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Why it was so hard to find impartial jurors
Earlier than Derek Chauvin went on trial for killing George Floyd, authorized specialists predicted it will be difficult to search out an neutral jury.
A USA TODAY evaluation of newly launched court docket data reveals the way it was performed.
The 12 jurors chosen had seen video of the incident fewer occasions than the general jury pool, in line with a assessment of questionnaires stuffed out by potential jurors. Extra of the chosen jurors had impartial opinions of Chauvin and the opposite officers charged in Floyd’s dying. And extra stated they could possibly be neutral.