Renato Mariotti on Chauvin appeal: 'Very hard to overturn a jury verdict'

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George Floyd Square.
George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota April 21, 2021.
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Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor, says in regard to Derek Chauvin possibly appealing his guilty verdicts, "that it's very hard to overturn a jury verdict on appeal. You can understand why that is: our courts really want to uphold jury verdicts because we can't keep doing trials over and over again for people."

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