by RT News
Attorney Eric Nelson said in a court filing on Tuesday that Chauvin was deprived of a fair trial, partly because Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill denied his request for a change of venue despite intense publicity surrounding the case.
He added that the jury wasn’t sequestered or admonished to avoid all media, exposing them to prejudicial publicity and “intimidation or fear of retribution.”
Nelson believes that the prosecution committed misconduct by “disparaging the defense, improper vouching and failing to adequately prepare its witnesses.”
The jury delivered its verdict on April 20, finding Chauvin guilty of second- and third-degree murder, as well as second-degree manslaughter in connection with Floyd’s death last May. A video of the incident, in which Chauvin was seen kneeling against Floyd’s neck and back for more than nine minutes, helped spark a wave of Black Lives Matter protests across the US last summer, which repeatedly turned violent…