{"id":443334,"date":"2021-04-22T18:36:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T22:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=443334"},"modified":"2021-04-22T18:36:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T22:36:09","slug":"alternate-juror-agrees-with-chauvin-guilty-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alternate-juror-agrees-with-chauvin-guilty-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternate Juror Agrees With Chauvin Guilty Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falternate-juror-agrees-with-chauvin-guilty-verdict%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=443334&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3366.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Though the main jurors who convicted former Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd have remained silent, an alternate juror has spoken out to say that she agreed with the guilty verdict.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on \u201cCBS This Morning,\u201d alternate juror Lisa Christenson said she would have voted guilty if given the opportunity, though she does not know if it would have been guilty on all counts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cI felt he was guilty,\u201d Christensen said, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/chauvin-alternate-juror-interview-guilty-verdict\">Fox News<\/a>. \u201cI didn\u2019t know if it was going to be guilty on all counts, but I would have said guilty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though the other three officers on the scene face a trial for their alleged misconduct during the death of George Floyd, Christensen said she believed that Chauvin was the leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like he was the leader, and the other officers were following his lead,\u201d Christensen said. \u201cI kind of felt like he wasn\u2019t taking the warnings seriously obviously, kind of like, \u2018I know what I\u2019m doing.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christensen also recalled feeling uncomfortable during the few times she locked eyes with Chauvin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time I would look up, he was right in my vision,\u201d she said. \u201cSo we had locked eyes quite a few times, and I was pretty uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As to what finally made her commit to a guilty verdict in Chauvin\u2019s case, Christensen said that the testimony of Dr. Martin Tobin sealed the deal for her. She also criticized the defense for never really delivering on their promise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Tobin was the one that really did it for me. He explained everything, I understood it, down to where he said, \u2018This is the moment that he lost his life.\u2019 Really got to me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t understand how it got from a counterfeit $20 bill to a death,\u201d she later added. \u201cIt kind of shocks me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of this writing, Christensen is the only juror in the Chauvin case to publicly speak out after the trial. Judge Jeanine Pirro of Fox News also praised the jury\u2019s decision in this case, saying they made the right call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, the verdict is supported by the facts,\u201d Pirro said on \u201cThe Five\u201d this week. \u201cThis case was extremely unusual. I\u2019ve tried many murder cases and I\u2019ve sat as a judge on murder cases. It is rare that you even get a picture of the victim in a murder case, other than maybe an autopsy photo. But, here, we had a living, breathing person that the jury was able to relate to every day, day after day, watching trauma of what he went through, begging for air, begging to breathe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was an emotional as well as an intellectual decision \u2014 and when I say that, make no mistake, the\u00a0facts are solid on this verdict, this verdict will be held on appeal,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, right now, what people need to understand is that the American justice system works; it works, that people believe in Lady Justice, that if we give it a chance, it can work. And for all those people who want to burn down streets, just let the court do its job and it will survive,\u201d Pirro concluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-pirro-chauvin-verdict-supported-by-facts-appeal-will-fail-american-justice-system-works\">Judge Pirro: Chauvin Verdict Supported By \u2018Facts,\u2019 Appeal Will Fail; \u2018American Justice System\u00a0Works\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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