Shannon Bream: 'We have to trust' Derek Chauvin jurors to 'make a good decision' based on evidence
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The justice system has rules in place that are meant to 'take the emotion out' of this trial, 'Fox News @ Night' host tells 'Fox News Primetime'
At the core of all of that ... is due process. We all, as Americans, should want that for our best friend, for our worst enemy. We may need it ourselves one day. And we have to trust that the system, when all of this evidence is brought in -- we're hearing from witness after witness right now for the prosecution, they're being cross-examined -- that we have to trust those jurors to make a good decision. They have several counts in front of them that they can decide about this former police officer [Derek Chauvin], but it is unfair to put on those jurors the weight of this entire issue. If we think there needs to be criminal justice reform, and our system isn't perfect but I happen to think it's the best in the world. There's always room for improvement, but we can't expect these jurors to solve all of those problems in this case. We're in the prosecution phase right now. So you're hearing from witnesses who were there on the scene, people who took some of those videos, paramedics who showed up also testified today. We heard from an off-duty firefighter who was also an EMT who said that she wanted to intercede. We also heard from George Floyd's girlfriend who talked very emotionally about him. There was some cross-examination going on. But we have to remember, this is the first phase. This is the prosecution. The defense will also have its opportunity at some point down the line. They are raising their objections as a defense team would do. But what you're hearing right now is very emotional because you're hearing from people who were on the scene and we've heard from witnesses who said, "I wish I'd done more." There's also a witness that we found out today is not going to testify. He was somebody who was in the car with George Floyd when officers were there. He's going to take the Fifth. So a lot of developments, very fast-moving trial at this point.More Related News
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