The case is now in the hands of the jury, after closing arguments wrapped up Monday. Author: Shannon Handy (Reporter) Updated: 6:45 PM PDT April 19, 2021
SAN DIEGO Closing arguments ended Monday in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin.
Genevieve Jones-Wright, former San Diego County public defender, and now executive director of the nonprofit, Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance, reacted to Monday’s closing arguments, saying of Derek Chauvin’s defense attorney, “He is really painstakingly taking his time because all he needs is one juror.”
Eric Nelson spoke for hours, at one point, dissecting the very same video that sparked outrage over George Floyd s death.
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Lawsuit filed to reduce or vaccinate San Diego County jail population
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A lawsuit seeking to either reduce or vaccinate San Diego County s jail population amid the COVID-19 pandemic was filed Wednesday.
The lawsuit filed against San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore seeks to reduce the incarcerated population to levels that will allow for social distancing or provide widespread vaccinations. The suit comes one day after sheriff s officials announced that 46 people tested positive for COVID-19 at the George Bailey Detention Facility in Otay Mesa.
Very light charges for former La Mesa Police Officer Matt Dages
San Diego activists and attorneys are responding to the charges against a former La Mesa Police officer involved in a controversial arrest last year. Author: Heather Hope (Reporter) Updated: 11:32 AM PST March 10, 2021
LA MESA, Calif. On a Zoom meeting led by San Diego activist Tasha Williamson, Terry Owens Jr., the attorney for Aumarie Johnson, says former La Mesa Police Officer Matt Dages charges for a falsified police report are very concerning and slim considering the physical evidence.
“Very light charges. Officer Dages repeatedly pushed down Amaurie Johnson, grabbed him pulled him, all of that. Amaurie Johnson was manhandled, and there s not one battery charge at all,” Owens said.
In trial work, the obligation to seat a fair and representative jury often focuses on what happens in the courtroom, where potential panelists are selected or rejected to decide a case.
But what happens if a fair and representative slice of the community doesn’t get a jury summons in the first place?
That’s the question now under consideration at the San Diego federal court after a group of attorneys and legal experts have repeatedly pointed out discrepancies in the racial makeup of the local jury pool and the methods used to select them.
The San Diego court is the only one in California that singularly relies on voter registration records to fill the jury wheel, or the master list from which eligible people can be randomly drawn for service.