Alan Dershowitz on Derek Chauvin Case

Some people think that the case may be reversed

based on remarks made by big mouth Maxine Waters.

Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz is one of those people.

"We certainly can’t be confident that it didn’t (get compromised). We have to assume that the jury heard what Maxine Waters said, what Sharpton said, what Crump said, what others said. I think jurors knew that if they came out with a verdict, other than murder, the top charge there would be violence on the streets. Every mayor was prepared for that. Every police chief was prepared for that.

Why do we think the jury didn’t know that and didn’t allow it to enter its consideration? After all, the jurors were potential targets. Their names were released. If they had come to “the wrong verdict” they might be expected to be treated the way one of the witnesses was treated… painted in blood. I think the jurors learned that if they didn’t come up with the right verdict their businesses would suffer, their schools, their neighborhoods… That’s why I believe the case may very well be reversed."