TELL ME AGAIN SO I CAN CHECK IT
OUT.
THE CHAUVIN.
CLOSING ARGUMENTS HAPPENING NOW.
>> HE CAN GIVE YOU ADVICE AND
YOU CAN TAKE THAT ADVICE OR
REJECT THAT ADVICE BUT THE
DECISION ULTIMATELY HAS TO BE
YOURS AND NOT HIS.
IS THIS YOUR DECISION NOT TO
TESTIFY?
>> IT IS YOUR HONOR.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT YOUR RIGHT TO REMAIN
SILENT OR TESTIFY ON YOUR OWN
BEHALF?
>> AT THIS TIME I DON’T.
>> HAS ANYONE THREATENED YOU OR
PROMISED YOU ANYTHING TO KEEP
FROM TESTIFYING?
>> NO
>> YOUR NOT TESTIFYING IS
VOLUNTARY?
>> YES.
>> I AM CONVINCED THIS IS YOUR
PERSONAL DECISION AND THAT YOU
ARE AWARE OF YOUR RIGHTS BUT
THERE IS A JURY INSTRUCTION
THAT MAY BE READ TO THE JURY,
THE ONE THAT YOU GET TO WEIGH
IN ON.
NOT FOR YOUR LAWYER TO MAKE THE
DECISION.
HE CAN GIVE YOU ADVICE.
I DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE
ADVICE IS BUT YOU CAN ACCEPT
THE ADVICE OR REJECT THE ADVICE
AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO GIVE
THIS INSTRUCTION.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I CAN READ
THIS INSTRUCTION TO THE JURY.
IT’S TITLED DEFENDANT’S RIGHT
NOT TO DECEMBER FILE.
THE STATE MUST CONVINCE YOU BY
EVIDENCE BEYOND A REASONABLE
DOUBT THE DEFENDANT IS GUILTY
OF THE CRIME CHARGED.
THE DEFENDANT HAS NO OBLIGATION
TO PROVE INNOCENCE.
THE DEFENDANT HAS THE RIGHT NOT
TO TESTIFY.
THIS RIGHT IS GUARANTEED BY THE
FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTION.
YOU SHOULD NOT DRAW ANY
INFERENCE FROM THE FACT THAT
THE DEFENDANT HAS NOT TESTIFIED
IN THIS CASE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
INSTRUCTION?
>> YES.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE THAT READ TO
THE JURY?
>> YES.
>> HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH TIME TO
TALK TO MR. NELSON ABOUT
WHETHER THAT’S A GOOD IDEA OR
NOT?
>> I HAVE.
>> I WILL READ THAT TO THE JURY
ON YOUR REQUEST.
ANYTHING ELSE REGARDING THE
DEFENSE CASE BEFORE WE PROCEED
TO TALK ABOUT REBUTTAL?
ALL RIGHT.
WE’LL HAVE YOU REST IN FRONT OF
THE JURY THEN AND YOU CAN
ACTUALLY TAKE THAT MIC BACK.
THANK YOU.
WE’LL HAVE YOU REST IN FRONT OF
THE JURY, MR. NELSON.
>> WITH REGARD TO THE STATE’S
REBUTTAL IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT THE STATE IS GOING TO CALL
--
>> Dana: THE NEWS JUST IN TRACE
IN THE DEREK CHAUVIN WILL NOT
TESTIFY IN HIS DEFENSE IN HIS
OWN TRIAL FOR THE KILLING OF
GEORGE FLOYD AND THE DEFENSE
NOW WILL PRESENT ITS RESTING
ARGUMENT.
>> Trace: YOU HAVE DEREK
CHAUVIN CHARGED WITH SECOND
DEGREE MURDER, THIRD DEGREE
MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER.
THIS PRETTY MUCH WRAPS UP THE
DEFENSE’S CASE.
IT WENT FASTER WE ANTICIPATED.
SOME THOUGHT THE TRIAL WOULD GO
A MONTH.
IT HAS GONE SHORTER THAN THAT.
THE JURY COULD ACTUALLY HAVE
THIS PROBABLY BY SOMETIMES ON
FRIDAY AND THE QUESTION BECOMES
THEN HOW DO YOU PREP?
YOU HAVE A LOT OF CITIES AROUND
THE COUNTRY PREPPING FOR THE
OUTCOME OF THIS TRIAL.
IF DEREK CHAUVIN IS FOUND NOT
GUILTY, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO
THE CLIMATE, THE RIOT CLIMATE
IN THIS COUNTRY THERE AFTER?
THAT’S A BIG QUESTION.
>> Dana: IF THE JURY GETS IT ON
FRIDAY DO THEY WORK THROUGH THE
WEEKEND TO TRY TO COME TO A
DECISION SO THEY CAN ALL GO
BACK TO THEIR LIVES AS WELL.
>> Trace: IT IS A BIG DEAL.
YOU HAVE DEREK CHAUVIN AND
DEFENSE.
WE DIDN’T COVER A LOT OF THE
DEFENSE GAVEL TO GAVEL.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU
HAD EXPERTS COMING IN AND HIS
DEFENSE SAYING HE WAS JUSTIFIED
PUTTING HIS NECK ON -- HIS KNEE
ON GEORGE FLOYD’S NECK AND THEN
YOU HAD THE PROSECUTORS HAD ALL
THESE WITNESSES INCLUDING, YOU
KNOW, SOME OF THE COLLEAGUES OF
DEREK CHAUVIN SAYING THAT HE
WAS EXCESSIVE IN THE FORCE ON
THIS.
>> Dana: NOT UNUSUAL FOR
DEFENDANTS IN THIS SITUATION
LIKE THIS NOT TO TAKE THE STAND.
>> Trace: NOT AT ALL.
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WILL TELL
THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN DON’T
TAKE THE STAND.
YOU WILL JUST INCRIMINATE