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Many of you have asked me how the jury in the Derek Chauvin case can find him guilty on all three counts, in the death of George Floyd, since in Oklahoma, juror...s would choose just one of the counts. -I asked former Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris to research that for us and this is his explanation since the laws in Minnesota are different than here. -Harris says the prosecutors filed the charges in such a way that the jurors had three options to consider and unlike in OK, jurors there, could choose as many of the charges as they felt, fit the evidence. -Second degree unintentional felony murder is like OK's felony murder law. That does not require prosecutors to prove there was intent to kill, but prove that during a felony, Floyd died. Prosecutors in Minnesota argued the felony was Chauvin's assault on Floyd. -The maximum for that is 40 years in prison. -Third degree, depraved murder is when someone is committing an act that is imminently dangerous to others, without regard for human life. Examples would be when someone is playing Russian Roulette, or shooting a gun into a crowd of people, where a person would know something bad could happen. -The maximum sentence for that is 25 years. -Manslaughter second degree is when a person acts recklessly or engages in conduct that creates great risk of death. -The maximum sentence for that is 10 years. -Harris says even though the jury found Chauvin guilty on all three, under Minnesota law, Chauvin will not get all three sentences... just the harshest one. -First, he says they will do a pre-sentence investigation, like they do in OK and look into all aspects of Chauvin's background and see how that might apply to the sentence. -Harris says Chauvin's attorneys can ask the judge for a sentence lower than the 40 years, arguing things like, Chauvin has never had a conviction before. -Harris says prosecutors can argue for a harsh sentence, based on the circumstances of the case. -The judge is expected to do the sentencing several weeks from now. See more

She was in court in Los Angeles as a witness for the prosecution to testify against two men who burglarized her home. But Helen Hulick wore pants, and the judge... sent her to jail instead. --On This Day in History, Shit Went Down: November 9, 1938-- You know how some people, me included, hate the word moist. I’m the same way with referring to pants as slacks. But that’s what they called them back then. Except fuck that, let the anachronisms run wild. So, yeah. A couple of assholes broke into Helen’s home. On November 9th, 1938, she showed up in court to testify wearing pants. The judge was all heavens to Betsy goodness gracious no won’t someone think of the children. Judge Arthur Guerin rescheduled the case, telling Hulick that when she returned, she better be wearing a dress. Hulick was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times and her quotes in the paper the following day read, You tell the judge I will stand on my rights. If he orders me to change into a dress, I won’t do it. I like slacks. They’re comfortable. That’s pretty badass. Helen Hulick was a kindergarten teacher and used to dealing with obstinate children like the judge. She returned to court on November 15th and was all check out these pants motherfucker. Like a typical five-year-old, the judge had a hissy fit. He said to her, you drew more attention from spectators, prisoners and court attaches than the legal business at hand. Then he spewed some bullshit about orderly conduct because he apparently didn’t have the ability to control his own courtroom when a woman wore pants in it. He told her to return the next day in a dress or prepare to be punished. She showed up again in pants, prepared to be punished. The judge held her in contempt, sentencing her to five days in jail. Women weren’t allowed pants in jail either, her prison garb was a denim dress. She was ready to serve her time, but her attorney got her out with a writ of habeus corpus to take the matter before the Appellate Court to determine if her detention was legal. The higher court said fuck that judge Guerin guy. Let the woman go. She was free to return to court to testify wearing pants. Except she didn’t. As a final fuck you to the judge, after winning the right to wear pants, she went hard in the other direction, over dressing in the fanciest attire she possessed. Because sometimes a woman wants to wear pants, and sometimes she wants to dress up. Get the book ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY SH!T WENT DOWN at JamesFell.com.

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