[REDSTATE] There are questions now being raised about Juror #52 in the Derek Chauvin trial, reportedly Brandon Mitchell.Mitchell has now come forward and given interviews on several shows.
Speaking to the "Get Up! Mornings" show with Erica Campbell on April 27, Mitchell spoke about his experience on the jury. During the interview, Campbell said that many people aren’t all that eager to do jury duty. She asked him about what message he would leave people about "saying yes to jury duty?"
That’s when Mitchell said something that could be problematic and potentially raise an issue on appeal.
"I mean it’s important if we wanna see some change, we wanna see some things going different, we gotta get out there, get out into these avenues, get into these rooms to try to spark some change," he said. "Jury duty is one of those things. Jury duty. Voting. All of those things we gotta do."
Now that’s obviously problematic because you’re not supposed to be sitting on a jury to "spark some change." You’re only supposed to be deciding guilty or not guilty based solely on the facts and evidence presented in the case, nothing else. Not whatever societal change that you may think needs to happen.
Mitchell also said while being questioned during jury selection that he recognized this case was "historic."
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