s been paid about $25,000 for his expertise by state prosecutors, for just over 100-hours worth of work on this case. (In my professional opinion, that beats doing the work for free, as some other state witnesses have done.) I’m told by others who have looked ...
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:25 UTC Screen capture from video evidence submitted in Chavin's trial. The state's own MMA "expert" Williams is visible at the scene wearing a Northside Boxing Club sweatshirt, shouting threats of imminent violence Reasonable doubt before defense even begins is bad for conviction Welcome to our ongoing coverage of the Minnesota murder trial of Derek Chauvin, over the in-custody death of George Floyd. I am Attorney Andrew Branca for Law of Self Defense, providing guest commentary and analysis of this trial for Legal Insurrection. As we enter the 11th full day of trial in t...
SATURDAY PERSPECTIVE ARTICLE Our Honouree, Prof Seth Accra- Jaja, our brand new Vice Chancellor, Prof Charles Teddy Adias, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to be invited to be part of a great tradition of the University system globally which this university is now following and particularly to deliver the Honour’s day lecture in honour of my former teacher and my academic mentor, Prof Accra- Jaja. Let me seize this rare opportunity to congratulate one of Africa’s best known Management thought leaders for sterling accomplishments and laying the critical foundation for this...