Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano told 'Your World with Neil Cavuto' Wednesday that the evidence against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin appears 'more than adequate' to convict him of second-degree murder in the May 25 death of George Floyd.
"The pressing of the knee for eight minutes and 43 seconds obviously shows intent," Napolitano said, suggesting that Chauvin could have been charged with first-degree murder. "Yes, second-degree murder is more difficult to convict for than manslaughter. But the longer answer is there's more than enough evidence here from which a jury can find that.
"I don't think the case is going to be tried," Napolitano told Cavuto. "I don't know how the defendants could possibly get a fair trial. You're not going to find 12 people in the state of Minnesota that don't have an opinion on this."And that's another reason to charge first-degree murder, because that will induce pretty much, I think, a guilty plea to second-degree murder, which has a maximum of 40 years," he added.
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