As I understand it, the legal standard is not whether or not potential jurors have ever heard about a case--which, would've of course been ridiculous in the Chauvin case. Instead, it is whether the potential juror can keep an open mind. The juror in question wore a T-shirt with a message which referred specifically to the Chauvin case. It's fair to suppose that no one forced him to wear that shirt. The T-shirt, in tandem with other comments he's made, do raise serious questions as to his capacity for fairness.As I have previously said, find me 12 potential jurors in America who haven't heard of this case.
Plus, the trial simply should've been moved out of Minneapolis. At least one juror has already said she was scared of being doxxed, other intimidation and rioting.
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