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Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill sent potential jurors home and delayed the Chauvin trial, according to Fox News.
Jurors were sent home because Chauvin’s attorney is putting in for an appeal.
Essentially, the act of selecting jurors twice is trying to be avoided in case charges against Chauvin are lowered.
Protesters marched peacefully through the streets on their way to the courthouse.
JUST NOW: a march for #GeorgeFloyd as peaceful protesters make their way to the courthouse in downtown #Minneapolis
The #DerekChauvinTrial starts Tomorrow on @CourtTV 9amET pic.twitter.com/X5ls1jETSr
— Chanley Shá Painter (@ChanleyCourtTV) March 7, 2021
“Some in our communities may find some of the environmental structures that they see — barricades and barriers and fences — perhaps a little bit daunting,” Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said.”But, as we saw the events of Jan. 6, that is that preventative tool that we have to consider and have to look at.”
From Fox News:
Jury selection will end after 14 people are picked – 12 jurors who will deliberate the case and two alternates who won’t be part of deliberations unless needed. The process is estimated to take about three weeks and opening statements will begin on March 29 at the earliest.
The jurors will be escorted to the courthouse daily and sequestered during deliberations. Their names will be kept confidential until further order of the court.
