What Was Different This Time
The Atlantic The Chauvin Trial’s Jury Wasn’t Like Other Juries Its guilty verdict resulted not just from the strength of the evidence, but from a jury-selection process that departed from American norms. 8:50 AM ET Image Source / Getty / The Atlantic The jury convicted the former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin on the weight of the evidence before it: video footage, expert testimony, and eyewitness accounts. But even with all that evidence, convictions don’t happen on their own. Twelve people, selected by lot from the public, must come to a unanimous decision. That jury—who it ...
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