Chauvin didn't seem surprised by the verdict, and the judge gave him massive grounds for appeal. Not trying to be too tinfoily here, but this seemed a bit like engineered failure. Considering the environment, I'm not sure Chauvin would even want to beat the charges right now.
There was a case of a guy in Arizona who went to prison for 3 years before his conviction got overturn on appeal for using a 10mm pistol because 10mm bad. The guy won his appeal, but after spending 3 years in prison and I believe it wiped out his savings to do so.
Appeals can go on for a very long time. At least a year is common, and I have had experience working at a law firm on matters that went for close to a decade.
Chauvin didn't seem surprised by the verdict, and the judge gave him massive grounds for appeal. Not trying to be too tinfoily here, but this seemed a bit like engineered failure. Considering the environment, I'm not sure Chauvin would even want to beat the charges right now.
I dunno long long appeals take, but they could definitely want it to take a long time for things to cool off (things wont cool off though)
There was a case of a guy in Arizona who went to prison for 3 years before his conviction got overturn on appeal for using a 10mm pistol because 10mm bad. The guy won his appeal, but after spending 3 years in prison and I believe it wiped out his savings to do so.
Appeals can go on for a very long time. At least a year is common, and I have had experience working at a law firm on matters that went for close to a decade.