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Chauvin Trial Day 13 - Wrap-up
This was the defense medical expert witness Dr. David Fowler, a retired forensic pathologist. To not bury the lead, Dr. Fowler did what the defense needed done today, and did it well. That’s not to say his performance was perfect—he took a few hits off Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell during cross-examination, and could have done better deflecting some of those attacks. At the same time, however, Blackwell’s rather over the top cross-examination of Fowler was initially too aggressive for Judge Cahill’s liking, resulting in a rapid sidebar and a more restrained Blackwell moments later, and Blackwell’s resort to snark led him to overreach several times, providing opportunities for defense counter-attack that defense counsel Eric Nelson did not pass up. As one should expect from a retained expert witness, Dr. Fowler was prepared to say the magic words that the defense needed said, in the context of having formed an opinion, to a reasonable degree of professional certainty, as to the cause and manner of George Floyd’s death. And that opinion is: George Floyd had a sudden cardiac arrythmia due to atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease, during his restraint by the police. Related: Chauvin: 2021-04-10 Day 10: The Chauvin Trial So Far Chauvin: 2021-04-06 Chauvin - Day 6 - Chief Throws Chauvin Under the Bus Chauvin: 2021-02-18 US woman charged in Capitol melee says Proud Boys recruited her Posted by: Mercutio 2021-04-15 |
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